Re: PESO: Dragon

2015-07-19 Thread Christine Aguila
Neat! Cheers, Christine > On Jul 16, 2015, at 1:47 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > One of the Dragons from the Nine Dragon Mural in the Forbidden City, Beijing: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18048433&size=lg > K-5 II S, DA 18-135 zoom > Comments are invited and appreciated. > > D

Re: PESO: Dragon

2015-07-17 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
never reached that level. > > Alan C > > -Original Message- From: Daniel J. Matyola > Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2015 8:47 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: PESO: Dragon > > One of the Dragons from the Nine Dragon Mural in the Forbidden City, > Beiji

Re: PESO: Dragon

2015-07-17 Thread Alan C
It really is an impressive mural. The Chinese are leaders in that type of art. The Romans never reached that level. Alan C -Original Message- From: Daniel J. Matyola Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2015 8:47 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: Dragon One of the Dragons from the

Re: PESO: Dragon

2015-07-16 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Frank. Bob, Most of the Chinese dragons I saw over there were rather sinuous. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 10:53 PM, Knarf wrote: > Very well captured. Gorgeous mural! > > Cheers, > > frank > > On 16 July, 2015 2:47:46 PM EDT, "Da

Re: PESO: Dragon

2015-07-16 Thread Knarf
Very well captured. Gorgeous mural! Cheers, frank On 16 July, 2015 2:47:46 PM EDT, "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: >One of the Dragons from the Nine Dragon Mural in the Forbidden City, >Beijing: >http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18048433&size=lg >K-5 II S, DA 18-135 zoom >Comments are invite

Re: PESO: Dragon

2015-07-16 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dan, Mighty skinny dragon. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 4:59 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Thank you Mark and Marco! > > I found all nine of the dragons fascinating, but this one appealed to > me the most. > > The mural, with all nine dragons, is 20 meters long and made of > ceramic.

Re: PESO: Dragon

2015-07-16 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thank you Mark and Marco! I found all nine of the dragons fascinating, but this one appealed to me the most. The mural, with all nine dragons, is 20 meters long and made of ceramic. Despite the facts that it was made in the 18th century and is outdoors in the forbidden city, it is remarkably wel

Re: PESO: Dragon

2015-07-16 Thread Marco Alpert
Stunning! - Marco On Jul 16, 2015, at 11:47 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > One of the Dragons from the Nine Dragon Mural in the Forbidden City, Beijing: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18048433&size=lg > K-5 II S, DA 18-135 zoom > Comments are invited and appreciated. > > Dan Matyola

Re: PESO: Dragon

2015-07-16 Thread Mark C
Well captured - the dragon is stunning. Great repetitions and patterns. On 7/16/2015 2:47 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: One of the Dragons from the Nine Dragon Mural in the Forbidden City, Beijing: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18048433&size=lg K-5 II S, DA 18-135 zoom Comments are invi

PESO: Dragon

2015-07-16 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
One of the Dragons from the Nine Dragon Mural in the Forbidden City, Beijing: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18048433&size=lg K-5 II S, DA 18-135 zoom Comments are invited and appreciated. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML

Re: PESO: Dragon Boats

2010-12-02 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Brian. The colors caught my eye, but I was also drawn by the contrast with the USS Constellation, see in the background, together with its museum. Perhaps you were expecting a dragon boat like the one in this old can from a 1966 Spotmatic image: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12

Re: PESO: Dragon Boats

2010-12-01 Thread Brian Walters
On Sun, 28 Nov 2010 20:43 -0500, "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=djm1963&entry=25 > > Comments, Suggestions, Criticisms and Abuse are all Welcome. > Colourful and I like the close crop. But I was expecting real dragon boats: http:/

PESO: Dragon Boats

2010-11-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=djm1963&entry=25 Comments, Suggestions, Criticisms and Abuse are all Welcome. Dan http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNS

Re: PESO -- Dragon Fly!

2008-06-30 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Peter: Of all your PESOs this morning, I think I like this best followed by the deer. Great dear pose. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 12:34 AM S

PESO -- Dragon Fly!

2008-06-29 Thread P. J. Alling
On todays hike, this dragon fly wasn't particularly disturbed by being the center of attention. http://www.mindspring.com/~distilfink/PESO%20--%20dragonfly.html Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax 70-210mm f4.0~5.6 Note: The "Macro" capabilities of this lens are sometimes quite amazing. As u