Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-13 Thread Boris Liberman
Paul, I wonder if you can sell this to Ford ;-). Excellently groomed pony. Boris Paul Stenquist wrote: I did some pics at the North American International Auto Show today. I have a lot of pics and have only processed a few. The K10D was nice to work with. Shot most of it handheld with SR

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
I can't because I work for a supplier, but I did give them a copy. Paul On Jan 13, 2007, at 4:21 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Paul, I wonder if you can sell this to Ford ;-). Excellently groomed pony. Boris Paul Stenquist wrote: I did some pics at the North American International Auto Show

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-10 Thread David Mann
On Jan 9, 2007, at 11:09 PM, mike wilson wrote: Did you happen to get any of the Holden (GM) EFIJY concept car? And people have difficulty with _American_ spelling? Considering the styling of Holden cars, that name badge would be by far the most interesting thing about it. - Dave --

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-10 Thread Kenneth Waller
Coddington, not something from a major car maker. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PESO: Show Pony On Jan 9, 2007, at 11:09 PM, mike wilson wrote: Did you happen to get any of the Holden (GM) EFIJY concept car? And people have difficulty

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-10 Thread ann sanfedele
I guess it is because it was lit for a show, but it looks totally unreal to me. LIke it had been photoshopped - almost a cartoon. I realize you know it isn't that interesting as photography, Paul - just a fix for the car afficianados and a look what the camera can do kinda shot. It's just

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-09 Thread mike wilson
From: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/01/09 Tue AM 03:30:17 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO: Show Pony Nice shot. Did you happen to get any of the Holden (GM) EFIJY concept car? And people have difficulty with _American_ spelling? Cheers

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-09 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Doug. I think it has Mustang lines front and rear, although as a styling exercise, it's an exaggeration. Paul On Jan 9, 2007, at 12:18 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: On Jan 8, 2007, at 10:19 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I did some pics at the North American International Auto Show today. I have

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-09 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Bruce. On Jan 9, 2007, at 2:08 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote: Very nice work and a very nice car! -- Bruce Monday, January 8, 2007, 7:19:08 PM, you wrote: PS I did some pics at the North American International Auto Show today. PS I have a lot of pics and have only processed a few.

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-09 Thread Adam Maas
Doug Brewer wrote: On Jan 8, 2007, at 10:19 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I did some pics at the North American International Auto Show today. I have a lot of pics and have only processed a few. The K10D was nice to work with. Shot most of it handheld with SR turned on. Great camera for events

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-09 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Looks like a Mustang to me ... a very nice one, at that. Shel [Original Message] From: Paul Stenquist Thanks Doug. I think it has Mustang lines front and rear, although as a styling exercise, it's an exaggeration. Paul On Jan 9, 2007, at 12:18 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: On Jan 8,

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Doug Brewer wrote: However, I think a Mustang should look like a Mustang. That one looks like a Nissan. Give it a couple of years - by then Mustangs may *be* Nissans or Toyotas. ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-09 Thread K.Takeshita
On 1/09/07 9:15 AM, Mark Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, I think a Mustang should look like a Mustang. That one looks like a Nissan. Give it a couple of years - by then Mustangs may *be* Nissans or Toyotas. ;-) U, that would be a tragedy. When I first visited U.S. years ago,

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-09 Thread Christian
Paul Stenquist wrote: I did some pics at the North American International Auto Show today. I have a lot of pics and have only processed a few. The K10D was nice to work with. Shot most of it handheld with SR turned on. Great camera for events in indoor venues. Here's a Mustang show car.

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-09 Thread David Savage
At 12:27 AM 10/01/2007, Adam Maas wrote: K.Takeshita wrote: U, that would be a tragedy. When I first visited U.S. years ago, the first thing I did at the airport was to designate Mustang at the rent-a-car counter. That was an early 70's muscle Mustang. A dream by a young Japanese to

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-09 Thread Adam Maas
K.Takeshita wrote: On 1/09/07 9:15 AM, Mark Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, I think a Mustang should look like a Mustang. That one looks like a Nissan. Give it a couple of years - by then Mustangs may *be* Nissans or Toyotas. ;-) U, that would be a tragedy. When I first

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-09 Thread pnstenquist
Thanks Christian. I think car colors come and go in cycles. Silver was the big color a few years back. It's now somewhat of a secondary choice. Copper has been popular, but I think it too is fading, although Ford used a near copper tone on that Mustang. Yellow seems to be populoar on sporty

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-09 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Adam Maas Subject: Re: PESO: Show Pony Frankly, I'd rather have a Nissan Silvia, Fairlady or Skyline than any Pony Car. Cubic Inches are fun, handling is more fun. I'd rather have a pre 5mph bumper MGB. Driving is fun, fixing is more fun. William Robb

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-09 Thread Adam Maas
David Savage wrote: At 12:27 AM 10/01/2007, Adam Maas wrote: K.Takeshita wrote: U, that would be a tragedy. When I first visited U.S. years ago, the first thing I did at the airport was to designate Mustang at the rent-a-car counter. That was an early 70's muscle Mustang. A dream by a

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-09 Thread Scott Loveless
On 1/9/07, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote: I did some pics at the North American International Auto Show today. I have a lot of pics and have only processed a few. The K10D was nice to work with. Shot most of it handheld with SR turned on. Great camera for events

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-09 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David Savage Subject: Re: PESO: Show Pony Nothing beats a Ricer with a big ironing board on the back to help it's handling. I have a few sledge hammers and a pneumatic wrecker that say otherwise. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-09 Thread David Savage
On 1/10/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: David Savage Subject: Re: PESO: Show Pony Nothing beats a Ricer with a big ironing board on the back to help it's handling. I have a few sledge hammers and a pneumatic wrecker that say otherwise. Har

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-09 Thread K.Takeshita
On 1/09/07 10:27 AM, Adam Maas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frankly, I'd rather have a Nissan Silvia, Fairlady or Skyline than any Pony Car. Cubic Inches are fun, handling is more fun. I was talking about the nostalgia in a different era. Since mid 80's for several years, I used to have a 300ZX

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-09 Thread David Savage
On 1/10/07, K.Takeshita [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I always wondered why they did not import Skyline GTR etc. Might be for a cost reason? There are companies here that do nothing but import second hand Japanese sports cars (Skyline's, Siliva's etc). They're all over the place. Hell, the

RE: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-09 Thread Tom C
Excellent Paul! Tom C. I did some pics at the North American International Auto Show today. I have a lot of pics and have only processed a few. The K10D was nice to work with. Shot most of it handheld with SR turned on. Great camera for events in indoor venues. Here's a Mustang show car. I

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-09 Thread David J Brooks
Super shot Paul. Nice angle and just enough sparkle on the body. Dave Quoting Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I did some pics at the North American International Auto Show today. I have a lot of pics and have only processed a few. The K10D was nice to work with. Shot most of it handheld

RE: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-09 Thread pnstenquist
Thanks Tom. -- Original message -- From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] Excellent Paul! Tom C. I did some pics at the North American International Auto Show today. I have a lot of pics and have only processed a few. The K10D was nice to work with. Shot most

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-09 Thread pnstenquist
Thanks Dave. A lot of auto show displays have too much glare for good photography. Whoever does the Ford displays lights the cars well. (However, I did have to isolate the front of the car and pump up the brightness a bit.) -- Original message -- From: David J

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-09 Thread Adam Maas
K.Takeshita wrote: On 1/09/07 10:27 AM, Adam Maas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frankly, I'd rather have a Nissan Silvia, Fairlady or Skyline than any Pony Car. Cubic Inches are fun, handling is more fun. I was talking about the nostalgia in a different era. Since mid 80's for several

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-09 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Interesting car. A little reminiscent of some older Mustang styling exercises. With parking space getting tighter all the time, the up and forward door design has a lot of merit. The photo is nice and clean, of course. :-) Godfrey On Jan 8, 2007, at 7:19 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-09 Thread pnstenquist
Thanks Godders. I hadn't thought about the up and forward door design as an advantage when parking. I was thinking it was a bit of a conceit, but perhaps not. Paul -- Original message -- From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Interesting car. A little

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-09 Thread John Francis
Ford are very aware of the problems with large doors and tight parking spaces. A few months ago I went along to the first public showing of two new variants of the Ford GT - an open-top version, and one with doors that opened just like the ones on the Mustang you show. The benefit quoted for

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-09 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 10/01/07, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are companies here that do nothing but import second hand Japanese sports cars (Skyline's, Siliva's etc). They're all over the place. Hell, the receptionist at work drives a Skyline GTR (and her husband has a newer model :-) I had a

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-09 Thread Jack Davis
Paul, what was the lighting source? Did you have to deal with highlight removal in post processing? Did you light it? Striking shot. Jack --- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did some pics at the North American International Auto Show today. I have a lot of pics and have only

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-09 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Jack. The lighting is from the display lights. I removed a couple of highlights that I didn't like but left most of them. The lighting was a bit uneven, so I brightened up the front of the car with a curves adjustment on a selected area with 50 pixel feathering. On Jan 9, 2007, at

PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-08 Thread Paul Stenquist
I did some pics at the North American International Auto Show today. I have a lot of pics and have only processed a few. The K10D was nice to work with. Shot most of it handheld with SR turned on. Great camera for events in indoor venues. Here's a Mustang show car. I have some more

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-08 Thread David Savage
Nice shot. Did you happen to get any of the Holden (GM) EFIJY concept car? Cheers, Dave On 1/9/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did some pics at the North American International Auto Show today. I have a lot of pics and have only processed a few. The K10D was nice to work with.

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-08 Thread Ed Keeney
Paul, Very nice. I like the fact that there are no reflections and or background distractions you see in so many car show photos. It also doesn't hurt that the Mustang is the car of my dreams... If there are more interesting shots coming, I'll be dazzled. -- Thanks! Ed

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-08 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Dave. No, I didn't see the Holden. But I really just focused on a few things I knew i had to get. Of course I did manage to get the Ferraris with the rather pleasant looking young ladies attending thereon, a Chinese SUV, and various other things. Paul On Jan 8, 2007, at 10:30 PM,

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-08 Thread K.Takeshita
On 1/08/07 10:46 PM, Paul Stenquist, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: a Chinese SUV !!! Is that what's coming our way? What's the world becoming of! But I am curious to see. Ken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-08 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Ed. It helps to be there on press days. It would be tough to get a decent shot when the show is open. Paul On Jan 8, 2007, at 10:43 PM, Ed Keeney wrote: Paul, Very nice. I like the fact that there are no reflections and or background distractions you see in so many car show photos.

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-08 Thread David Savage
It's called the Tiananmen, and is built like a tank. g, d r Dave On 1/9/07, K.Takeshita [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/08/07 10:46 PM, Paul Stenquist, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: a Chinese SUV !!! Is that what's coming our way? What's the world becoming of! But I am curious to see. --

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-08 Thread Brendan MacRae
--- Ed Keeney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It also doesn't hurt that the Mustang is the car of my dreams... I dream about Mustangs, too. But, in my dreams, Mustangs are being bumped off cliffs by big block Camaros and Hemi Cudas. -Brendan __

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-08 Thread Bob Sullivan
Shades of a Gull Winged Mercedes Batman! WOW! On 1/8/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did some pics at the North American International Auto Show today. I have a lot of pics and have only processed a few. The K10D was nice to work with. Shot most of it handheld with SR turned on.

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-08 Thread Jack Davis
The K10D can be a great camera, especially as a tool for one with visual acuity together with technical savvy, as is true in this case. Very nice, Paul. Jack --- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did some pics at the North American International Auto Show today. I have a lot of pics

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-08 Thread David Savage
On 1/9/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course I did manage to get the Ferraris with the rather pleasant looking young ladies attending thereon, That'll do then ;-) Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-08 Thread Doug Brewer
On Jan 8, 2007, at 10:19 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I did some pics at the North American International Auto Show today. I have a lot of pics and have only processed a few. The K10D was nice to work with. Shot most of it handheld with SR turned on. Great camera for events in indoor venues.

Re: PESO: Show Pony

2007-01-08 Thread Bruce Dayton
Very nice work and a very nice car! -- Bruce Monday, January 8, 2007, 7:19:08 PM, you wrote: PS I did some pics at the North American International Auto Show today. PS I have a lot of pics and have only processed a few. The K10D was nice PS to work with. Shot most of it handheld with SR