Re: PESO - On top of the Sarcophagus

2011-03-20 Thread AlunFoto
The person on the pillar is flesh and blood. Not a buddy, just one of four skiers who got to the peak right ahead of me. His girlfriend called out to make him stretch his arms for the pose. Jostein 2011/3/19 Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: Well I sure can see that one! Thanks, my friend :-)

Re: PESO - On top of the Sarcophagus

2011-03-20 Thread AlunFoto
2011/3/20 Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com: It's really, really simple.  You see, if you had a 645D you could take beautiful pictures like Jostein does.  Because you can take better pictures with more expensive cameras.   Isn't that how it works?   -T You're saving up, aren't you, Tim? :-) --

Re: PESO - On top of the Sarcophagus

2011-03-20 Thread AlunFoto
2011/3/20 Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com: Absolutely.  Although you also need to fly to Norway. There are a few other locations that will do too. A few. :-) -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - On top of the Sarcophagus

2011-03-20 Thread Boris Liberman
Well done... But then again, I don't recall even one time when a picture you chose to display wasn't... On 3/19/2011 8:47 PM, AlunFoto wrote: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2011/03/topptur-sarkofagen.html This shouldn't be too dark for anyone's eyes. :-) Still gives me a memory of vertigo,

Re: PESO - On top of the Sarcophagus

2011-03-20 Thread mike wilson
On 19/03/2011 19:47, AlunFoto wrote: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2011/03/topptur-sarkofagen.html This shouldn't be too dark for anyone's eyes. :-) Still gives me a memory of vertigo, though. Jostein Up to your usual standards. Pity about the row of structures in the snow on the left hand

Re: PESO - On top of the Sarcophagus

2011-03-20 Thread Chris Mitchell
Of course. Silly me. Jostein used to take rubbish pictures before he became enabled! Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: I still don't get the 645D though It's really, really simple. You see, if you had a 645D

Re: PESO - On top of the Sarcophagus

2011-03-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
Beautiful landscape and an intriguing image. Paul On Mar 20, 2011, at 2:39 AM, AlunFoto wrote: The person on the pillar is flesh and blood. Not a buddy, just one of four skiers who got to the peak right ahead of me. His girlfriend called out to make him stretch his arms for the pose.

Re: PESO - On top of the Sarcophagus

2011-03-20 Thread David J Brooks
Lovely detail and great scene Dave On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 2:47 PM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2011/03/topptur-sarkofagen.html This shouldn't be too dark for anyone's eyes. :-) Still gives me a memory of vertigo, though. Jostein --

Re: PESO - On top of the Sarcophagus

2011-03-20 Thread Ann Sanfedele
AlunFoto wrote: The person on the pillar is flesh and blood. Not a buddy, just one of four skiers who got to the peak right ahead of me. His girlfriend called out to make him stretch his arms for the pose. Jostein Ah ha - but he _did_ pose for you - that's what I was getting at so it

Re: PESO - On top of the Sarcophagus

2011-03-20 Thread Mark Roberts
Ann Sanfedele wrote: Well I sure can see that one! Thanks, my friend :-) brr. and lovely -- so tell me, is that tiny person on the end of the arrete a person or a piece of sculpture? I like to think you sent one of your buddies out there to pose - someone as crazy as Mark Roberts... It

Re: PESO - On top of the Sarcophagus

2011-03-20 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 2:47 PM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2011/03/topptur-sarkofagen.html This shouldn't be too dark for anyone's eyes. :-) Still gives me a memory of vertigo, though. Stunning photo! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. 

Re: PESO - On top of the Sarcophagus

2011-03-20 Thread AlunFoto
2011/3/20 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: Pity about the row of structures in the snow on the left hand side of the valley.  Transmission pylons? It used to be a cable car from one of the mines. It was located just above the nearest building on the left. I think mining stopped there some

Re: PESO - On top of the Sarcophagus

2011-03-20 Thread AlunFoto
I thank you for the compliment and the workings of your selective memory, Boris! :-) Jostein 2011/3/20 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: Well done... But then again, I don't recall even one time when a picture you chose to display wasn't... On 3/19/2011 8:47 PM, AlunFoto wrote:

Re: PESO - On top of the Sarcophagus

2011-03-20 Thread AlunFoto
2011/3/20 Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: Ah ha - but he _did_ pose for you   - that's what I was getting at so it wasnt Mark ... ;-) When I arrived, the bloke was already on the pillar. I asked his girlfriend if she think he would mind having his picture taken. She just grinned and said no

Re: PESO - On top of the Sarcophagus

2011-03-20 Thread AlunFoto
2011/3/20 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com: It wasn't me, but I'd do it in a heartbeat if I had the chance :) Send me your number. I'll call you next time! :-) -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - On top of the Sarcophagus

2011-03-20 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I don't think it is a pity at all... that is, I don't think they distract. Thanks for more info, J ann AlunFoto wrote: 2011/3/20 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: Pity about the row of structures in the snow on the left hand side of the valley. Transmission pylons? It used

PESO - On top of the Sarcophagus

2011-03-19 Thread AlunFoto
http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2011/03/topptur-sarkofagen.html This shouldn't be too dark for anyone's eyes. :-) Still gives me a memory of vertigo, though. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - On top of the Sarcophagus

2011-03-19 Thread P. J. Alling
That's very nice. On 3/19/2011 2:47 PM, AlunFoto wrote: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2011/03/topptur-sarkofagen.html This shouldn't be too dark for anyone's eyes. :-) Still gives me a memory of vertigo, though. Jostein -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering

Re: PESO - On top of the Sarcophagus

2011-03-19 Thread Tim Bray
That's astounding. Is it a statue over there on the right? -T On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 11:47 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2011/03/topptur-sarkofagen.html This shouldn't be too dark for anyone's eyes. :-) Still gives me a memory of vertigo, though.

Re: PESO - On top of the Sarcophagus

2011-03-19 Thread Chris Mitchell
Lovely shot Jostein. And very intrepid of you. I still don't get the 645D though (Chris lights blue touchpaper and retires)... Chris AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2011/03/topptur-sarkofagen.html This shouldn't be too dark for anyone's eyes. :-) Still gives

Re: PESO - On top of the Sarcophagus

2011-03-19 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Well I sure can see that one! Thanks, my friend :-) brr. and lovely -- so tell me, is that tiny person on the end of the arrete a person or a piece of sculpture? I like to think you sent one of your buddies out there to pose - someone as crazy as Mark Roberts... ann AlunFoto wrote:

RE: PESO - On top of the Sarcophagus

2011-03-19 Thread Jeffery Johnson
The capture is nice but well I am so over snow and the cold. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of AlunFoto Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 1:47 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - On top of the Sarcophagus http

Re: PESO - On top of the Sarcophagus

2011-03-19 Thread Steven Desjardins
and the cold. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of AlunFoto Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 1:47 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - On top of the Sarcophagus http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2011/03/topptur-sarkofagen.html

Re: PESO - On top of the Sarcophagus

2011-03-19 Thread Tim Bray
On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: I still don't get the 645D though It's really, really simple. You see, if you had a 645D you could take beautiful pictures like Jostein does. Because you can take better pictures with more expensive cameras.

Re: PESO - On top of the Sarcophagus

2011-03-19 Thread Steven Desjardins
Absolutely. Although you also need to fly to Norway. On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 8:24 PM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: I still don't get the 645D though It's really, really simple.  You see, if you had a

Re: PESO - On top of the Sarcophagus

2011-03-19 Thread P. J. Alling
If you say so. On 3/19/2011 8:24 PM, Tim Bray wrote: On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: I still don't get the 645D though It's really, really simple. You see, if you had a 645D you could take beautiful pictures like Jostein does. Because you