Re: GESO: Photo walk on a warm February day

2011-02-17 Thread Paul Stenquist
I suspect the reason for the softness is the f16 ap that was used. You get a lot of diffusion at f16 -- definitely not a recommended way to shoot unless maximum depth of field is required in a close focusing situation. But some nice subject matter here. Paul On Feb 17, 2011, at 2:07 AM, John

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2011-02-17 Thread John Sessoms
Where in Western Kentucky? My mom's family is from the area around Fredonia, KY. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3448 - Release Date: 02/16/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: GESO: Photo walk on a warm February day

2011-02-17 Thread Walter Gilbert
Thanks, John. I was a little disappointed with the sharpness and resolution on some of the shots, myself. Whenever I've managed to get the lens right -- and it's been more difficult than I expected -- it is amazingly sharp. But, it's a challenging lens for me. I haven't put in nearly

Re: GESO: Photo walk on a warm February day

2011-02-17 Thread Walter Gilbert
Thanks, Paul. I wasn't sure if that might have been the cause, or just my less than stellar focusing. I have a suspicion my focusing played a good part in it. The lens is really challenging me in that I'm having a very, very difficult time getting consistent results from it. I don't

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2011-02-17 Thread John Sessoms
From: John Sessoms Where in Western Kentucky? My mom's family is from the area around Fredonia, KY. Like I said, It's going to be one of *THOSE* days! - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3448 - Release Date: 02/16/11

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2011-02-17 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:23 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Where in Western Kentucky? My mom's family is from the area around Fredonia, KY. You may have thought this was off-list, but it's not... ;-) cheers, frank (definitely on the list) -- Sharpness is a bourgeois

Re: GESO: Photo walk on a warm February day

2011-02-17 Thread John Sessoms
From: Walter Gilbert Thanks, John. I was a little disappointed with the sharpness and resolution on some of the shots, myself. Whenever I've managed to get the lens right -- and it's been more difficult than I expected -- it is amazingly sharp. But, it's a challenging lens for me. I

Re: GESO: Photo walk on a warm February day

2011-02-17 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 9:39 PM, Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote:  Hi all, We had an unseasonably warm day here in western Kentucky, so I thought I'd take the cameras out and see what I came up with.  I filled up a roll of Plus-X 125 on the K1000 using my 135/2.5 and will have them

Re: GESO: Photo walk on a warm February day

2011-02-17 Thread Walter Gilbert
I'm using an older version of full-blown Photoshop -- 7.0 to be exact -- and have been meaning to take in some tutorials on YouTube for a while, but just haven't gotten around to it. A lot of the reason I haven't gotten too deeply into the post-production end of it has to do with the

Re: GESO: Photo walk on a warm February day

2011-02-17 Thread Walter Gilbert
Thank you, Frank! I was pretty smitten with the pickup, too. I wish I'd been able to get more angles on it, but it was parked right up against the side of a garage with a bunch of newer vehicles in the background. So, I was forced to do what I could to obscure all the other junk -- which

Re: GESO: Photo walk on a warm February day

2011-02-17 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Walt -- I liked the thumbnails, but I had a devil of a time navigating the page... I could figure out how to go to the next photo without going back to the index, all the files were too big without using the zoom out feature in Firefox... I just couldnt get a really good view. might be that

Re: GESO: Photo walk on a warm February day

2011-02-17 Thread Walter Gilbert
Thanks, Ann. I've been trying to find a decent Wordpress plugin for image galleries, but it's been incredibly frustrating. Everything I've tried has had something about it I just don't like -- whether it's the way it composes the thumbnail page, the way it handles the photos themselves, or

Re: OFF LIST: Re: GESO: Photo walk on a warm February day

2011-02-17 Thread Steven Desjardins
Nice try, but the list knows all and sees all. ;-) On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 1:19 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:23 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Where in Western Kentucky? My mom's family is from the area around Fredonia, KY.

Re: OFF LIST: Re: GESO: Photo walk on a warm February day

2011-02-17 Thread Walter Gilbert
Don't tell anyone on the list that I said this, but they are all *AWESOME!* -- Walt On 2/17/2011 10:23 AM, John Sessoms wrote: Where in Western Kentucky? My mom's family is from the area around Fredonia, KY. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com

RE: GESO: Photo walk on a warm February day

2011-02-16 Thread Jeffery Johnson
These are nice pictures and yeah it finally is starting to warm up. Thank goodness -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Walter Gilbert Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 8:39 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: GESO: Photo

Re: GESO: Photo walk on a warm February day

2011-02-16 Thread Walter Gilbert
Thanks, Jeffery! We've still got a ways to go before winter ends, but today was a nice prelude to spring. :-) Love what I'm seeing out of that K-r, BTW. The IQ looks wonderful! -- Walt On 2/16/2011 9:54 PM, Jeffery Johnson wrote: These are nice pictures and yeah it finally is starting

RE: GESO: Photo walk on a warm February day

2011-02-16 Thread John Coyle
Hi Walt - some nice shots there, but I felt that some of them were softer than I would expect. 9423 is one example, but in others, like the two bw shots of the little hut, the resolution doesn't seem what I would expect. I believe that converting to monochrome is best done using only one