Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-07-03 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks, Aahz! Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Aahz Maruch To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2013 12:36 AM Subject: Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure On Fri, Jun 21, 2013, Rick Womer wrote: > > Enough blather!  The gall

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-07-02 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013, Rick Womer wrote: > > Enough blather! The gallery is here: > > http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1055134 I'm voting for McMansions -- that's excellent use of a fisheye. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://rule6.info/

Photo hosting (was Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure)

2013-07-02 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Mon, Jun 24, 2013, Bruce Walker wrote: > > I must second what Stan said. photo.net is currently the only site > that PDMLers use whose links automatically go onto my "maybe later" > list. FWIW, while I agree with the sentiment, I don't find photo.net particularly intrusive -- flickr's speed sin

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-27 Thread Rick Womer
hotos/RickW - Original Message - From: Mark C To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 7:52 PM Subject: Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure Up up and away, Rick... Nice colorful shots, great documentary of your trip. Mark On 6/21/2013 7:54 PM, Rick Womer

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-26 Thread Mark C
Up up and away, Rick... Nice colorful shots, great documentary of your trip. Mark On 6/21/2013 7:54 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Yesterday we took our long-anticipated hot air balloon ride outside Philly. We launched at ~0630, on a cool and clear morning with some mist and high clouds. 1:20 and ab

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure, now hosting sites

2013-06-24 Thread David Parsons
PBase sucks. They've been slowly dieing for a few years now. On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > Well, I've spent a half-hour uploading the Balloon gallery to pBase, and > still don't have anything viewable. > > Maybe I'll try again when I have a rainy day on vacation, but life

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure, now hosting sites

2013-06-24 Thread Rick Womer
Well, I've spent a half-hour uploading the Balloon gallery to pBase, and still don't have anything viewable. Maybe I'll try again when I have a rainy day on vacation, but life is just too busy right now. So, for the time being I'm staying with photo.net. Two tips for those frustrated with ads:

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-24 Thread P.J. Alling
I use a flash blocker on my browser, which cuts down on a lot of annoyance. If the content of the popup is flash based I never see it. I just hit the dismiss [x] regardless. There are worse places than Photo.net which use adverts you can't dismiss. On 6/24/2013 7:23 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-24 Thread Bruce Walker
I must second what Stan said. photo.net is currently the only site that PDMLers use whose links automatically go onto my "maybe later" list. On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 2:08 AM, Stan Halpin wrote: > Bob W said: >> I pay for a website and it does not thrust ads in people's faces just >> because they

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-24 Thread Rick Womer
No, I hadn't.  I may give that a try.   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Bill To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 11:05 PM Subject: Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure On 23/06/2013 7:41 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > Bob, I am wide

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-24 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 24/6/13, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: >The problem I have with the ads (and this is not just restricted to >Photo.Net) is that the call to the add server often gets 'stuck' with >the result that the web page content doesn't show up at all. The only >way out is to reload the

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-24 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 23/6/13, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed: >Remember, if you don't pay for a service, you are the product being sold. Good point. I pay, I think it's about 2 quid a month for Posthaven. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Producion --

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-23 Thread Stan Halpin
Bob W said: > I pay for a website and it does not thrust ads in people's faces just because > they haven't also subscribed. I think it's rude of people to use websites > that do that, and photo.net et al should have the decency not to serve ads at > all through subscribers' pages. Dan, you say

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-23 Thread David Mann
On Jun 24, 2013, at 10:56 AM, Brian Walters wrote: > The problem I have with the ads (and this is not just restricted to > Photo.Net) is that the call to the add server often gets 'stuck' with the > result that the web page content doesn't show up at all. The only way out is > to reload the p

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-23 Thread Christine Aguila
I agree with Bob! Overall, looks like you had a great time. The deer looking up is fun too. Cheers, Christine On Jun 22, 2013, at 3:01 AM, Bob W wrote: > Beauty and the Beast is a great shot! > >> -Original Message- >> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Rick W

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-23 Thread John Sessoms
From: Brian Walters Quoting "Daniel J. Matyola" : I don't see the ads, probabley because I subscribe to Photo.Net. Remember, if you don't pay for a service, you are the product being sold. The problem I have with the ads (and this is not just restricted to Photo.Net) is that the call to the

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-23 Thread Bill
On 23/06/2013 7:41 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Bob, I am wide open to suggestions for a service that is as easy to use as photo.net, doesn't present non-subscribers with ads, and is moderate in cost. Have you looked into pBase? bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/m

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-23 Thread Rick Womer
ne 23, 2013 3:54 PM Subject: Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure On 23 Jun 2013, at 19:58, "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > I don't see the ads, probabley because I subscribe to Photo.Net. > > Remember, if you don't pay for a service, you are the product being sold. You

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-23 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks, Bob!  It was a great birthday present. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 2:50 PM Subject: Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure Rick, Nice balloon flight documentary. The

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-23 Thread Rick Womer
oto.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Brian Walters To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 6:51 PM Subject: Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure Quoting Rick Womer : > Yesterday we took our long-anticipated hot air balloon ride outside  > Philly.  We launch

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Bob: I did not suggest that you should subscribe to Photo.net. I just pointed out that "free" websites do not exist. If you are not paying for the service, the website is selling you to advertisers in order to pay the costs of running the "free" websitre. I store thousands of image on Photo.Net

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-23 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting "Daniel J. Matyola" : I don't see the ads, probabley because I subscribe to Photo.Net. Remember, if you don't pay for a service, you are the product being sold. The problem I have with the ads (and this is not just restricted to Photo.Net) is that the call to the add server often

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-23 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Rick Womer : Yesterday we took our long-anticipated hot air balloon ride outside Philly.  We launched at ~0630, on a cool and clear morning with some mist and high clouds.  1:20 and about 9 miles later the pilot dropped us quickly but gently into a remarkably small suburban yard,

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-23 Thread Bob W
On 23 Jun 2013, at 21:36, "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > I'm sorry if you find the ads on Photo.Net such a problem. > > Not all services are equal. The flexibility of Photo.Net makes it > worth the minor convenience of the ads, in my view. One click, and > they are gone. I prefer that to the st

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I'm sorry if you find the ads on Photo.Net such a problem. Not all services are equal. The flexibility of Photo.Net makes it worth the minor convenience of the ads, in my view. One click, and they are gone. I prefer that to the strange interface used by most of the alternatives. Photo.Net offe

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-23 Thread Bob W
On 23 Jun 2013, at 19:58, "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > I don't see the ads, probabley because I subscribe to Photo.Net. > > Remember, if you don't pay for a service, you are the product being sold. You are not obliged to subscribe to a service that uses ads. I pay for a website and it does not

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I don't see the ads, probabley because I subscribe to Photo.Net. Remember, if you don't pay for a service, you are the product being sold. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 7:37 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > On 21/6/13, Rick Womer, discombobulat

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-23 Thread Bob Sullivan
t; Rick > > http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > > - Original Message - > From: Steve Cottrell > To: pentax list > Cc: > Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 7:37 AM > Subject: Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure > > On 21/6/13, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: > >&g

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-23 Thread John Sessoms
From: "Steve Cottrell" On 21/6/13, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: Enough blather! ?The gallery is here: http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1055134 Nice gallery! I do hate the ads that photo.net insists on showing. I don't see no steenkin' ads? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail L

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-23 Thread Rick Womer
: Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 7:37 AM Subject: Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure On 21/6/13, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: >Enough blather!  The gallery is here: > >http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1055134 Nice gallery! I do hate the ads that photo.net insists o

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-23 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 21/6/13, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: >Enough blather!  The gallery is here: > >http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1055134 Nice gallery! I do hate the ads that photo.net insists on showing. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Prod

RE: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-22 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Gorgeous! --- Original Message --- From: Rick Womer Sent: June 21, 2013 6/21/13 To: Pentax List Subject: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure Yesterday we took our long-anticipated hot air balloon ride outside Philly.  We launched at ~0630, on a cool and clear morning with some mist and high clouds.

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-22 Thread Rick Womer
countryside. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Bob W To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Cc: Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2013 4:01 AM Subject: RE: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure Beauty and the Beast is a great shot! > -Original Message-

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-22 Thread Rick Womer
That sounds wonderful!  Looking forward to the pix. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2013 7:14 AM Subject: Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure Rick Womer wrote: >I've been

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Rick Womer wrote: >I've been to Rome, Florence, Padua, Orvietto, and Venice.  Italy is almost >overwhelming photographically--so much great stuff! > >Where are you going? Flying into Milan and then hiking around the Italian Riviera for a week, followed by a week of hiking in the Dolomites. I

RE: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-22 Thread Bob W
Beauty and the Beast is a great shot! > -Original Message- > From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Rick Womer > Sent: 22 June 2013 00:54 > To: Pentax List > Subject: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure > > Yesterday we took our long-anticipated hot air balloon ride > outside

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-21 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks, Bruce!   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 9:32 PM Subject: Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure Fascinating documentary shots, Rick. I really love Upright. Great use of the

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-21 Thread Rick Womer
June 21, 2013 9:33 PM Subject: Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure Rick Womer wrote: >http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1055134 Looks like a great adventure, Rick. Wih we'd been there. Lisa and I are off to Italy in a week. That should be an adventure! -- Mark Roberts

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-21 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks, Paul!   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 9:39 PM Subject: Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure Excellent gallery. Great color, nice use of the fisheye. Paul On Jun 21, 2013, at

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-21 Thread Paul Stenquist
Excellent gallery. Great color, nice use of the fisheye. Paul On Jun 21, 2013, at 7:54 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > Yesterday we took our long-anticipated hot air balloon ride outside Philly. > We launched at ~0630, on a cool and clear morning with some mist and high > clouds. 1:20 and about 9 mi

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-21 Thread Bruce Walker
Fascinating documentary shots, Rick. I really love Upright. Great use of the extreme wide angles. On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 7:54 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > Yesterday we took our long-anticipated hot air balloon ride outside Philly. > We launched at ~0630, on a cool and clear morning with some mist a

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Rick Womer wrote: >http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1055134 Looks like a great adventure, Rick. Wih we'd been there. Lisa and I are off to Italy in a week. That should be an adventure! -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail Li