RE: PESO Silk purse or sows ear?

2005-11-08 Thread Tim Øsleby
I really like this one. It is pleasant to look at. The composition turns something rather ugly into something pretty. (The dominating mills have the rotor blades in sync!) But I have one problem. My browser adapts the size of image. I'm using 1024 x 768. That's convenient, but it creates some

Re: PESO Silk purse or sows ear?

2005-11-03 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Come to think of it, it will even open Pentax RAW images, in the PEF format. I found a plugin for Windows somewhere on the internet which extends Windows and adds support for the PEF format. I would recommend it to any Windows XP user with a Pentax digital camera. I can even look at a

Re: PESO Silk purse or sows ear?

2005-10-31 Thread Glen
At 11:38 PM 10/30/2005, Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! My monitors are 1024X768 as well. What I do on a Mac is drag the pic straight from the web browser window and drop it onto the desktop. Then I double-click on that new icon on my desktop and it opens the pic in a simple picture-viewing utility

Re: PESO Silk purse or sows ear?

2005-10-31 Thread frank theriault
On 10/30/05, Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another pic from my trip. Bad bad Rob, I forgot that the camera was in manual exposure mode and in a rush shot off five frames which were at least a stop and a half too hot. What this tends to do apart from the obvious is turn the sky a

Re: PESO Silk purse or sows ear?

2005-10-31 Thread Gaurav Aggarwal
Great picture. Loved it. I would like to see the picture in color also just to understand what you discuss here, if possible. It looks just great in BW though. No problems with size since I use a 1600x1200 monitor. Where were you standing when you took this picture? Obviously not on the ground

Re: PESO Silk purse or sows ear?

2005-10-31 Thread Rob Studdert
On 31 Oct 2005 at 13:47, Gaurav Aggarwal wrote: Great picture. Loved it. I would like to see the picture in color also just to understand what you discuss here, if possible. It looks just great in BW though. No problems with size since I use a 1600x1200 monitor. Where were you standing when

Re: PESO Silk purse or sows ear?

2005-10-31 Thread David Savage
After seeing what you had to work with I'm impressed. Nice shot. Dave On 11/1/05, Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 31 Oct 2005 at 13:47, Gaurav Aggarwal wrote: Great picture. Loved it. I would like to see the picture in color also just to understand what you discuss here, if

Re: PESO Silk purse or sows ear?

2005-10-31 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Cotty wrote: On 30/10/05, Ann Sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: I have this problem, too -- my monitor is set at 1024 x 768 - I can't make it any finer than that My monitors are 1024X768 as well. What I do on a Mac is drag the pic straight from the web browser window and drop it

Re: PESO Silk purse or sows ear?

2005-10-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
Excellent composition. The tonal values are nice here to my eye. Paul On Oct 30, 2005, at 7:25 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: Another pic from my trip. Bad bad Rob, I forgot that the camera was in manual exposure mode and in a rush shot off five frames which were at least a stop and a half too hot.

RE: PESO Silk purse or sows ear?

2005-10-30 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Rob ... BW seems like a good way to present this photo. Good choice. The subject and location looks like it would offer a lot of possibilities, although I'm not sure that you caught the best possibility with this shot. However, the problem here is that the image is way too big to fit on my

Re: PESO Silk purse or sows ear?

2005-10-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Oct 30, 2005, at 4:25 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: Another pic from my trip. Bad bad Rob, I forgot that the camera was in manual exposure mode and in a rush shot off five frames which were at least a stop and a half too hot. What this tends to do apart from the obvious is turn the sky a very

Re: PESO Silk purse or sows ear?

2005-10-30 Thread Albano Garcia
I really like it, nice tones and composition. Regards Albano --- Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another pic from my trip. Bad bad Rob, I forgot that the camera was in manual exposure mode and in a rush shot off five frames which were at least a stop and a half too hot. What this

Re: PESO Silk purse or sows ear?

2005-10-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Another pic from my trip. Bad bad Rob, I forgot that the camera was in manual exposure mode and in a rush shot off five frames which were at least a stop and a half too hot. What this tends to do apart from the obvious is turn the sky a very icky turquoise colour, so rather than completely

Re: PESO Silk purse or sows ear?

2005-10-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Rob Studdert wrote: Another pic from my trip. Bad bad Rob, I forgot that the camera was in manual exposure mode and in a rush shot off five frames which were at least a stop and a half too hot. What this tends to do apart from the obvious is turn the sky a very icky turquoise colour, so

Re: PESO Silk purse or sows ear?

2005-10-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Hi Rob ... BW seems like a good way to present this photo. Good choice. The subject and location looks like it would offer a lot of possibilities, although I'm not sure that you caught the best possibility with this shot. However, the problem here is that the

Re: PESO Silk purse or sows ear?

2005-10-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/10/05, Ann Sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: I have this problem, too -- my monitor is set at 1024 x 768 - I can't make it any finer than that My monitors are 1024X768 as well. What I do on a Mac is drag the pic straight from the web browser window and drop it onto the desktop. Then I

Re: PESO Silk purse or sows ear?

2005-10-30 Thread Charles Robinson
On Oct 30, 2005, at 17:05, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I have this problem, too -- my monitor is set at 1024 x 768 - I can't make it any finer than that for a number of reasons having to do with my eyesight. I used to have it at 800 x 640, but I was missing tons of stuff that way. Both Internet

Re: PESO Silk purse or sows ear?

2005-10-30 Thread P. J. Alling
You'd have to right click on the pic. and save it to the desktop but it would work about the same way. Cotty wrote: On 30/10/05, Ann Sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: I have this problem, too -- my monitor is set at 1024 x 768 - I can't make it any finer than that My monitors

Re: PESO Silk purse or sows ear?

2005-10-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! My monitors are 1024X768 as well. What I do on a Mac is drag the pic straight from the web browser window and drop it onto the desktop. Then I double-click on that new icon on my desktop and it opens the pic in a simple picture-viewing utility application as large as the screen will allow,

Re: PESO Silk purse or sows ear?

2005-10-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Boris Liberman Subject: Re: PESO Silk purse or sows ear? Hi! My monitors are 1024X768 as well. What I do on a Mac is drag the pic straight from the web browser window and drop it onto the desktop. Then I double-click on that new icon on my desktop

RE: PESO Silk purse or sows ear?

2005-10-30 Thread Trevor Bailey
G'day Rob. Mate, I like it...2 thumbs up. Hooroo. Regards, Trevor. Grafton -Original Message- From: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 30 October 2005 11:25 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: PESO Silk purse or sows ear? Another pic from my trip. Bad bad Rob, I