Re: RE: Pentax Gallery "Resignation"

2007-09-28 Thread Tom C
> >On 9/28/07, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some of us might think it's a lot of mystical > > droppings from the rear of a bull, > >Bob, > >You've got a way with words... > >;-) > >cheers, >frank I saw the mystical droppings from the rear of a dog lying on the sidewalk yesterday and almost

Re: RE: Pentax Gallery "Resignation"

2007-09-28 Thread frank theriault
On 9/28/07, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Some of us might think it's a lot of mystical > droppings from the rear of a bull, Bob, You've got a way with words... ;-) cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.ne

RE: RE: Pentax Gallery "Resignation"

2007-09-28 Thread Bob W
on.co.uk/Zen-Art-Archery-Training-Become/dp/0140190740/ ref=sr_1_1/026-6533884-2100457?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191003104&sr=8-1 -- Bob > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mark Roberts > Sent: 27 September 2007 23:

Re: RE: Pentax Gallery "Resignation"

2007-09-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W wrote: >> How can I aim for a target if I can't see it? > >You must follow the Way Of The Blind Archer, grasshopper. The Blind >Archer does not see the target. He allows the target to see him, and >to guide the arrow into his heart, as the heron's beak enters the >stream. For are they not o

Re: RE: pentax Gallery: Interesting correspondence

2007-04-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Carlson, John___PAIC_SO wrote: >Sorry for the shorter reply to your second e-mail. To break it down to >basics, the site administrators are being more critical now than when >they first started reviewing images. This is due to the very large >number of images being submitted (we actually thought

RE: RE: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-18 Thread Markus Maurer
I second that, a great idea, declined, the "second hand Pentax gallery". Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark Roberts Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 6:10 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: RE: Pentax Gallery Bo

Re: RE: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-18 Thread Mark Roberts
Bong Manayon wrote: >Elsewhere in this thread or somewhere, there's this exchange on photos >that were declined. Why not a PUG theme "Declined" where we post our >best/favorite shots that were not accepted in the Pentax Gallery :-D LOL! Now *that's* a capital idea. If the PUG can't do it I'll ho

Re: RE: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-18 Thread Bong Manayon
On 3/18/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Markus Maurer wrote: > > Someone (I forget who) submitted a cat photo and had it rejected. So I > sent three flower shots (mainly as a joke) and they were all accepted! > Elsewhere in this thread or somewhere, there's this exchange on photos tha

Re: RE: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-18 Thread Mark Roberts
Markus Maurer wrote: >Hi Mark and Bong >I like the "Salt Shaper Cap" photo a lot as well. >BTW I haven't seen a dog or cat picture in the gallery, maybe that is >too sweet for Pentax :-) Someone (I forget who) submitted a cat photo and had it rejected. So I sent three flower shots (mainly as a

Re: RE: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Markus Maurer wrote: >Maybe there is a point in the supposition that a photo should look >good as a thumbnail too for them? That's the impression I get. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: RE: Pentax Gallery Response

2007-03-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Markus Maurer wrote: > would you say that only a lens with the name Pentax on it is a > Pentax lens or does it qualify if it is built by Asahi (Pentax)? Well, if it's sold as a Pentax lens it's a Pentax lens :) If it was made after Asahi changed its corporate name to Pentax (2-3 years ago) it's

Re: RE: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-16 Thread Jack Davis
o: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >Subject: Re: RE: Pentax Gallery > >Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:19:16 -0400 (EDT) > > > >Tom C wrote: > > > > >It's all in the eye of the beholder. So far, several of what I > consider &g

Re: RE: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-16 Thread Tom C
>From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Subject: Re: RE: Pentax Gallery >Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:19:16 -0400 (EDT) > >Tom C wrote: > > >It's all in the eye of the beholder. So far, se

Re: RE: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Tom C wrote: >It's all in the eye of the beholder. So far, several of what I consider my >very best images were declined. OTOH, some of those that I've displayed >here on the list that were ignored or snubbed have been approved. > >Likewise I see some images with, what I feel are fatal flaws

RE: RE: Pentax Gallery Response

2007-03-15 Thread Markus Maurer
email. thanks and greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark Roberts Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 9:09 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: RE: Pentax Gallery Response Markus Maurer wrote: >There seem to be no eas

Re: RE: Pentax Gallery Response

2007-03-15 Thread Mark Roberts
Markus Maurer wrote: >There seem to be no easily visible way to apply for an Artist >number like "create a new account" :-( I expect that is quite deliberate and that they have chosen go go the email route to keep the number of participants and total images down. This may be only for while the

Re: RE: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts wrote: >Well I can top that: I just sent them a FLOWER photo! Two flower >photos, actually. Update: Both flower photos accepted. French street scene photo rejected: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d505612.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailm

Re: RE: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-14 Thread Mark Roberts
David Savage wrote: >...and these are my declined shots: > > > > > A