Re: peso: eye contact

2010-11-13 Thread David J Brooks
Nice shot. It took me a few seconds to realize the car driver was looking as well. Dave On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 5:37 PM, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Underexposed this by about two stops because I inadvertently spun the shutter speed dial. Saw the display blinking but didn't

peso: eye contact

2010-11-12 Thread P N Stenquist
Underexposed this by about two stops because I inadvertently spun the shutter speed dial. Saw the display blinking but didn't want to pass up the shot. Pumped it up in conversion. K-5 and DA* 60-250, ISO 1600, f4 @ 1/2500 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11940070 -- PDML

Re: peso: eye contact

2010-11-12 Thread Richard D Bush
Nice shot Paul, even when having to increase exposure. I will never understand why a bicyclist will ride with ear buds in their ears. I strongly feel a cyclist needs their ears for hearing the traffic around them and especially what might be behind them. RB On Nov 12, 2010, at 3:37 PM, P

Re: peso: eye contact

2010-11-12 Thread Jack Davis
Looks like she's a bit surprised or startled. I like the bike/traffic congestion mix, Paul! Jack --- On Fri, 11/12/10, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: peso: eye contact To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday

Re: peso: eye contact

2010-11-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
Paul, What's not to like about a pretty girl in spandex on a bike! The girl is well done (needs to remove the ipod from her ears), and I live the old guy eyeing her grom his car. Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 4:37 PM, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Underexposed this by

Re: peso: eye contact

2010-11-12 Thread Jeffery Smith
Yeah, these days. I pretty much live that too. Jeffery On Nov 12, 2010, at 5:10 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: and I live the old guy eyeing her -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link

Re: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-28 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Frank: That's a terrific photo--moment caught just right. Composition great too! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 9:12 AM Subject: PESO - Eye Contact

Re: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-28 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: On a point of pedantry, 'The Stranger' is not a literal translation, and conveys nothing of what the novel is about. 'Outsider' is a much better translation. I had a professor who spent the better part of two classes telling

Re: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-28 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 3:07 AM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Hi Frank:  That's a terrific photo--moment caught just right.  Composition great too!  Cheers, Christine Thanks, Christine. And thanks to everyone else who commented and looked. I didn't shoot much this past

Re: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-28 Thread Mark Roberts
frank theriault wrote: On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: On a point of pedantry, 'The Stranger' is not a literal translation, and conveys nothing of what the novel is about. 'Outsider' is a much better translation. I had a professor who spent the better part

Re: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-28 Thread Luiz Felipe
...getting pedantry (I'm taking your word as proof that word actually exists, and has nothing to do with crime) further away, there is no way to properly translate some ideas. The map changes as you change the language, to quote some sci-fi author. Meaning the ideas often can't be properly

RE: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-28 Thread Bob W
On a point of pedantry, 'The Stranger' is not a literal translation, and conveys nothing of what the novel is about. 'Outsider' is a much better translation. I had a professor who spent the better part of two classes telling us why The Outsider is the ~only~ proper translation for

RE: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-28 Thread Bob W
That's why it is so good to learn foreign languages. It's not just so you can order a beer and chat up girls. It's also a great pleasure to be able to read the literature. Bob ...getting pedantry (I'm taking your word as proof that word actually exists, and has nothing to do with crime)

Re: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-28 Thread Doug Brewer
Bob W wrote: That's why it is so good to learn foreign languages. It's not just so you can order a beer and chat up girls. It's also a great pleasure to be able to read the literature. Bob and you don't end up spending all day trying to find einbahnstrasse on the map. -- PDML

Re: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-28 Thread Mark Roberts
Doug Brewer wrote: Bob W wrote: That's why it is so good to learn foreign languages. It's not just so you can order a beer and chat up girls. It's also a great pleasure to be able to read the literature. and you don't end up spending all day trying to find einbahnstrasse on the map. Is

Re: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-28 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: Is that the place where you go to pick up girls? Any place Doug goes is a place to go pick up girls... ;-) cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-28 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: and you don't end up spending all day trying to find einbahnstrasse on the map. That would be a waste of time. A quick Google Images search shows that there are many helpful signs, complete with arrows, to point you to

Re: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-28 Thread Doug Brewer
Mark Roberts wrote: Doug Brewer wrote: Bob W wrote: That's why it is so good to learn foreign languages. It's not just so you can order a beer and chat up girls. It's also a great pleasure to be able to read the literature. and you don't end up spending all day trying to find

Re: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-28 Thread Doug Brewer
frank theriault wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: Is that the place where you go to pick up girls? Any place Doug goes is a place to go pick up girls... not once I get there. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-28 Thread Bob W
Bob W wrote: That's why it is so good to learn foreign languages. It's not just so you can order a beer and chat up girls. It's also a great pleasure to be able to read the literature. Bob and you don't end up spending all day trying to find einbahnstrasse on the map.

Re: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-28 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Don't be too sure. The first time I drove on a French autoroute I spent a lot of time looking on the map for Péage. That'll take a toll on you... cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-28 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 4/27/2009 7:12:46 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, knarftheria...@gmail.com writes: The title just doesn't feel right to me, but I can't think of anything better. Feel free to suggest something more workable. And feel free to comment on the photo:

PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-27 Thread frank theriault
The title just doesn't feel right to me, but I can't think of anything better. Feel free to suggest something more workable. And feel free to comment on the photo: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/04/eye-contact.html thanks, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri

Re: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
good photo! seems an apt title to me. :-) G On Apr 27, 2009, at 7:12 AM, frank theriault wrote: The title just doesn't feel right to me, but I can't think of anything better. Feel free to suggest something more workable. And feel free to comment on the photo:

Re: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-27 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: frank theriault Subject: PESO - Eye Contact The title just doesn't feel right to me, but I can't think of anything better. Feel free to suggest something more workable. Piss off and go away, namby little backpack boy And feel free to comment

Re: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-27 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:17 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: Piss off and go away, namby little backpack boy Yes! I like it! And feel free to comment on the photo: I don't get it. Me neither. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML

Re: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-27 Thread Dario Bonazza
, April 27, 2009 4:12 PM Subject: PESO - Eye Contact The title just doesn't feel right to me, but I can't think of anything better. Feel free to suggest something more workable. And feel free to comment on the photo: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/04/eye-contact.html thanks, frank

Re: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-27 Thread Jack Davis
Hi, come on, we'll make room. Very nice moment, Paul. Jack --- On Mon, 4/27/09, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - Eye Contact To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Date: Monday, April 27, 2009, 7:12 AM

Re: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-27 Thread Doug Brewer
frank theriault wrote: The title just doesn't feel right to me, but I can't think of anything better. Feel free to suggest something more workable. And feel free to comment on the photo: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/04/eye-contact.html thanks, frank The title works very well. I

Re: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-27 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: The title works very well. I don't think you could have timed this any better, Frank. Maybe a touch of crop on the right? I didn't time anything, the kids did. ;-) I actually cropped quite a bit off the left. For some

Re: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-27 Thread Luiz Felipe
Outsider?? Very interesting, Frank. LF frank theriault escreveu: The title just doesn't feel right to me, but I can't think of anything better. Feel free to suggest something more workable. And feel free to comment on the photo: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/04/eye-contact.html

Re: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-27 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Luiz Felipe luiz.fel...@techmit.com.br wrote: Outsider?? Very interesting, Frank. Thanks, Luiz. I was actually considering that, but I thought it might be a little too Camus (in many countries, including Canada, the title to his first novel, L'Etranger, is

Re: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-27 Thread Cotty
On 27/4/09, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: The title just doesn't feel right to me, but I can't think of anything better. Feel free to suggest something more workable. And feel free to comment on the photo: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/04/eye-contact.html 'Five Little

Re: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-27 Thread Luiz Felipe
Lucky me, never got to notice that translation... Stranger gets me a negative content Outsider lacks. I felt no dark emotions watching your pic - but some sense of exclusion countered(?) by the look on the visible faces. Call it Sally and slap Cotty' -er, whatever you call it, very

Re: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-27 Thread Cotty
On 27/4/09, Luiz Felipe, discombobulated, unleashed: Call it Sally and slap Cotty' -er, whatever you call it, When I was born they slapped my mom. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ --

Re: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-27 Thread Ken Waller
Nice momment captured. Wouldn't change a thing. How about 'Pick of the litter'? Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - Eye Contact The title just doesn't feel right to me, but I can't think

Re: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-27 Thread David J Brooks
I like it and the title seems ok for it. I like how the bike tie downs break up the groups. Dave On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:12 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: The title just doesn't feel right to me, but I can't think of anything better.  Feel free to suggest something

Re: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-27 Thread Timbah!
I think the title is good and the photo is excellent! A+ :) .t frank theriault wrote: The title just doesn't feel right to me, but I can't think of anything better. Feel free to suggest something more workable. And feel free to comment on the photo:

RE: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-27 Thread Bob W
The title just doesn't feel right to me, but I can't think of anything better. Feel free to suggest something more workable. And feel free to comment on the photo: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/04/eye-contact.html thanks, frank Great picture. Title not important. But a

RE: PESO - Eye Contact

2009-04-27 Thread Bob W
Thanks, Luiz. I was actually considering that, but I thought it might be a little too Camus (in many countries, including Canada, the title to his first novel, L'Etranger, is translated into English as The Outsider. (I understand that in the US it's usually translated literally as The