GESO - A Wedding in Maine

A good friend got married a month ago in a quaint chapel on the Maine coast. I wasn't the official photographer (fortunately), but took a lot of pics for the fun of it. http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=648705 istD, mostly ISO 400, FA 16-45, RAW files processed with ACR and PE4. Com

Re: GESO: What I did on my summer vacation

Whaddya mean, Frank? There's a real gen-yew-wine dancing garlic clove right here: http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/vacation/festival/pages/_IGP2799.htm (fun pix!) Rick --- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I looked through the Garlic Festival shots, and was > quite disappointed

Re: PESO -- Inchworm

Me, too. Nice composition particularly. Speaking of inchworms, though, the digital thing is creeping up on you, Scott. Your tag line "Shoot more film!" will be replaced with "Shoot film!", then "Shoot some film!", then "Shoot a little film, if you feel like it", and finally just "Shoot!" And th

Re: PESO - Street photograph

I love European cobbled streets. Nice shot, but something other than a carton might complement the bicycle better. Rick --- DagT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=262832 > > DagT > http://dag.foto.no > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDM

Re: PESO - Runoff

Bruce, Tough contrast problem! I wouldn't have noticed the water running off the wall had you not mentioned it. I have no idea how to make it more visible without blowing out the waves and spray, either. Rick --- Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What really caught my fancy about this

Re: PESO -- The other side of the tracks.

I like it too. Nice composition, and the exposure even works well despite the different foreground, bridge, and background lighting. Rick --- "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not much to say about this one. I liked it. The > only comment I have is > about the lens is that it's muc

Re: PESO - Street photograph

By US standards, alas, yes. By European standards, no. (Sigh) Rick --- "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It has character, but it's un commonly clean. > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail

Re: PESO -- a proper portrait - Jocelyn

It looks to me as though the plane of focus takes in her bangs and the tip of her nose, rather than her eyes. Otherwise, very nice. Rick --- Mike Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.michaelhamilton.ca/images/jocelynshort5-1window.jpg > > I've been taking a portraiture course throu

Re: PESO - Runoff

Just calibrated the monitor. Better, but still a bit subtle. --- Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HmmmI'm wondering if you are seeing what I'm > seeing. The runoff > is very visible to the left of the wave right near > the bottom of the > rocks. I wonder about calibration - your m

Re: Some more images...

Fabulous photos, Pal! Rick --- Pål Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've added four images to my portfolio at Photo.net: > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/member-photos?user_id=266609 > > > They are all shot in august this year with the > Pentax 645NII and the > Pentax645 33-55/4.5 lens cl

Re: PESO -- Sunset over Guilford

Very, very nice. The boat and colors cooperated perfectly! I grew up outside New Haven, and love your steady stream of Connecticut pix! Rick --- "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One last PESO for a while. > > http://www.mindspring.com/~morephotos/PESO_--_sunset.html > > Technical

RE: Home recovering from surgery

Staples? Sutures? A lot of our surgeons are using glue. No kidding. No "cool value" at all... Rick --- Don Sanderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sutures? > I'm jealous, all I ever get is staples! ;-) > > Don (Whose belly looks like Zorro got him!) > > > -Original Message- > > Fr

Re: PESO -- Half a web...

WELL, Mr. Alling, you CERTAINLY have your NERVE to post a PHOTOGRAPH rather than joining in the hundreds of messages of UTTERLY POINTLESS (and endlessly repeated) argument with a certain JCO! Thank you very much. I don't care for the photo, but it's an improvement on the reigning argument. Rick

Re: PESO: Howard Street

Jon, The sign makes the pic. The pic itself could use a little work, assuming that you can't shoot it again. The contrast range is very wide; might a polarizer have helped to take some of the glare off the pavement and the leaves? The dark areas on the right are blocked up, too. Playing with t

Printing--AAARGH!

I've been pretty casual about what little printing I've done to this point, but now I want things to look just the way they do on the screen. So, I bought a Huey and calibrated the monitor on our G5 iMac, brought up a couple of photos in PE4 (highest-quality jpg files), and tried some prints with

Re: Printing--AAARGH!--P.S.

P.S. A clarification: I've been printing scanned slides for years with no problem. Printing images from the ist D is proving frustrating, though. Rick --- Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been pretty casual about what little printing > I've done to this p

Re: Printing--AAARGH!

lours to look anything close > to the monitor, > on the print outs. > In my PS6 and CS they are as close as i can get > using Adobe Gamma, and > no Spyder type thingy. > > Dave > > Quoting Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I've been pretty ca

Re: More 645D musing

Except that you will probably have been using your K10D for several months before the 645D becomes available. --- Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I still think it's either a misprint or > misinformation, but if the 645D > does come in under $2000 I'll be cancelling my K10D > order :) >

Re: Cancelled my K10D order

Well, in that case, Pentax isn't gonna care if you don't buy one of their K10D's, either. In fact, since demand is apparently exceeding supply, they might be pleased. And you won't have the K10D to put that great lens on. You're a one-man circular firing squad on this one, Walt! Rick --- Walte

Re: OT: Aperture Aversion Therapy

Geez, Marnie, Borrow the A or the E from an existing word, and it would use all your letters. That's a 50-point bonus. Put it across a triple word score square and the game is yours! (Just think of it in a Scrabble context instead of a PDML context, and it'll be fine!). Rick --- [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: PESO - Echo

Very nice, Bruce! It would work well in B&W, but works even better with the green leaves. Thanks for posting! Of the 637 unread messages on PDML this evening, this was one of the few worth even looking at! Rick --- Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This scene just caught my eye with t

PDML Germany?

My travels will be taking me to Cologne and Gottingen in about two weeks. It would be fun to meet some PDMLers, drink some beer, and shoot. Email me off-list if available. Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Y

Re: OT: Epson Printer Profiles

Alas, Godders, I tried all that after your reply to my message about a week ago, and I'm still getting prints that are MUCH darker and warm-color-shifted compared to what is on my (calibrated) monitor. Rick --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is very simple to use the profiles s

Re: OT: Epson Printer Profiles

Yeah, I know. The problem is the number of variables, and the number of options in each variable. So, I'm experimenting, but it's tedious and expensive. Let me know if you're ever in Philly and we can go through things step-by-step! Rick --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then

RE: November PUG Deadline Reminder

He's not abandoned yet, sorry to say. Scores of messages (that I delete without reading) indicate that people continue to "feed the troll". Rick --- Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It's that time of the month again folks. > > > > The theme: Abandoned > > > > anybody have any pictur

Re: PESO - the aperture simulator has left the building

HAR!! Nice pic, too. Rick --- DagT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Office friendly picture .-) > > http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=266137 > > DagT > http://dag.foto.no > > Beware of internet links. You never know what is on > the other side. > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-

Re: TGPA

Photomicrograph of a dried flea turd. --- mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone know what this picture is of? > > http://www.tgpa.ca/index_photos/new_sample24.jpg > > > - > Email sent from www.ntlworld.com > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Softwa

Re: PESO - The empty stool

Great shot, even without the backstory! The luxuriously artistic corner with grim utilitarian ductwork overhead, the obviously unhappy woman facing away from the empty chair, the colors, the angles...it works really well, and one just keeps looking at it. Rick --- Dario Bonazza <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Pentax 16-45 vs 18-55

I have two quibbles with the 16-45: First, it is both bigger and heavier than the 24-90, which was plenty big and heavy for me (don't look for me to be carrying f/2.8 zooms around anytime soon!). Second, it zooms backwards: barrel is all the way in at 45mm, all the way out at 16mm. As Toine sai

Re: Pentax 16-45 vs 18-55

> James > ----- Original Message - > From: "Rick Womer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 2:01 AM > Subject: Re: Pentax 16-45 vs 18-55 > > > >I have two quibbles with the 16-45: > &g

Re: OT Travelling heads-up

Flew from PHL to FRA last night on Lufthansa. Nothing unusual at all. We'll see what happens on the way back. Rick --- Lucas Rijnders (Privé) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Op Fri, 27 Oct 2006 02:49:16 +0200 schreef P. J. > Alling > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> but the security agent couldn't

Re: Another PESO from Florida

Mark, Methinks it needs a wider tonal range. Rick --- Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've tried color and b/w versions of this one. Not > completely happy > with either yet... > http://www.robertstech.com/temp/oldtree.jpg > > K10D, 77 Ltd, ISO 400 > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss

PESO--Christmas lights

A bit late, perhaps, but anyway: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5458277 This is a photo of the same picturesque porch in Westchester NY that was the subject of an autumn PESO: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5242404 ist D, DA 16-45, ISO 3200, f/4 @ 1/20, RAW via ACR and

Re: OT: Help! R2400 printing problem persists

It's no accident that equipment failures occur when the equipment is needed most. Most modern devices incorporate a USD (User Stress Detector) chip. These sophisticated devices use the day of the week, hour, and secret biometric measurements (such as how hard one hits the buttons) to detect the u

Re: PESO - Flower Faery

Very cute girl, beautiful lighting, nicely defocused background. I like it! Rick --- Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Taken over the weekend. K100D, 18-55 at 43mm, > ISO800, f4.5. Auto > contrast, levels, color correction, a little unsharp > mask, and save > for web. Any feedback

Re: PESO - Norwegian Door

I don't get it (the photo, I mean. But it's been a long day. Rick --- DagT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tired of fencing, close the door please .-) > > http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=283279 > > DagT > http://www.thrane.cc > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >

Re: PESO - Garbage Day

Very nice. I've always been a sucker for photos with lines of objects in them! Also, you must live in a very orderly place--all the bins are the same! Finally, a quibble--garbage is food waste. It must have been trash day! Rick --- Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Taken on my walk t

Re: GESO - Dead Heads

I find the backgrounds of nos. 2 and 3 a bit distracting. Otherwise, nice! Rick --- Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.mawz.ca/sets/deadheads/index.html > > Trying out the Autoviewer software that Godfrey used > for his recent > GESO, and quite liking it. > > -Adam > > -- >

Re: PESO - Garbage Day

Here in Philly, until the mid-70's, there were separate collection days for garbage and trash. The garbage was collected under contract by pig farmers; the trash was collected by city sanitation trucks. Now they're all collected together by the city, and the elimination of garbage from pig diets

Re: PESO - Snowblind

Beautiful! Rick --- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Skiing last Saturday at Bogus Basin, it was snowy up > top. > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5503907 > > > Tom C. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.n

Re: PAW 2007 - 4 - GDG

Godfrey, For me, the stone wall divides the picture too much. Could you please go back and re-shoot the pic with the wall more in the foreground? And please have a pint of real ale for me, while you're at it! Rick --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A chill, damp morning on the

RE: Rollovers: need your help

Roman, I agree with Tim. I find the rollovers a pain: the expanded pic goes beyond the bottom of the screen on my laptop, and when I try to scroll the cursor leaves the thumbnail and the large pic disappears. Rick --- Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As many has said. You really need to

Re: ist D Problem

Evan, If you have a USB 2 connection on your computer and a USB 2 card reader, there is no reason to use the cable from the camera--unless you like s-l-o-o-o-w transfers (45 min to 1 h for a 2 gig card full of pix) and running the camera's battery down. Rick --- Evan Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w

Re: New to List and PESO -- Night in the Park and A Question

Welcome, Corey, and very nice pic! A scary cautionary question to other list members for your benefit: Didn't Tanya have a Sears lens that had to be cut off her ist D a couple of years ago? Or was it a Ricoh lens? Rick --- Corey Leopold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm new

Re: Wide angle backfocus

Brian, In the autofocus era, I doubt that many (if any) "zooms" are true ol'-fashun focus-preserving zooms--they all seem to be variable focal length lenses. That's certainly true of the lenses I can afford, anyway (including the fairly pricey 24-90, 16-45, and 10-17). Don't know about the high-

PESO--Ball

A bit of a departure for me, this shot. A week or so ago, on another Sunday afternoon with dim, utterly flat light outside, I felt desperate to click the shutter on my ist D. This superball was lying around, so I played with it (photographically) for a while. This shot was taken on the dining ro

Re: Like a cinnamon crust

I like the second one; the first one doesn't excite me. Rick --- Roman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://roman.blakout.net/?blog=20070128164314 > > -- > new photos ever so often... > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailma

Re: Pentax users in Phila area

I live a mile from Penn. Where are you? Rick --- J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are there any Pentax users in the Philadelphia area > that have a K10d > or an Ist D that I could talk with and maybe see the > cameras...As > list members know from my last posts, that I have a > lot of high end

PESO--Lobby

This is another shot from my Los Angeles trip last fall, taken on a Saturday afternoon in the lobby of the Hyatt in downtown LA. All the shops were closed (there and downtown), and though I waited for perhaps 15 minutes, nobody walked into the frame to enliven the composition. I still like it. h

Re: OT: Cycle couriers--Where's Knarf?

Speaking of whom, where =is= Frank these days??? --- Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Digital Image Studio wrote: > > > > > I did catch a pedestrian who was knocked over by a > bike courier > > crossing one of the cities busiest pedestrian > light controlled > > crossing some years back,

Re: PESO - A bit odd

El Capitan on a bad hair day? --- Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a broken off tree stump. The lighting, > coloring of the wood > and the sky as background cause it to look sort of > like a mountain or > something. I'm not even sure how appealing it is, > but it is rather > in

Re: OT Looks like gmail is not getting to the pdml, sooooo

Odd--other peoples' gmail posts are going through fine. --- David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Back to Horde Mail i quess. My threads and replies > to threads all seem > to get to Gmail, but they don't show up on the > archives, the digest, > or this Horde mail i left open to check.

Re: PAW 2

Nice, character-laden portrait! I find the curtain bracket on the right distracting, though, and it might be worth trying a tighter crop that excludes it. Another Philly area PDMLer, eh? Rick --- Micah Kleit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm still not sure if any of my messages are > reaching t

pdml@pdml.net

I also prefer the B&W, but on my (calibrated) monitor the shadows are blocked up. Rick --- Peter Lacus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I've been playing with some test pictures taken with > FA-J 18-35 and this > is the result - my first B&W conversion: > > http://picasaweb.google.com/

Re: PESO - Farquhars Lane

Nice photo, but you might consider burning in the background a sky a bit. Rick --- Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scott Loveless wrote: > > On 2/5/07, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> http://flickr.com/photos/mawz/379303184/ > >> > >> larger, and for the flickr-phobic: > >> > >>

Re: OT: What's wrong with my geranium?

HAR! Perhaps it's the -quality- of the water, rather than the -quantity-. Rick --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you think maybe it's not getting enough water? > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5568636&size=lg > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net

PESO--On My Way to Work: Tree in Cemetery

This tree has fascinated me since I first saw it a few months ago. This morning, after the closest thing Philly has had to a snowstorm this winter, I took a detour on my walk to work to see what it looked like. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5568647 ist D, DA 16-45, f/4 @ 1/3000, RA

Re: Long-delayed GFM shots

--- Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You've been spending too much time with small children. +BEER+ is for parties. Soup is for lunch. Sheesh. Rick > > > I'll bring the soup. We'll have a party! > > -- > Scott Loveless > http://www.twosixteen.com > Shoot more film! > > -- > PD

Re: PESO: Four Generations

Nice, Paul. It would be good to be able to see more of your mother's face, but one doesn't have control over these situations! Well caught. Rick --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Grace and my mom. DA 50-200, f6.7. Pentax > 540-something flash bounced > off the ceiling. > http:/

Re: PESO--On My Way to Work: Tree in Cemetery

Thanks for all the comments. I agree, this merits further play. My next chance will be Monday. Of course, the snow is already gone... Rick --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Feb 7, 2007, at 6:31 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > > > This tree has fascinated

Re: Long-delayed GFM shots

Knarf!! You're alive!! --- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/7/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I shot a roll of Kodak Plus-X in the 645 at GFM > last June. Scott > > Loveless actually souped the stuff for me on site > but I didn't get > > around to scanning them un

Re: PESO (s) New B&W Conversions

Peter, these are lovely. It is amazing what a difference subtle changes make. I would love to see actual prints someday. Rick --- "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I forgot, I added a gradient layer in each case to > try to emulate the > look of a Platinum Print. I don't know how >

Re: PESO - river cruisers

Great pic, John. Lovely light, nice lines and reflections. I think you should come to GFM and show us an A3 print. Rick --- John Coyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Taken on my morning walk: the cruisers are moored > overnight underneath a > large road bridge (cropped out to avoid > distracti

Re: PAW 2007 - 06 - GDG

Interesting, Godfrey, but it needs more playing with, methinks. More contrast, maybe; some more distinct shadows; some cropping? Rick --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was at the Frankel Gallery in SF last week and > spent an hour or so > admiring the work of Hiroshi Sugimot

Re: PESO - Contemplating

I like it, Bruce. I think I would like it even more if it were framed so that the person is lower and to the left, and more of the sea is at the top of the frame. Rick --- Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pentax K10D, DA 16-45/4 @ 31mm > ISO 200, 1/180 sec @ f/8 > > http://www.daytonp

Re: PESO -- Order Up

I like it; it has a very appealing retro quality. Is that the noise that "came with" the pic and conversion, or did you do something to emulate P3200 grain? Rick --- "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not the best technical shot I've ever made, but it > grew on me, so I > figured why

Re: PESO - Over There

Sorry, Bruce; it still doesn't do anything for me. Rick --- Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Based on several comments, I have done a little bit > of change to the > shot. Along with which version you prefer, I would > still wonder > generally about the shot - is it worth the bother >

PESO - Tree in Cemetery 2

I took Monday off (having worked all weekend), and headed back to the cemetery in the late afternoon to work with that interesting tree. This is one of the results: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5594078 This is the original from a few days earlier: http://www.photo.net/photodb/pho

Re: PESO - Through the trees...

Boris, Nice colors, nice light, but for me the composition is unbalanced, with too much on the right. Rick > On 2/10/07, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=16638&full=1 > > > > I surely like the way Tamron 28-75/2.8 is very > resistant to fl

Re: PESO - Tree in Cemetery 2

Thanks Marcus, Bruce, and Marnie. This is turning out to be a tougher subject than I expected. I took about 30 frames Monday, with the fisheye, the 16-45, and the 50/1.7. The space is tough, and the available angles are restricted by an ugly modern building on one side, and an old mansion being

Re: PESO -- Wonder

This would convert nicely to B&W, and the distraction of the figure on her T shirt would disappear. Nice shot! Rick --- "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another portrait of a friends daughter. I caught > her in a moment of > wonder... > > http://www.mindspring.com/~morephotos/PESO

Re: PESO -- Wonder

This would convert nicely to B&W, and the distraction of the figure on her T shirt would disappear. Nice shot! Rick --- "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another portrait of a friends daughter. I caught > her in a moment of > wonder... > > http://www.mindspring.com/~morephotos/PESO

Re: PESO - Tree in Cemetery 2

Said Tom, gravely... --- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > BTW, people are just dying to get in there. > > Tom C. > > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Have a burning question? Go to www.Answers.ya

Re: Winter Ice Storm Warning PESO

Beautiful! We have two inches of slush in Philly, which isn't very photogenic. Rick --- Cory Papenfuss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Burned up an hour on the way to work this morning > only to find out > that work started late anyway due to the ice. > > http://www.ee.vt.edu/~mythtv/PESO/

Re: PESO - Tree in Cemetery 2

Said Tom, gravely... --- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > BTW, people are just dying to get in there. > > Tom C. > > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all

Re: PESO - Tree in Cemetery 2

Of corpse it will. --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Never fear, this too shall pass. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW

Re: PESO - Hillcrest

As long as the pix are this beautiful, nobody's going to mind at all. Rick --- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry to bombard... I going to start calling it > PMOTN (Picture More Often > Than Not). > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5597132 > > > Tom C. > > > > -- > PD

Re: PESO - Contemplating

Excellent! Very moody, mysterious, dramatic. Rick --- Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At the edge of San Francisco, right at the ocean, is > a place that is > called Land's End. There was an old outpost there > Called Fort Miley. > They have built a walking trail along the coastline

Re: Strings attached: Forest Eye Planet

Roman, I get a message that "These pages are private" and denying me access. Rick --- Roman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=387906580&[EMAIL PROTECTED]&size=l > ^^^ Earth attached to the trees, or is it the other > way down from here... > > > > -- > PDML

Re: Telecom Planet Hdr

Again, "pages private" and "access denied". --- Roman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=391167939&[EMAIL PROTECTED]&size=l > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > http://www.photo.net/ph

Re: PESO - Tree in Cemetery 2

Thanks, Scott. I've been playing with a B&W conversion, actually. A different pic (of a different subject) from this shoot (converted to B&W) will be in the March PUG. Rick --- Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/13/07, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: PESO: more DRI

Ralf, As usual, a beautiful photograph of a scene I would have fled from! What is a DRI??? Rick --- "Ralf R. Radermacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Been playing around some more with DRI and things > begin to look > encouraging: > > http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/770012/display/7

Re: Pentax K 28mm f2.0 Lens

Uh, no. THC is entirely legal as a Category 2 controlled substance (the same classification as morphine, for example). Its official name is dronabinol, trade name Marinol. It is very effective at stimulating appetite and decreasing nausea and vomiting from chemotherapy. I prescribe it often. R

Re: Autopug down?

I have emailed him. --- Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is anyone else having trouble reaching the Autopug > page? I finally gave > up and e-mailed my submission for March. I was > wondering if it was just me. > > - > > It seems to be down. > > Does anyone have Jostein's emai

Re: PAW 2007 - 07 - GDG

The subject is today's winner of the "Stranger Than Fiction" award. The photo needs more detail in the figures. Not that I know how to get it there; the only statue of Charles Dickens in North America is a block away, and while very nice to look at, its dark bronze has been impossible to photogra

Re: PESO -- Threatening Skies, Calm Seas

Peter, I prefer the higher contrast one, but neither has the ominous quality of the color original. Rick --- "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I posted the color version of this a few months ago. > I've made a couple > of B&W conversions one a significantly higher > contrast, than t

Re: How clean it really is here (was: found a nice place for the next rude discussion)

Cleaning the =river=?? Sheesh. Here in Philadelphia, the only cleaning the rivers get is when the bodies float in the spring. I love Zurich. Rick --- Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Pancho > We seem to know how to hide the dirt ;-) > Every year the Zurich river Limmat is getting

Re: PESO - tracks in the snow

Nice! I suggest cropping out the thin band of dark background at the top, though. Rick --- Mat Maessen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This one was taken a couple of weekends ago, before > we got the really > big snowfall. Nothing too exciting/complicated. I > did a series of > shots (there's a ga

Re: K10D

Dave, What does white balance have to do with anything when you are using an R72 filter??? Rick --- David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Before it got cold and snowed here, i played with > the manual WB on > green grass for IR balances. > I noticed ,and again it could be me not doing ri

Re: PAW 2007 - 07 - GDG

A definite improvement. Is there a way to bring down the brightness of the ground a bit? Rick --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for all the comments ... I did some localized > adjustments to > the tonal curves on faces and details, added a > little blur to the > upper

Fwd: Re: PUG uploads not working again

--- Jostein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 11:50:10 +0100 > From: Jostein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: PUG uploads not working again > To: Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: Adelheid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Thanks for

Re: *istD X Sync

Peter, The ambient light should be contributing almost nothing to the exposure under these circumstances. The duration of the flash exposure is 1/1000-1/20,000 sec, depending upon the exposure. X synch fires the flash at the midpoint of the shutter's exposure. So, the shutter speed should make no

Re: PESO - Fresh Snow

One gorgeous shot after another! You're really on a roll, Tom! --- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5601441 > > Tom C. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > http://ww

Re: For PZ1p / Z1p users

It looks to me as though "initializing" the User Set Functions means clearing them. I used a PZ-1p for 10 years and at least 500 rolls of film, and never used the "User Set" feature. Rick --- Dario Bonazza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > A friend of mine is going crazy with his newly > pu

Re: Frank & Shel

You caught him off guard. He introduced himself to everyone else last year as Brad Dobo. --- graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, when I met him at GFM he introduced himself as > "Norm Bower", > everyone seemed to know who he was but I could not > place him in my mind. > It was only after

Re: PESO - Lonesome Pine

Tom, I hope you're sending these in to that Pentax gallery, or are organizing a show, or something. This last week of photos deserves to be shared. (Maybe I should give up this photo stuff and start collecting marbles or something...) Rick --- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another shot fr

Re: PESO -- today's snowfall

I =thought= something didn't look right about that pic, and I was trying to think of a tactful way to ask you what it was. My sympathies! Rick --- Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/20/07, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's alot of snow. Why does it look like you > back wi

PESO: Cacti

Taken in the cactus garden of the Huntington Arboretum, outside Los Angeles, this past October. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5623755 ist D, FA 16-45, ISO 800, RAW, 1/500 @ f/8, via ACR and PE4. Your comments most welcome. Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __

Re: PESO -- Connecticut River View

Very cold and wintry-looking--I like it. It rather contrasts with my cacti pic! Rick --- "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I've grown annoyed with B&W conversions, some > work well, some you > can't get anywhere with. So here's something > completely different. A > horizonta

Re: Second hand PESO

At first glance it looks like a two-headed dog. Maybe it would sell to a supermarket tabloid! Rick --- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bella's breeder has my istD, and an FA28-70 f/4 lens > that hasn't seperated > as of yet. > She's got a good eye, and a good sense of timing. > > ht

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