HAR! does not even begin to describe this year's
compilation!
Thanks, Mark!
Rick
--- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Since it's too big for the mailing list post size
limit, it's on the
web.
Dave Brooks and Marnie got in the final quotes of
the year last night
(and, yes, Scott
I really like all three, but especially the first one.
The natural monochrome punctured by the red in the
sign works beautifully.
Rick
--- Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Here's three from the first snowfall last Friday.
The
Smith Winery is a 5 minute walk from my front door.
Great idea. And oh, baby, does the NCCF ever need the
money!
Rick
--- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
After compiling this year's list I went through
previous lists and
started picking all-time favorites. And then I
thought...
While we're waiting for Mike Wilson's PDML Quote
Book,
Good heavens, Frank. It's in... in... cuh... cuh...
COLOR!!!
And here I thought everything in Toronto was in black
white.
HNY to you and yours as well.
Rick
--- frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here's hoping that 2008 is a great year for everyone
(and their
families) on this
Dave, all of these are really nice. What is the
object bearing the frost in the last one?
Rick
--- David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=684
Spike 4
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=683
Spike 5
K10D, Fa 100 etc. LR and email
Definitely worth having, especially at that price.
Very light, handles nicely, very sharp, compact.
Rick
--- Paul Sorenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My local camera store has a used version of this
lens on the shelf for
$150. With a Christmas gift card this means I can
score the lens for
I agree with Cotty. The facial expression is also a
bit odd; she seems to be thinking if they make me
play these damned instruments any more I'll cry!
Rick
--- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 08/01/08, Bruce Dayton, discombobulated,
unleashed:
A recent senior portrait taken in the home
Pentax and Minolta shared a few other ideas, such as
power zoom lenses and pop-up flashes. Their engineers
must have been very friendly...
Rick
--- Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pentax got the idea from Minolta, who introduced
their wireless flash
system, complete with moronic channel
Scott,
Don't obsess about the slight curves--they're not
apparent unless one looks for them. Nice shot.
I'm wondering about the color--it has an antique
Kodachrome look to it. Is that intentional or a
scanning bug?
Rick
--- Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is an early (for
Hmm... I like the lines and the contrast, but am not
sure what to do about the people. Either they should
be closer, so that more is happening in the frame, or
they shouldn't be there at all so that there is
nothing to interrupt the converging lines.
Rick
--- Bong Manayon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I like the one in which you're sticking out your
tongue, and the sign in the background says Watch
Children!
:-p
Rick
--- Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's me again, Margaret.
Finally got the fixie ridable and took it out for a
little spin today.
This was technically not the
We still have another week, don't we?
--- Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey, gang. I need a few more submissions. The
theme is Tis the
season, and I know you took some pics over the
holidays. So send 'em
in already.
http://pdmlpug.org/?p=22
--
Scott Loveless
Derby,
In the last photo, do I see someone handing out
lollipops next to a metal detector???
Odd.
Very nice pic, though.
Rick
--- Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A few PESOs for January.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/08_01/08_01_magnolia/01.htm
Great bokeh, eh (not) :)
I really like the artistic use of the ugly bokeh in
the second one.
Rick
--- Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A few GESOs
OT: Taken with a Lumix LX2. Noisy noisy, but the raw
mode makes it
marginally ok. Tried the Silkypix that came with the
camera. I don't
think I'll be
This is my first PESO in about a month. Work,
holidays, work, choral singing, and work have gotten
in the way of photography lately.
Yesterday we took down our Christmas tree, and my son
wound up the lights.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6835060
1/6 sec at f/4, ISO 1100, RAW via LR
The first and the third are my favorites. Are they
BW conversions or are they full color
representations of what the day was like?
Rick
--- David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Took Liz to her school bus on Sunday (she parks it
at the farm) and it
was pretty darn foggy. I did not bring a
Beautiful shots, Mark. Reminds me of the weather we
had at GFM, but colder. Did you provide Lisa with the
colorful jacket, or was that a coincidence?
Rick
--- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Jan 12, 2008, at 3:45 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
We just
Gives a whole new dimension to the term evergreen!
--- David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I tried to do a BW conversion, but for some
reason,, the coniferious
trees in #3 stay green.
Dave
On Jan 13, 2008 10:03 PM, Rick Womer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The first and the third
You obviously haven't been a paediatrician in
England...
Rick
--- William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If God had wanted her dirty, he wouldn't have made
her English.
EB
--
Be a better friend,
Well, she certainly isn't smiling. And, her jacket is
awfully clean for a street urchin's.
Rick
--- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was in Oxford (UK) recently waiting outside a
shop, when this girl
came up and asked me for a pound for a cup of tea. I
dug into my pocket
and found some
I like the vertical one. The square one has a brutal,
sawn-off look.
Rick
--- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'd like your feedback on which version of this you
like better.
First one has a very minor crop and the second was
me taking a fresh
look at the scene later and make a
I like this. The only nit I can pick is the way the
tree trunk lines up with the edge of the second
headstone; and I don't care for the intrusion of the
branches from the right. Might a vantage point a bit
to the right work better?
Rick
--- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The
This shot is excellent! The snow, the stone, the
trees, the framing, the exposure and conversion--all
just spot-on.
Rick
--- David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Another from the cemetery shoot yesterday.
Same thing, i'm trying for trees in winter shots,
but maybe the stones
detract
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6842981
Sorry about that!
Rick
Be a better friend, newshound, and
know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.
This is a shot from a few years ago. Every year, we
make a gingerbread house; in 2004 it was a gingerbread
church. Everything is organic and delicious, and we
invite a few friends over to help with the
destruction.
Not an art photo, just fun.
PZ-1p, FA 24-90, Elite Chrome 100, using the pop-up
The sky is very nice (for a cloudy sky!) on my
(calibrated) monitor.
Ralf, you constantly amaze me with your ability to
turn ugly things beautiful!
Rick
--- Ralf R. Radermacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Your usual excellent work, although I would like
Pusillanimous =is= a word, though, made famous by veep
Spiro Agnew (in a speech written by William Safire)
with the phrase pusillanimous pussyfooters.
Webster's defines pusillanimous as marked by
contemptible timidity. =THAT= certainly describes
the folks on this list...
The other famous
The witch certainly isn't in a gingerbread =church=!
As for Hansel and Gretel, they may have sought refuge
there. but we didn't see them when we broke the thing
apart and ate it.g
Rick
--- Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does the witch still live there? Should we be
looking for
Brian,
Calibrating with a device is =vastly= superior to
using software alone. Even just using a humble Huey,
I was astonished. I upgraded to the Huey Pro, which
is much better than the original, and still
inexpensive.
Rick
--- Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually this thread has
Mark!
--- Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
loses a bit of impact when you spell it wrong, Bob.
--
Bob
The Purile Drivel of Mental Lightweights
Regards,
Bob...
-
Note: No trees were killed in the sending of
Okay... remind me what Cotty said about overcoming OOF
photos by converting to BW...
Rick
--- David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Processing a bunch of same light photos from an
indoor shoot a while back.
First time using the global Sync for changes.
Works pretty good, just a tweak
I like it a lot, Dave; but I think you're right that
the snow should be a trifle darker.
Rick
--- David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Re shot this yesterday, with K10D and 77 ltd to get
a tighter, in field crop.
Same as Monday, light snow, very O/C skies.
I would, too.
Rick
--- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I like it - great mood. But I think I would crop
some off the top.
--
Bruce
Tuesday, January 15, 2008, 11:07:26 PM, you wrote:
GD The other morning it was extremely foggy when I
woke at 5am. I went
GD out in the car
Timber,
Call me old-fashioned, but I prefer the original out
of camera version.
Rick
--- Timber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A friend ask me a few sample shots with older manual
lenses and this
shot happened during the shots ^.^ I already liked
the original 'out
of camera' version but today
Bruce, that is lovely. Canopy, lighting, trunks,
background--it's just great. I have to sigh and
wonder along with Wheatfield William, though, what
this would look like with BW MF or LF...
Rick
--- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A stand of trees right next to the coast. They grow
Very nice concept, conversion, and composition; though
I kinda wish the right-hand rock wasn't decapitated.
Rick
--- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Shot at Land's End on the San Francisco peninsula.
Pentax K10D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 123mm
ISO 400, 1/350 sec @ f/11, Handheld
Lovely.
--- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Fortunately, I took quite a few shots here waiting
on waves and such.
So I have taken another image that had the top of
the rock and used it
to finish the top off of this one.
Here is the fixed image:
We went to a recently opened addtion to the Philly
Museum of Art this afternoon, and I came upon this
couple.
Color:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6860585
BW:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6860584
I'm not sure whether I prefer the color or the
monochrome version.
K10D, DA
Loving Chimp, I thought I was
going to see . . . well, you
know. You got me. I prefer the BW for this shot.
Fun catch. Did you
intend a softer focus here? Cheers, Christine
- Original Message -
From: Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pdml@pdml.net
Sent: Sunday, January
focused (see the
brick?), but not too
badly.
gonz
On 1/20/08, Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We went to a recently opened addtion to the Philly
Museum of Art this afternoon, and I came upon this
couple.
Color:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6860585
BW:
http
Go ape, probably not. Maybe bananas, though...
Rick
--- Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What, you think he might just go ape?
Godfrey
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It looks as though the boulders are emerging from the
earth--Attack of the Killer Rocks!
(I might crop the top and left-hand quarters, but I
think it still wouldn't do anything for me).
You should take my comments with a grain of basalt, of
course...
Rick
--- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I like it, but think it would be better with some
cropping on the left.
Rick
--- Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Continuing ...
http://homepage.mac.com/godders/02-over_tea-1210586.jpg
Over Tea - This Cafe Life 2008
Olympus E-1 + Vario-Elmarit 14-50/2.8-3.5 ASPH
OIS
Alas, folks, the CureSearch web site has been out of
commission all day, and there are no reliable
predictions when it will be up again.
This has been a bit of a problem here at work, because
we use another (secure) portion of the same system for
the Children's Oncology Group's clinical trials
This is a piece of Modern Art inside the new bit of
the Philly Art Museum. It used to be in the old bit
of the museum, and I never cared for it. Sunday
afternoon, in the new bit, the January sun was casting
beautiful shadows, and suddenly I liked it.
The first one doesn't have enough DOF and makes my
eyes go funny.
The second one is nice.
Rick
--- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Not up to Mark Cassino standard yet, but it's early!
http://www.robertstech.com/images/7d800801.jpg
http://www.robertstech.com/images/7d800802.jpg
Not enough there to catch my interest, Bruce. Not
like the creepy alien hand, for example..
Rick
--- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A remaining stem from a cherry long after the cherry
has fallen to the
ground. The rain enhances the subject.
Pentax K10D, Tamron 90/2.8 Macro,
Thanks, everyone! I took several more of this, and I
will post one or two of them anon.
Rick
--- David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Rick.
Like the colour one better. It suits the light.
I'd like to see different some different angles.
Dave
On Jan 22, 2008 8:55 PM, Rick Womer
That's beautiful, Dave. I am curious what it looks
like in color, with the snow on the evergreen boughs.
Rick
--- David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Had around 10-12 of snow during the day Tuesday.
Some from a low
pressure and some lake effect stuff.
Managed some tree shots and some
I took another careful look at Loving Chimps, posted
earlier this week, and indeed it is back-focused.
Several of my shots of the stone circle show the same
thing.
That seemed odd. I use the autofocus, but I use it
carefully.
So, this evening I tested the focus on my K10D using
an off-camera
Another from the art museum. The color version didn't
work well at all.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6871546size=lg
K10D, DA 16-45, ISO 1100, f/8 @ 1/90, RAW via LR.
Comments appreciated!
Rick
John and Bill,
I'm concerned that correcting the back-focus with the
16-45 will make the 50-200 and 50/1.7 front-focus. Is
that a legitimate worry?
Rick
--- William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
- Original Message -
From: John Celio
Subject: Re: K10D focusing quirk
I agree with you, Marnie. A couple of people
suggested partial shots when I posted the whole circle
a couple of days ago, so I thought I would give it a
try. Yours has been the only response, so it
obviously isn't a hit.
Thanks for looking =and commenting=!
Rick
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ditto. If I were going to crop thisk it would be from
the right and top.
Rick
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Excellent, although I do wish his feet weren't cut
off. If memory serves me, I think some of the others
from this series were superior to this shot.
Paul
-- Original
Right now, I'm happy with my K10D and happy with my
collection of lenses.
The next photo-related expenditures are likely to be
more RAM and another external hard drive for the
computer...
Rick
--- Steve Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I do like the looks of the K20D, but I'm also pretty
to the
floor, shadows etc. Good light/shadow play going on
here. I also like the
walking legs in the background. I'd go with the
color. Well done. Cheers,
Christine
- Original Message -
From: Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pdml@pdml.net
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 7:55
C'mon, folks. It's basic biology.
The lens mounts =on= the camera.
One puts film/cards =into= the camera.
Mysterious things happen and pictures come =out=.
Clearly the camera is female.
The mystery is why manual focus and medium format
cameras are referred to as MF. Gets confusing.
Rick
I've had many nice photos from the K10D/16-45 combo.
So, this evening, I used Lightroom to show me all of
my photos taken with the K10D at f/4. Of the several
hundred such photos, there were maybe 50 or so that
could be informative on focus accuracy (e.g., not
scenics, and not a receding row of
The same shutter was in the PZ-1p, IIRC...
--- Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Shouldn't be that much pricier, the Nikon F90x had a
4.5fps 1/8000
shutter with 1/250 sync and retailed under $1k up
until 2002 or so.
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Quoth they:
Like the majority of GPS-based devices, the Photo
Finder may struggle to create location data when
surrounded by tall buildings, in narrows streets,
indoors or when underground.
In other words, in the places where I take at least
half my photos...
Rick
--- Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL
The PZ-1 had it. I used it twice. Haven't missed it
on the PZ-1p, ist D, or K10D.
Rick
--- Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It also have another very neat feature.
Intervalometer. How cool is that?
http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW
Cotty should take his hat off the plate and put it
into some marinade, to make it more tender and
flavorful when the time comes.
--- Jaume Lahuerta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Some headlines:
- Pentax will be, in a way or another, in the full
frame field. It is a natural trend But it is a
I really like the subtle colors. I also like the new
crop.
Beautiful shot!
Rick
--- David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Rick wanted to see a colour version of this, so here
ya go.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6876554
Dave
--
Equine Photography
Very clever, Cotty. Webbing is awful to sew--how did
you do it? And who makes the strap?
Rick
--- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Fo info, seems like a good juncture to post my
compromise:
http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/spare.html
--
Cheers,
Cotty
___/\__
|| (O) |
Indeed. A friend's wife has been on the mommy track
for years, but was a Cobol programmer back when. She
was besieged with very lucrative offers of work as Y2K
was approaching.
--- P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Cobol will always be with us, no one wants to invest
in the man hours to
chortle!
I was expecting a dog wagging its tail...
These are very nice indeed.
Rick
--- wendy beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/92145269
and my favourite
http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/92145268
Wendy
K10D 10-17mm and 77mm
--
PDML
Drew,
Long time no see here!
Great photo! Most IRs I see are BW, and the blue sky
is a nice touch. Methinks it would benefit from a bit
of counterclockwise rotation, so that the majority of
the trees are vertical.
Rick
--- drew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
My mum always gives me a
I really like the pic.
In 1914, my grandmother was in nursing school, and her
physician told her to take up smoking because her
blood pressure was too low (90/60). She quit when she
was about 70, and had stubborn high blood pressure and
emphysema.
As the dean told us on our first day of
Don't change anything, Peter. It's good.
Rick
--- P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Shot another event today. There was a reception
afterwards and after
that people hanging around the hall preparing to
leave. This caught my
eye. More as a composition than anything else.
Apparently you got the flash off by some method other
than kicking the camera+flash down the basement
stairs...
This is a great photo, Paul. The adult hand coming
over the shoulder makes it.
Rick
--- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
While my flash was stuck on the camera, I grabbed
Christine, these are very nice. The tree against the
seascape is very striking. Where are you?
Rick
--- Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Everyone:
Very over cast yesterday, but I went out anyway, and
shot these. I kind of
like the starkness.
Tree 1: K10D/DA* [EMAIL
Christine,
I prefer the color version, but both look cluttered to
me. It would be better to isolate a subject or two, I
think. Also, it looks as though the items in back are
sharper than those in front.
Rick
--- Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Everyone:
Trying my hand at
There is something about the first sip of the first
pint in a pub...
Beer is on my mind this weekend. A friend and I
conducted a beer tasting last evening (a church
auction item), focusing on British beers. Alas all of
them were bottled, except for my homebrew.
Today, I cooked up a new batch
Thanks, Frank!
--- frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jan 27, 2008 10:30 PM, Rick Womer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There is something about the first sip of the
first
pint in a pub...
Beer is on my mind this weekend. A friend and I
conducted a beer tasting last evening
Philly. Drop me a line if you're ever headed this
way.
--- Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Rick: I'm in Chicago; that's Lake Michigan,
Foster beach to be exact.
Where are you!?;-)
Nice lap dog.
--- William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jester is just a bit under 100 pounds (about 44kg),
and still amazingly
cute.
It helps that he does silly things
http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/new/jstr8207.html
K10, 31mm lens
1/50 sec at f6.3, ISO400
Have fun
be in between the sheets.
Cheers, Christine
- Original Message -
From: Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pdml@pdml.net
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 9:30 PM
Subject: PESO: A...
There is something about the first sip of the
first
pint in a pub...
Beer is on my mind
They like the two Pentax lenses (the 16-45/4 and the
18-50 kit lens).
Their tests seem very precise, but they don't measure
or comment upon such important things as flare
resistance, contrast, and color.
I was disappointed.
Rick
--- Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There is a new
Gathering my courage, I decided to address my K10D's
backfocus problem this evening.
I found the hacked firmware 1.10 on the web, and
loaded it into the camera. Then, I replaced it with
the genuine 1.10.
Got into Debug mode, and with a test target under a
bright daylight-balanced fluorescent
You can also just make a loop of string that goes
around the lens barrel near the mount. Years ago I
made one that way, that had a taut-line hitch (for
those that remember their Boy Scout or sailing knots)
to make it adjustable.
Rick
--- Paul Sorenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Also - if you
I read the original article. That is exactly correct,
and its validity is much debated.
Rick
--- Bob Sullivan wrote:
(I'll bet the pollution is mostly in the
creation and disposal of
Prius batteries - life cycle costing)
Maybe a surveyor would know. Dave Brooks, are you
there?
--- Lasse Karlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
I'm doing some research on the earliest
constructions of my hometown,
Mariehamn.
At the link below there is one very early photograph
of the town, from
around 1870. In it
Maybe a surveyor would know. Dave Brooks, are you
there?
--- Lasse Karlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
I'm doing some research on the earliest
constructions of my hometown,
Mariehamn.
At the link below there is one very early photograph
of the town, from
around 1870. In it
Oh. So, I guess your Canon 1D-something isn't
professional anymore. Pity.
Rick
--- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
An APS-C camera does not work for me.
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Cheers,
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Interesting story and very nice pic. The color is
better--the hues of the stones are too good to lose in
a mono conversion.
Rick
--- P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One of the best preserved American Revolutionary War
fortifications is
about 20 miles from where I sit. I had to be in
That would be a 102d use:
http://tinyurl.com/2fynjf
Rick
--- Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
David Savage wrote:
Given all his posts about bikes, I thought I'd
share this shot I took
a couple of days ago (~ 80kb):
Nice pic, Derby. It looks as though the front of the
drums is sharp and the drummer a bit soft, though.
Rick
--- Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Normally wouldn't use a zoom for this type of shot.
But never say never
http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/08_02/08_02_drum/01.htm
D
Great pics, Mike!
The last shot would benefit from having the background
cars cropped out, methinks.
Rick
--- mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A couple of birds, showing just how bad Pentax AF
is:
http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/channel/52/extra/new/display/1132332221
Tim,
This is a nicely composed and appealing shot. The
problem I have with it is that nothing in the frame is
sharp--even the stripes on the floor are fuzzy. I
can't tell whether they are OOF or reflecting =your=
motion.
Cheers,
Rick
--- Tim Bray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've never really
The original is better, methinks.
Rick
--- Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Marnie, please understand that I'm not offering the
attached as a
BETTER version. I, also, hope it's OK I did it.
I,first, went to PSE5 Enhance menu (Light/Shadow
slider) and slightly
lightened all shadows. I
At lng last, the February PUG is up!
(Ritual Scott abuse, there. Thanks, Scott!!)
Boris's shot gets my personal blue ribbon, with Thomas
Wannenburg a close second.
But geez, guys... Are there only TEN of us who
occasionally walk around with a camera?!?
Rick
I've obviously been working too much and playing too
little!
Sorry to get everyone excited...
Rick
--- P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Rick, That's the January PUG. The February theme is
Tis the Season.
January has been up since well before January 1...
Rick Womer wrote
Come on over in about a month, when I should have 5
gallons of good pale ale ready to drink.
--- P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We'll forgive you, but you owe everyone on the list
a beer...
Rick Womer wrote:
I've obviously been working too much and playing
too
little!
Sorry
Dave,
My eye at the modern viewfinder screen could not
detect that the photo was OOF; it only became apparent
on a computer screen or when I zoomed in while
chimping. It wasn't apparent very often during my
ordinary photography, either, because I don't shoot
very much close-up, wide-open or
Dave,
My eye at the modern viewfinder screen could not
detect that the photo was OOF; it only became apparent
on a computer screen or when I zoomed in while
chimping. It wasn't apparent very often during my
ordinary photography, either, because I don't shoot
very much close-up, wide-open or
As I said in my reply to Dave, the combination my
aging eyes and the modern bright viewfinder may not
have allowed me to recognize the backfocus. Shooting
macro the other day, trying to bring the tip of a
fountain pen into focus, I found that I could not
identify sharpness reliably; I wound up
Christine,
I really like the first three.
Rick
--- Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Everyone:
Chicago is having an incredible fog right now, so
incredible that ALL
flights in out of Midway Airport have been
cancelled. The fog is expected
to sit in the city until 1 am.
Interesting idea, Adam, but it doesn't work for me.
the brightly lit cars in the foreground and the sign
on the right are distracting, and the dark crane
doesn't balance the illuminated tower.
Rick
--- Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Night shot in downtown Toronto
Very nice! Interesting subject, nicely captured
motion, colorful background with beautiful bokeh.
Rick
--- Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nice colorful capture.
Kenneth Waller
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- Original Message -
From: Timber [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:
Doug,
Hoping that yesterday's twisters left you and yours
alone...
The archive contains over 100 messages dated March 6.
Only 40 have come through to my email. Others have
been sending test messages and making comments about
the quiet list lately.
Is the server working properly?
Rick
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