RE: Any free online course/tutorials about Photoshop (and co.) ?

2005-07-03 Thread Jens Bladt
Thanks a lot Cotty - brilliant! Jens Jens Bladt Arkitekt MAA http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 2. juli 2005 12:59 Til: pentax list Emne: Re: Any free online course/tutorials about Photoshop (and co.) ? On 2/7/05, Thibouille

slave flash question

2005-07-03 Thread Igor Roshchin
Hi All, I am considering buying a slave flash. It should be a simple, inexapensive one, for occasional (rather infrequent) use when I need to do some indoor shots, with limited preparation/space/equipment to be carried around. The purpose of it, as I see it, is to create a more balanced light, t

RE: I love it! I love it! K24/2.8 is here.

2005-07-03 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Dear Thrilled in Iowa, The K24/2.8 was the first K lens I bought after subscribing to this list a few years ago. It was a very happy purchase ;-)) Keep working with it ... it's a sweet one. So glad you found a good one. Satisfied in California > From: Don Sanderson > What a wonderful lens!

Re: Recomendations on where to upload public images

2005-07-03 Thread Igor Roshchin
In addition to the sites already recommended, I can add couple other ones that I am considering myself. 1. fotki.com - They've been around for several years, and I know many people who have been using them. I haven't seen bad connection to them. cons: recently increased price for the premium accou

Re: PESO - Park Avenue

2005-07-03 Thread Cotty
On 2/7/05, Bruce Dayton, discombobulated, unleashed: >Another of the Southern Utah Trip. Taken in Arches in the morning in >an area called Park Avenue - hence the PESO name. > >Pentax *istD, DA 16-45/4, Handheld, Polarizer >ISO 200, 1/125 sec @ f/8 >Converted from Raw using Capture One > >http://

Re: To Herb Chong et al

2005-07-03 Thread Cotty
On 3/7/05, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: >What about those photos that participate in (international) contests and >get mentions or even prizes? No use asking me Boris. I believe all photographic competitions to be meaningless, because in my opinion it is not possible to judge art.

Re: PESO - Cliff Dweller

2005-07-03 Thread David Savage
Super shot. Dave On 7/3/05, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Taken at Dead Horse Point State Park > > Pentax *istD, A 70-210/4, handheld > ISO 400, 1/500 sec @ f/9.5, no filtration > Converted from Raw using Capture One LE > > http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/monumentvalley_0080.htm > >

Re: Don't need no stinkin' filters!

2005-07-03 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sat, 2 Jul 2005, Paul Stenquist wrote: galleries, it's more difficult to say, although scenics and still lifes definitely outsell people pics. That's a no-brainer, and is correct for painted art as well. A portrait or people picture is too personal to be of general use. Kostas

Re: Recomendations on where to upload public images

2005-07-03 Thread Jostein
Smugmug is nice, and have a couple of other users from PDML too. However, AFAIK, it's more of an online gallery and less of a community than the others. Tim, If critique of your images is what you're after, the paysites are always better. The only caveat with them all, though, is that they all

Re: PESO: The Nabours Harley

2005-07-03 Thread mike wilson
Mark Roberts wrote: mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Now we know: Mark Roberts _is_ the Crazy Frog!!! I think I'm missing some point of reference here (or at least I hope I am!) Crazy frog? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Frog 8-) I like two strokes, too.

Re: PESO - Park Avenue

2005-07-03 Thread David Savage
Damn Bruce, that's another fantastic shot :-) I'm really enjoying this series. Good stuff. Dave On 7/3/05, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another of the Southern Utah Trip. Taken in Arches in the morning in > an area called Park Avenue - hence the PESO name. > > Pentax *istD, DA 16

Re: To Herb Chong et al

2005-07-03 Thread Jostein
Boris, I didn't read more than the last few of the "stinkin' filters" mails, but I think "Sales" is too broad a category to answer univocally about it. Selling for editorial purposes means you have a useable photo at the right time for the editor who needs it. Selling for decoration of people'

Re: GESO: shots in New York

2005-07-03 Thread Jostein
- Original Message - From: "Boris Liberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> As a matter of fact, I thought of going to the Freedom Island (is that the correct name?) but the weather did not permit that... What do you want to go to Guantanamo for? Jostein

Re: PESO - Weeds of Denmark

2005-07-03 Thread Jostein
Thanks Boris, But don't you worry. I much prefer to look after myself in this respect. Only take to sulking for attention's sake...:-) Jostein - Original Message - From: "Boris Liberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 6:57 AM Subject: Re: PESO - Weeds of Denmark

GESO: last friday, home...

2005-07-03 Thread Michael Spivak
some photos made at home (again) :) http://mishka.site.co.il/gallery/Boring2 any comments/critique are welcome Michael

Re: GESO: last friday, home...

2005-07-03 Thread Cotty
On 3/7/05, Michael Spivak, discombobulated, unleashed: >some photos made at home (again) >:) >http://mishka.site.co.il/gallery/Boring2 > >any comments/critique are welcome >Michael I like number one in particular. Not boring at all! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, P

Re: GESO: shots in New York

2005-07-03 Thread Boris Liberman
Jostein, Will you please pass me that long white object? Yes, indeed, Pentax 400/5.6 written on it... Thank you... Now will you please sit still while I take my aim... I appreciate your cooperation ;-). -- Boris

Re: GESO: last friday, home...

2005-07-03 Thread Michael Spivak
the name "boring saturday" has it's story :) i was kinda bored and tired after a day of processing friend's film when he was not helping much since he didn't know how... and then he went home and i was kinda bored lieing on the floor with my pentax me super :) when my wife came home after work.. an

Re: To Herb Chong et al

2005-07-03 Thread Herb Chong
well, there were enough people who thought it was much better than some minimum threshold of "goodness". after that, you have to decide if you think the people judging had any sense or not. it certainly means that the submitter thought they were were the best of what they had in the types of im

Re: PESO - Cliff Dweller

2005-07-03 Thread Paul Stenquist
Well seen, Bruce. This is a great shot that many would have never found. Good work. Paul Hi! Taken at Dead Horse Point State Park Pentax *istD, A 70-210/4, handheld ISO 400, 1/500 sec @ f/9.5, no filtration Converted from Raw using Capture One LE http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/monumentvalle

Re: Grandpa's Lil Wonder

2005-07-03 Thread Paul Stenquist
Excellent. Great framing and composition. Love those big eyes. Paul On 6/28/05, Jay Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Here is a shot of my grandson, one of which I really like. Captured with the *istDS using the FA 50mm f1.4. Now I'm starting to realize all the hoopla behind this piece of Pen

Re: Pentax *ist DS firmware

2005-07-03 Thread Jorn Ostergaard
- Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 4:41 PM Subject: Re: Pentax *ist DS firmware On Jul 2, 2005, at 5:45 AM, Jorn Ostergaard wrote: What is the newest firmware for *ist DS ? v1.02 Godfrey Thanks, anyone who now

RE: Don't need no stinkin' filters!

2005-07-03 Thread Bob W
> > > Herb's comment was simple: if it will sell it's a good photo. > > That sounds > like a pretty valid comment.On the rest, we can disagree and > still be friends. > Herb's criteria make painters like Thomas Kincade ("Painter of Light") and Jack Vettriano better artists than Leonardo da V

Re: PESO - Weeds of Denmark

2005-07-03 Thread Jens Bladt
Yep! Next time we will :-) Jens Jens Bladt Arkitekt MAA http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Jostein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 2. juli 2005 20:27 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: PESO - Weeds of Denmark It was too bad we crossed paths, Jens. It would h

Re: Don't need no stinkin' filters!

2005-07-03 Thread Paul Stenquist
Herb's thesis is obviously not applicable to every time and situation. but value is as good a barometer of photographic worth as anything else I've seen here or elsewhere. Your argument is totally fallacious. Consider, for example, what a da Vinci is worth today in comparison to a Kincade. Pau

Re: Don't need no stinkin' filters!

2005-07-03 Thread Herb Chong
you are deliberately twisting everything to oppose your point of view. who said we were comparing anyone to anyone, let alone quantity to quantity? Leonardo's buyers though they were getting his good stuff and that is what matters. Herb - Original Message - From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL P

Re: Don't need no stinkin' filters!

2005-07-03 Thread Herb Chong
at times like this, i am always reminded of the exhibit in NYC of a set of images of all the trash containers on the 42nd St. they were all carefully composed to be as identical as possible, vertically straight down centered so that the sidewalk was parallel to the top edge. contents obviously w

Nice diaphragm feature on MZ-5n

2005-07-03 Thread Frank Wajer
Hi all, yesterday I found a nice feature on the MZ-5n. In P or Tv mode the diaphragm closes to it smallest aperture just before closing the shutter. So: 1. aperture closes to size determined by metering 2. shutter opens 3. aperture closes to smallest size 4. shutter closes maybe 3 and 4 are

Re: Recomendations on where to upload public images

2005-07-03 Thread SonC
If you are not destitute, I would highly recommend getting your own website with your own url. They vary widely in price, but a modest amount of space can be less than $5 a month, and you get to choose the format, you get to pick your own backgrounds, if you findyou need to make a simple ch

fixing an A 50mm f1.4

2005-07-03 Thread Frank Wajer
Hi all, yesterday I fixed an A 50mm f1.4 lens with a sticky aperture. Now it works fine again. Gee, the A pin took me 2 hours to get back in again. The aperture click ball needs to be spring loaded. I lost the ball and spring in an earlier attempt to fix the lens. I received a new ball and spr

Re: Don't need no stinkin' filters!

2005-07-03 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Vincent Van Gogh didn't sell to many paintings during his lifetime. >There is an old Latin phrase which translates, >There is no accounting for taste. >Personally, my house is full of those velvet paintings of Elvis... Do you have any of Jesus, too? They'r

Re: Don't need no stinkin' judges Was: Don't need no stinkin' filters!

2005-07-03 Thread Mark Roberts
"Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm sorely tempted to put that *entire message* in the 2005 PDML quotations file... :) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: PESO - Park Avenue

2005-07-03 Thread Bob Sullivan
Bruce, I like the picture and paged thru the album. I could learn to hate you... They are a great series of shots! Regards, Bob S. On 7/3/05, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another of the Southern Utah Trip. Taken in Arches in the morning in > an area called Park Avenue - hence the PE

Re: Don't need no stinkin' filters!

2005-07-03 Thread David Savage
ROTFLMAO Thanks Mark. Dave On 7/3/05, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Vincent Van Gogh didn't sell to many paintings during his lifetime. > >There is an old Latin phrase which translates, > >There is no accounting for taste. > >Personally,

DIY *ist DS remote cable shutter

2005-07-03 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Anyone knows how? I tried and I'm confused, it only fires some of the times.

Re: GESO: last friday, home...

2005-07-03 Thread Bob Sullivan
Parents of twins deserve 'reserved seats' in Heaven. Regards, Bob S. On 7/3/05, Michael Spivak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the name "boring saturday" has it's story :) > i was kinda bored and tired after a day of processing friend's film > when he was not helping much since he didn't know how...

Re: GESO: last friday, home...

2005-07-03 Thread Michael Spivak
LOL thanks much :) i really appreciate :) On 7/3/05, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Parents of twins deserve 'reserved seats' in Heaven. > Regards, Bob S. > > On 7/3/05, Michael Spivak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the name "boring saturday" has it's story :) > > i was kinda bored an

Re: PESO - Park Avenue

2005-07-03 Thread Rick Womer
Not my favorite of this great series of pix. The cliff on the right seems too large and too dark. Rick --- Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another of the Southern Utah Trip. Taken in Arches > in the morning in > an area called Park Avenue - hence the PESO name. > > Pentax *istD, DA

Re: fixing an A 50mm f1.4

2005-07-03 Thread Bob Sullivan
Frank, Can you clip the spring off and make it shorter? I really think you want that back in there some day... And yes, getting it back together takes 3 hands. :-) Regards, Bob S. On 7/3/05, Frank Wajer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > yesterday I fixed an A 50mm f1.4 lens with a sticky

Re: DIY *ist DS remote cable shutter

2005-07-03 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
Joaquim Carvalho a écrit : Anyone knows how? I tried and I'm confused, it only fires some of the times. Same as *istD (Canon) My (french) page: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/krg/trucs/telecommandes.htm

Beyond the Dark Side

2005-07-03 Thread Bob Blakely
I have discovered... Graflex! Someone gave me a little Century Graphic with a 6x7 120 roll back. It's fun and it draws attention. Well, to the addicted, it just couldn't stop there, so then came the miniature Pacemaker, the 4x5 pacemaker, the 4x5 Crown the military 4x5 KE-12(1) and the 4x5 PH-47-J

Re: Don't need no stinkin' filters!

2005-07-03 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Bob W" Subject: RE: Don't need no stinkin' filters! > Herb's comment was simple: if it will sell it's a good photo. That sounds like a pretty valid comment.On the rest, we can disagree and still be friends. Herb's criteria make painters like Thomas

Re: Don't need no stinkin' judges Was: Don't need no stinkin' filters!

2005-07-03 Thread Scott Loveless
Well said, Bob. Thank you . On 7/2/05, Bob Blakely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh Gawd! I'm so tired of all this "what is a good photo, what is a bad > photo" shit! Who the frig cares! If you like it, enjoy it! If you don't like > it, don't buy it! That's the way I approach cameras, motorcycles,

Re: My dragonfly...

2005-07-03 Thread Mark Cassino
Nice shot, Fred! I like the diagonal composition and how the insect's tail and the plant tem seem to converge in the corner. FWIW - that's a damselfly, not a dragonfly. Same order, different suborder. The smaller damselflies are usually less likely to perch out in the open like the dragonflies

PESO - double-exposed poppy

2005-07-03 Thread Jostein
Poppies are rare at home, so I made my best effort to shoot them in Denmark. Here's a slightly different take on 'em, an in-camera double exposure. http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/3536/display/3456161 The in-focus part was shot according to the light meter, the out-of-focus one was 1 s

Re: Pentax *ist DS firmware

2005-07-03 Thread David Oswald
Jorn Ostergaard wrote: What is the newest firmware for *ist DS ? v1.02 anyone who now often Pentax update their firmware. There's nothing wrong with firmware 1.02, but maybe they would add new functions, like C. AF in all modes (except manual). For now its only presented i sportsmode. Mo

Re: Don't need no stinkin' filters!

2005-07-03 Thread Herb Chong
i think they intersect far more than they don't, even in the US. Herb - Original Message - From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 10:27 AM Subject: Re: Don't need no stinkin' filters! I think it's more a measure of commercial quality. Why is thi

Re: Recomendations on where to upload public images

2005-07-03 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Sonny's idea is a good one. Also, many ISPs offer free web space to their account holders. Earthlink, for example, allows a basic account holder up to eight mailboxes and email addresses with their basic dial-up account. Each mailbox comes with 10mb of free web space, which is more than enough t

Re: My dragonfly...

2005-07-03 Thread Thibouille
Moreover dragonfly cannot fold their wings. They stay perpendicular to their body and their eyes are much bigger. -- Thibouille -- *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX and KR-10x ... 2005/7/3, Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Nice shot, Fred! I like the diagonal comp

PESO - double-exposed poppy

2005-07-03 Thread Joseph Tainter
Re: http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/3536/display/3456161 Nice, Jostein. I like the effect. Joe

Re: Motorsports shooters:Come to... er, Ohio?

2005-07-03 Thread Doug Franklin
On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 00:57:14 -0400, John Francis wrote: > Well, there's always the Monterey Historics. > > Featured marque this year is Chaparral. I can hardly wait. Monterey is high on my list of events I want to attend, but I doubt this year will happen. I'll be certain to post on the list wh

Re: PESO - Park Avenue

2005-07-03 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Another of the Southern Utah Trip. Taken in Arches in the morning in an area called Park Avenue - hence the PESO name. Pentax *istD, DA 16-45/4, Handheld, Polarizer ISO 200, 1/125 sec @ f/8 Converted from Raw using Capture One http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/monumentvalley_0165.htm Bruce

Re: Don't need no stinkin' filters!

2005-07-03 Thread P. J. Alling
Van Gogh sold exactly one painting during his lifetime. After he died his work was discovered. If his executor had destroyed Van Gogh's paintings after his death as worthless junk we'd know nothing of him today except for that one work. Herb Chong wrote: a while ago you said that he sold a

Re: Don't need no stinkin' filters!

2005-07-03 Thread P. J. Alling
Herb Chong wrote: a while ago you said that he sold a few. make up your mind. Herb - Original Message - From: "Bob Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 12:48 PM Subject: Re: Don't need no stinkin' filters! Let me connect the dots for you Herb. You have

Re: PESO - double-exposed poppy

2005-07-03 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Poppies are rare at home, so I made my best effort to shoot them in Denmark. Here's a slightly different take on 'em, an in-camera double exposure. http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/3536/display/3456161 The in-focus part was shot according to the light meter, the out-of-focus one w

Re: PESO - double-exposed poppy

2005-07-03 Thread Bruce Dayton
This one just seems a bit too washed out looking to me - probably due to the over exposure part of the double. I'd like to see more examples of this technique as I have heard about doing double exposures to render backgrounds differently. -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, July 3, 2005, 8:35:45 AM

Re: Don't need no stinkin' judges Was: Don't need no stinkin' filters!

2005-07-03 Thread P. J. Alling
Ah'm sorry ah don't think I want to see pichures of yer nekked titties, or did you have someone else's in mind? Cotty wrote: On 2/7/05, Bob Blakely, discombobulated, unleashed: You want something that sells and a good marketing strategy? Take photos of nekkid tits, blow 'um up to 8x10 glo

Re: PESO - Park Avenue

2005-07-03 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Boris, I'm sure that most scenics, given the time, would do better with a larger format, especially one that supported tilts and swings for DOF and perspective control. Alas, my MF gear was sold hopefully at a time when it still had good value and was used to finance my digital venture. If

PESO: Comments/Suggestions Requested

2005-07-03 Thread Joseph Tainter
http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/374/display/3456806 All is explained below the photo. Thanks, Joe

Re: fixing an A 50mm f1.4

2005-07-03 Thread keithw
Bob Sullivan wrote: Frank, Can you clip the spring off and make it shorter? I really think you want that back in there some day... I have worked on many mechanisms over the years, and I'd like to make a silly suggestion. Sometimes you THINK you've lost the spring, but it's still in the hole!

Re: Don't need no stinkin' filters!

2005-07-03 Thread P. J. Alling
They were never junk excatly, just ahead of their time, or maybe out side of their time and weirdly styled. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" Subject: Re: Don't need no stinkin' filters! On Jul 2, 2005, at 5:50 PM, William Robb wrote: I wonder w

Re: PESO: Comments/Suggestions Requested

2005-07-03 Thread Bruce Dayton
hmmminteresting angle of the sillouhette part. The sun looks a bit unnatural to me. Perhaps the size or the lack of roundness (sort of blocky looking) is what bothers me. I would have like to see the right horses better - the left ones are the only clue as to what the right side should be.

RE: PESO: Comments/Suggestions Requested

2005-07-03 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Joe ... I see many more possibilities in this photo than you've presented, some of which may have resulted in a more interesting photo. As it is, it's an intriguing shot, and has me curious to see more, but it may not have been the best shot. Years ago it was suggested to me that, when photog

Re: Recomendations on where to upload public images

2005-07-03 Thread mike wilson
Tim Øsleby wrote: I have done some street shooting today, in fact for the first time in my life. Something has been holding me back. The idea makes me a bit shy. There is something about directing a lens at somebody. It is a statement, saying "I find you appealing", or something like that. An

Re: Don't need no stinkin' filters!

2005-07-03 Thread Herb Chong
that only tells me that he was incompetent at getting anyone to pay attention to him. i said will sell, not did sell, and not is trying to sell. using a person who could barely cope with living as a counterexample is stretching anyway. Herb - Original Message - From: "P. J. Alling

Re: PDML Bergen Brygge, Norway (was RE: GESO: Aker Brygge, Oslo, Norway)

2005-07-03 Thread mike wilson
Jostein wrote: - Original Message - From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> That's TBPDML Okay, I give up. What's the T and the B? Jostein Twiddly Bits. Shame on you 8-

Re: Don't need no stinkin' filters!

2005-07-03 Thread Mishka
cheap consumer junk far outsells anything else. especially here, in us. mishka On 7/3/05, Herb Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i think they intersect far more than they don't, even in the US. > > Herb > - Original Message - > From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent:

Re: DIY *ist DS remote cable shutter

2005-07-03 Thread Alan P. Hayes
Asked by me and answered by Rob Studdert a little while ago, as well. Do an archive search for this thread: Why the istD wired remote is so large or harebrained sch [eme] The part in brackets got truncated, I'm just including it for clarity. I'd leave it out of the search. It occurs to me

Re: Beyond the Dark Side

2005-07-03 Thread Bob Sullivan
Ooooh! What a nice idea. Regards, Bob S. On 7/3/05, Bob Blakely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have discovered... Graflex! Someone gave me a little Century Graphic with > a 6x7 120 roll back. It's fun and it draws attention. Well, to the addicted, > it just couldn't stop there, so then came the

Re: PESO - double-exposed poppy

2005-07-03 Thread mike wilson
Jostein wrote: Poppies are rare at home, so I made my best effort to shoot them in Denmark. Here's a slightly different take on 'em, an in-camera double exposure. http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/3536/display/3456161 The in-focus part was shot according to the light meter, the out-of-

Re: PESO - double-exposed poppy

2005-07-03 Thread Jostein
Thanks for the comment, Bruce. I think you're right that the over-exposure did something to the rendering of colours. I looked into increasing the saturation, but the red channel is close to saturated to begin with, even with the washed-out look. I'm not sure if DOF control is very easy with th

Re: PESO - double-exposed poppy

2005-07-03 Thread Jostein
Thanks Boris, I have a single exposure shot of the same flower with no burned-out areas. The hotness in this one may be a trick played on me by surrounding foliage, but it may also be at least accentuated by the overexposed OOF part. As often is with experiments, it spawns more questions tha

Re: PESO - double-exposed poppy

2005-07-03 Thread Jostein
Glad you liked it, Joe! Btw, Does anyone know if the multi-exposure thing with the *istD is unique in the DSLR world? Jostein - Original Message - From: "Joseph Tainter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 6:29 PM Subject: PESO - double-exposed poppy Re: http://

Re: PESO - double-exposed poppy

2005-07-03 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Jostein, Duplicate the image - make a background copy in the layers palette. Change the blending mode to Multiply. The image will get perceptibly darker. Then use the opacity slider to adjust how dark you'd like the image - try around 50% for starter and move up/down from there. You may be pleas

Re: PESO - double-exposed poppy

2005-07-03 Thread Jostein
- Original Message - From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/3536/display/3456161 How far out-of-focus? The previous examples of this that I have seen have had a definite impression of the oof part. Yours has just the faintest trace. Um... F

PESO & GESO

2005-07-03 Thread Jorn Ostergaard
Hey All What is PESO ? What is GESO ? /Jorn -- Jeg beskyttes af den gratis SPAMfighter til privatbrugere. Den har indtil videre sparet mig for at få 937 spam-mails. Betalende brugere får ikke denne besked i deres e-mails. Hent gratis SPAMfighter her: www.spamfighter.dk

Re: PESO & GESO

2005-07-03 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! What is PESO ? What is GESO ? Picture Every So Often Gallery Every So Often Boris

Re: PESO & GESO

2005-07-03 Thread Jostein
- Original Message - From: "Jorn Ostergaard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> What is PESO ? What is GESO ? Hei Jørn, PESO : Picture Ever So Often GESO : Gallery Ever So Often They are acronyms for those of us who can't keep up with the regularity of PAW (Picture A Week). Jostein

RE: PESO & GESO

2005-07-03 Thread Don Sanderson
Take a look at this: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/pentax/pdml-faq.html PESO - Picture Every So Often GESO - Gallery Every So Often Don > -Original Message- > From: Jorn Ostergaard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 1:00 PM > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: PES

Re: fixing an A 50mm f1.4

2005-07-03 Thread Powell Hargrave
I have used a short piece snipped off of a square cross section elastic band for a spring. Cheap, easy to adjust, works well and one band should give a life time supply. The only negative I can see is the possibility of the rubber degrading over time. Perhaps an O-ring would be a better choice

PESO II

2005-07-03 Thread Joseph Tainter
Here's another version of my Branderburg Gate photo: http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/374/display/3457486 Does anyone think it looks better? The sun appears large because it was diffused through clouds. Thanks to Bruce and Shel for comments on the earlier one. Here's the earlier one:

Re: PESO: Comments/Suggestions Requested

2005-07-03 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/374/display/3456806 All is explained below the photo. What is particularly striking, at least to me, is that Sun does not appear round. Otherwise, I rather like this picture. It is, how to put it, unusual! Boris

Re: PESO II

2005-07-03 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Here's another version of my Branderburg Gate photo: http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/374/display/3457486 Does anyone think it looks better? The sun appears large because it was diffused through clouds. Thanks to Bruce and Shel for comments on the earlier one. Here's the earlier

Re: PESO - double-exposed poppy

2005-07-03 Thread Jostein
Thanks, Shel Yes, I'm familiar with the Multiply trick. :-) The suggestion you sent me looked very reasonable. However, I suspect that the hot petal in this case is mostly caused by the way the multi-exposure is carried out. I'm in the process of doing some further experiments under more contro

RE: Don't need no stinkin' filters!

2005-07-03 Thread Bob W
Herb's comment was "a photo that won't sell has not passed tests of composition, exposure and originality". Composition, at least, is an aesthetic criterion, not a commercial one. Originality and exposure are not commercial criteria either. One is technical, the other is historical. Commercial q

Edsel was : stinkin' filters!

2005-07-03 Thread SonC
Compared to many other cars of the time they were like spaceships, Ford rushed them to production, as they wanted the dealers to have a full allotment before the model year announcement, so some of the first ones were assembled on the lines in between Fords, hence some suffered from fit and

RE: PESO II

2005-07-03 Thread Shel Belinkoff
http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/gate.html Your pic looks too dark - very close to a true silhouette - and there's no detail in the gate on my monitor. I opened things up a bit, increased the contrast on the gate to accentuate the detail a bit, and gave the pic a warm tone, kind of like havin

Re: Don't need no stinkin' filters!

2005-07-03 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Mishka" Subject: Re: Don't need no stinkin' filters! cheap consumer junk far outsells anything else. especially here, in us. That speaks more to cultural values than it does to any other qualifer. William Robb

Re: PESO & GESO

2005-07-03 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Boris Liberman wrote: What is PESO ? What is GESO ? Picture Every So Often Gallery Every So Often I thought Peso some place in Mexico where some of you had been taking pictures :) ...well, I'm new to this list

RE: Recomendations on where to upload public images

2005-07-03 Thread Tim Øsleby
Thanks a lot guys for all the positive and good ideas on this subject. I have got a lot of recommendations on useful pay sites, and some on (not so good) free sites. For the moment I think I'll settle with one of the free sites. In future I believe I will go for a full membership on the site I h

RE: PDML Bergen Brygge, Norway (was RE: GESO: Aker Brygge, Oslo, Norway)

2005-07-03 Thread Tim Øsleby
Jostein. I can comfort you telling you was not the only one not understanding TBPDML. (Havent read the Guide in English, just in Norwegian). But now knowing what it means I find the name brilliant Mike. Christening the "baby" is a giant step towards a real life Twiddly Bits PDML. Tim Mostly har

PESO Day :Lilies (another *&^%#$ flower picture)

2005-07-03 Thread P. J. Alling
With all the flower photos lately I thought I'd contribute one. http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_daylilies.html Equipment. Pentax *ist-D Vivitar 35-85mm f2.8 Varifocus As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles,

PESO -- Night Lights

2005-07-03 Thread P. J. Alling
http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_nightlights.html Equipment: Pentax *ist-D SMC/Pentax 43mm Ltd. As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).

Re: PESO - double-exposed poppy

2005-07-03 Thread mike wilson
Jostein wrote: - Original Message - From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/3536/display/3456161 How far out-of-focus? The previous examples of this that I have seen have had a definite impression of the oof part. Yours has just the faintest

Re: PESO: Comments/Suggestions Requested

2005-07-03 Thread Paul Stenquist
Very nice. Dramatic, interesting shot. Paul On Jul 3, 2005, at 12:55 PM, Joseph Tainter wrote: http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/374/display/3456806 All is explained below the photo. Thanks, Joe

Re: PDML Bergen Brygge, Norway (was RE: GESO: Aker Brygge, Oslo, Norway)

2005-07-03 Thread mike wilson
Tim Øsleby wrote: Jostein. I can comfort you telling you was not the only one not understanding TBPDML. (Havent read the Guide in English, just in Norwegian). But now knowing what it means I find the name brilliant Mike. Christening the "baby" is a giant step towards a real life Twiddly Bits P

Re: PESO II

2005-07-03 Thread Paul Stenquist
I assume that Joe intended it as a silhouette. I prefer it as such, but others, of course, may not. Paul On Jul 3, 2005, at 3:08 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/gate.html Your pic looks too dark - very close to a true silhouette - and there's no detail in the ga

Re: PESO Day :Lilies (another *&^%#$ flower picture)

2005-07-03 Thread Paul Stenquist
I like this. Nice composition. On Jul 3, 2005, at 4:06 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: With all the flower photos lately I thought I'd contribute one. http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_daylilies.html Equipment. Pentax *ist-D Vivitar 35-85mm f2.8 Varifocus As usual comments are welcome bu

Re: PDML Bergen Brygge, Norway (was RE: GESO: Aker Brygge, Oslo, Norway)

2005-07-03 Thread Jostein
Mike and Tim, If we settle for FBPDML, I'm with you. According to Slartibartfast, the Bits were not Twiddly, but Fiddly...:-) Cheers, Jostein - Original Message - From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 10:30 PM Subject: Re: PDML Bergen Brygge, Norw

Re: Don't need no stinkin' filters!

2005-07-03 Thread Mark Roberts
"William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >From: "Mishka" > >> cheap consumer junk far outsells anything else. especially >> here, in us. > >That speaks more to cultural values than it does to any other qualifer. Monetary values, too: More people can afford cheap consumer junk that good art. --

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