Thanks for the reply Bob. Well, if you thought the foggy sunrise was
confusing, you should have tried driving through it! :-). The roadway was an
elevated berm with water on both sides. I did not want to deviate from the
correct path!
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Thanks all for the input. They are all appreciated.
Adjacent to the wetlands is a zoo, so the Jaguars are not running loose!! I
am a cat lover, but not that much!!
I have an otherwise identical view of the cormorant, without the grass. I
will try a print of it to compare.
Our club is pretty acti
"That's a great shot of the bird, Walter, but my reputation is still
intact... It's not a cormorant it's an anhinga"
Thanks Christian. I guess we learn something everyday!
I am not an ardent birder and we have always called them cormorants around
here, but I am sure there are folks who know the
"I am thinking of getting the DA 50-200mm. Especially since there is a
rebate going until March 27th."
Marnie, here are a couple more that I shot at the camera club outing at the
zoo last weekend. I used the 50~200 for about 80% of my shooting. I think it
is a great example of Pentax glass, an
I stumbled upon a test chart for k10/100D.
Ken, I get a page advertising a drink of some kind, all in Konji ??
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Got it!! The right click on the link and save as did the trick.
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I think I would have wanted 9000 mm fl!
Nice shot. I know folks who spent a lot of time in AK and the stories they
tell always make me want to go.
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I printed it out, cut it out, and assembled. My daughter, a kindergarten
teacher, asked me what I was doing. I replied that I was working on Pentax
Paper Doll cutouts. So, she proceeds to show me Canon Paper doll cutouts on
the web! But these really were paper dolls.
BTW, the focus checker worke
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"You suck, Ken, go away. Ok, that's just the jealousy of the 600/4.
Nice shot. Looks like he was smelling you..."
Is that why the look of displeasure... er, or is it pleasure? :-)
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I got a question.
I tend to use the Ilford papers and the Costco Glossy 95% of the time, but
have used others like the Museo. I have seldom had a problem getting a good
print, but I always use the settings to make the software set the print
requirements, not the printer, other than setting a pap
Thanks Godders. Some of the folks in our camera club insist that you have to
use profiles to get a good print. When I show them my results, they just
claim I am lucky!
I have never done any type of production printing. I think if I had the need
to, I would get a lab to print to the RA4 paper and
Some nice shots. I like B&W!
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I had to go to the Previous Galleries and all of 2007 is listed. When you
click on March it opens. The later ones, April on, do not.
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Well, isn't it close to that time? ;-)
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My Giraffee shot, one in B&W, one in Color.
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"I'm not saying you cant use other specialty ranges but where are you going
to get a good 18-80mm to go with your 80-200? "
Sigma makes a 17~70 that is quite nice according to the reviews. I doubt
that it covers FF at the short end but might at the longer portion. That
would be important to som
I have these two just gathering dust since buying the 50~200. If anyone is
interested I could give you a great deal.
135 f/3.5 SMC-M in fair condition. Optically clean and works fine.
200 f/4 SMC-M in good condition. Optically clean and works very smoothly.
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Just in case, the dodge, burn, and smudge tools are under one icon, the
bottom one on the tool bar. Right click to select which one you want.
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Several of the tools are like that, with hidden menu items under the icon.
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I am not totally sure but I believe a hot pixel will render white and a dead
pixel will render black.
As far as dust, most dust spots will cover more than one pixel and tend to
show as oof blobs, sometimes quite large. That is where the blower bulbs are
really handy.
I have had to clean both my
Paul, what part of LA (lower alabama) was that picture taken?
:-)
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Do either of them ever get "pissed" enough at the other that a serious
altercation develops? They both have some "nice" teeth :-)
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I was cleaning out some stuff in my studio this morning and ran across an
ild print from the 60's. It was shot in Singapore while I was awaiting a
flight back to the states.
Probably shot with my Nikon F and 105mm f/2.5. Probably Tri-X in Accufine,
that was pretty "in vogue" back then. My RIT pr
Thanks Paul. It brought back some strong memories. 8,000 miles from home,
trying to get back for 10 days leave to see the wife
Lot of water has gone under the bridge since then!
Another thing that was interesting about the "find", of the numerous old
photo's I found, only the B&W's were stil
Bob, I know what you mean. Anyone who has never experienced that sudden slap
in the face when walking off a plane into tropical humidity don't know what
they are missing :-)
I still miss Guam and the several years I spent there. Especially lately
with all the colder weather we have been getting
Well, at least they are doing something with the gallery. I had submitted 11
photos that were all tenatively accepted. This AM they show 6 in the
Gallery, 1 in the Collection, 3 on hold, and 1 Declined.
The declined shot was shot with a 135 SMC-M lens but they did not have a 135
in the selection
Mark Roberts wrote:
"And though one of my rejected photos was taken with the Pentax (Tamron)
28-200, the other two were shot with the SMC-F 100/2.8 Macro."
Is that lens listed in the pull down menu?
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Ken wrote:
"Mmmm..APS-C Foveon sensor
More refined styling plus viewfinder.
http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/compact/2007/03/08/5749.html
Awfully tempting. Let's see what other might come up with."
Isn't that the same as the Leica version? I looked at the Leica and was
very impressed, fo
Paul, I saw one of your pics from the Woodward Ave link on the Pentax
Gallery site. I was previewing my submissions and it opened with a fade
in/fade out of a lot of pics and the shot of the "Birmingham Gentleman" is
in the group.
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Don't know about Europe, but I bet it is impossible to shoot an industrial
site in the US without the obligatory dumpster and overflowing trash!
I definately like the night scenes more.
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I definately prefer the B&W #1, with the color as #2. The High Contrast
rendition is way too contrasty for me.
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Well, the local camera dealer has one that I have picked up several times.
It is 10 mpxl, has a zoom lens, and is Leica branded. Huge LCD panel and
some nice bells and whistles. I'm pretty sure the price point is 599.00
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Great shot, Markus! My cat would never look at me lomg enough to take a
pic, much less using a flash!
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Bruce Dayton wrote:
"It seems that right now, scanned images don't work."
Actually one of my images that is in the Gallery is a scanned image. I
explained why in the notes section and I guess they accepted the reason.
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"Try putting a little borax into the developer. 5Mule team is as good as
any. I'm not sure how much or what it's going to do to the developer time.
I't start with a tablespoon of borax in a pint of developer and go from
there."
I think you mean KBr, Potassium Bromide, don't you? Borate is an ac
Went back to the wetlands again yesterday. Not as many birds but this one
was so intent on feeding he wasn't paying attention to us. I believe there
is a small fish in its beak.
K10D, 50~200 @ 200.
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"Love the way that reed mimmics the bird's head. Lovely."
Yes, of course...I planned it that way. ;-)
Thanks. I really am liking the 50~200.
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That is not football :-)
Nice shots ;-)
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"Duh!!!
In my own defence, it was almost 40 years ago that I studied this stuff."
Hey, I have been told that the older I get, the more I know. It's because I
have forgotten everything twice!!
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"It's a "Great Egret", I think."
Thanks. I didn't know for sure.
Have you ever seen or heard of a KaraKara? They are a bird of prey, sorta
like an Eagle, not quite as big. Has a hair do that make him look like Elvis
on a "bad hair day"!
There was one in a tree, but way too far for my 200mm. Some
Don't know the answer for sure, but I have noticed that views with a large
expanse of OOF background tends to show noise more so than with sharp
backgrounds. Is that perhaps what you are seeing?
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Godfrey,
That is one of the better websites for photos that I have seen. Simple,
direct, and too the point. I really like the B&W shots!
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This might help.
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"Crested Caracaras are very pretty birds of prey. Pretty much only down in
the southern states and Mexico. Hopefully I'll see them in Texas when I go
there in May."
I misspelled it as well!! Thanks Christian!
Hope you get some shots as well and post them here.
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I live in central FL near Orlando. The Viera wetlands is over near the coast
south of Cape Canaveral 15 or so miles.
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"That is lovely. Great shot. Everything works for me."
Marnie aka Doe :-)
Thanks Marnie! I really appreciate the feedback I get here and value it
greatly. I especially like the give and take among "friends".
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That was straight Dektol, no dilution. However, we found that by diluting
1:1 and 1:2, and then playing with the times only slightly, the results
would be a little better. If I remember correctly, at 1:2 and 80 degrees F,
the time was about 1:15 followed by stop and rinse.
Also, this technique w
"Pentax ist SLR (film) camera with 28-90mm f3.5-5.6 Pentax autofocus lens.
LNIB. Purchased 9/05, only 5 rolls taken (I've converted to 100% digital).
Excellent compact, lightweight camera. Tiffen UV filter, camera strap, extra
batteries included. Initial cost $395 (plus shipping). For sale at $1
"The last shot I present here reminds me of the last PESO Paul showed of
"the monster crane", which I liked a lot.
I had to denoise the ISO 800 exposure and I'm not happy with the result, but
will reshoot "the machine" with a Pentax prime for sure :-)"
Man, you would not want to be in the path o
Thanks to all who replied. I have contacted the gent and am awaiting a
reply.
I have an istDL and a K10D. The only non DA lenses I have are SMC-M versions
that I want to get rid of anyway.
I figure it would be a nice backup camera to shoot color slides with. Our
Camera Club still has a slide cat
Scott, can the M lenses be used in a strictly manual mode, or are you saying
there is no mechanism in the ist to stop the lens down on the camera?
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What's the difference between Accepted in Gallery and Accepted in
Collection?
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I need a macro lens. Don't want to spend the bucks for the latest Pentax AF,
for that matter I think I would prefer a MF version. KEH has some 100mm f/4
in different versions, one being an A model. They also have a Sigma 90mm
f/2.8 A .
Anyone know anything about these or others that I need to co
"Collection" is apparently a higher level, the corporate show. "Gallery" is
the work of the individual photographers. That's my takeaway.
Paul
Thanks Paul. Oh well, I only got one in the collection and 8 in the Gallery.
Three more were declined today :-(
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The first three were rejected.
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These were accepted
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"Some very nice shots Walter. I like the frozen color pix a lot as well.
Regards"
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Thanks for all the various inputs on the Macro question. You all gave me a
lot to think about.
I just talked to the folks at B&H, and they would have had to order the AF
version of the Phoenix 100mm f/3.5 macro (same lens as the Pentax 100 f/3.5
that is discontinued), BUT, they have the MF versi
I read somewhere that PhotoShop Elements 5.0 will not run under Vista. I
checked the Adobe homepage and indeed they have a patch. Has anyone here
used it?
I want to buy a laptop and everything is Vista now, so I will need the patch
in order to load PSE 5.
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Thanks for the inputs.
I bought a Gateway laptop yesterday at a good price I believe. It is the
smaller 14" screen version, which I wanted. 1 gig ram, 120 gig HD, wireless,
etc. Today I picked up a wireless mouse and proceeded to take all the crap
off! I downloaded the patch and installed PSE 5.
Other than firing the shutter what else can it do. Do you have total remote
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I find it difficult to really determine how sharp the resolution/contrast is
on web images, especially at only 700 or 800 pixels. They all looked "good"
to me, but that doesn't necessarily put them in the same league as modern
DA* lenses. :-)
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Now that I have the laptop operational with PSE5 I have been playing around
some.
I can't seem to find a way to change the screen brightness like I can on my
XP desktop machine. Naturally the laptop is one of the new LCD screens, but
don't they have controls somewhere??
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His opinion is as valid as my opinion, or yours. Just like his "bellybutton"
is as valid as mine or yours! :-)
Me thinks that all he has done is regurgitate what the industry visionaries
out there are already spouting about the future of dslr cameras, and
basically where the industry goes so goe
Nice shots! I still love the spider web shot!!
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Huh? That one went whizzing right by my ear pal:-).
Paul
On Mar 17, 2007, at 7:00 PM, Cotty wrote:
> On 17/3/07, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed:
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>> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5736480&size=lg
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> She don't look like no freaking Borg, man.
>
Referencing the Star Trek
Its a redneck eatery where beer, etc is served by scantly clad young lasses
in hot pants and halter tops. Noted for their "hot wings".
When my son was about 7 he had seen the ads for their wings of the
"Chernobyl" heat range. He kept bugging me to go get some Chernobyl Wings.
Finally one day we
Now your spring has sprung! I'm jealous. (As I lay on the cold, wet
ground, waiting for a snowdrop to open:-).
Paul, my dad moved to the South in 1939 because he couldn't stand the
Michigan winters anymore!
I moved to FL in 1990 from MD because I couldn't stand the snow anymore!!
BUT, I still mis
Went looking for Spring Pics this AM. Found this at the local Garden in
town.
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"I think of this one more of a flower shot where a bee happened to be
hanging around."
Well, Bruce, you are of course correct ;-)
But I did direct the bee to different parts of the flower, and he did listen
to me, and I chose this shot, so I gotta give the bee some credit, don't I?
Walt
(You g
"Walt, would love to see this really pulled up. Just the bee and the stamen.
Of course, focus might be somewhat limiting..or not.
Jack"
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This was shot with the K10D, 18~55 zoom, 1/125 @ f/8, iso 400.
This view is 100%, USM only.
I keep getting a little icon that says "No Hot Links"???
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Ver nice Paul. Just how big are these guys anyway? I get the impression they
are somewhat "dainty".
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The theme is "Surprise" Is this to be a Surprise from the person who enters,
or a photo that exudes "surprise"?
I get kinda dense at times ;-)
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"My count is 26. If you refresh my page, you'll get a different count
every time. It dies on a file that has been apparently corrupted when
they uploaded it. I've told them several times. I suppose they'll
correct it eventually. Not important. But my point is that the
gallery is still very
This is what I awoke to this AM in my backyard. Color or B&W??
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Jay, I cannot access the link. All I get is "Forbidden". Strange, as others
seemingly have been able to see it.
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"Delightful. Definitely color, perhaps a wee bit brighter in the midrange. A
push up on the middle of the rgb curve would give you that. Would a tiny bit
of counterclockwise rotation help here? Not sure.
Paul"
Thanks Paul.. I will try the suggestions. Of course a lot is always lost in
a web pr
"Walter,
Not sure why you can't connect to the link, but here is the address to my
PBase site where you can view it:"
That's better! Thanks Jay.
They all look great to me, especially the woodpecker. That will be a nice
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I have had several thoughts along the same line as far as my years in the
Navy. But, then I reconsider, because a lot of the stories would be under
the terminology of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in this politically correct world
we live in now!
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Living near Daytona Beach I decided to document a "different" senior break.
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"Very nice shot. And the guy is enough of a "babe" (read as hunk) to
satisfy me.
Marnie aka Doe ;-) "
I will let him know!! ;-) It will make his day!
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"Great shot. The fisheye works well here. But we want to see some babes:-).
Paul"
"That's a great one for the Pentax lifestyle gallery Walt :-)
Greetings
Markus"
Thanks guys.
Paul, they did offer to go "topless" but my wife was driving while I was
shooting, and she would not have liked that!! ;-)
My prayers will be with you tomorrow.
Life sucks sometimes!
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Igor, the K10D can be set to either +/- .5 or .33 stop variations. So,
depending on how you set it up in the menu it would be controlled in that
manner.
If, however, you move the aperture ring off the "A" position and use the
lens f/stop (and camera set to use that function according to the cust
That's still pretty sharp. Did you try any noise reduction techniques?
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Looks prett good to me. I don't do much, if any, night street photography. I
would imagine the metering can be tricky. I certainly don't see any of the
banding issues some have talked/complained about.
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I uploaded two more recent shots. The flower and the bee (Spring Bee) and
the couple in the Corvette. Someone suggested the Corvette in the Lifestyles
Gallery, which I did.
It was rejected, but the flower/bee was accepted. Go figure. They must have
a ton of flower/insect pics already!! :-)
Wal
A recent panorama shot made out of 3 photos with the Pentax A24mm (and it's
barrel distortions ) can be seen here:
Zurich very early in the morning, view from the bellevue at lake Zurich :
Nice shot Markus! It reminds me that I did shoot a late dusk shot of
Orlando many years ago, but that was
Boris, it is indeed a "land of milk and honey" !
I like the last one of the crushed water bottle and parched and cracked
dirt. A lot is said in that one simple shot.
Walt
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"I need a mat cutter too..."
Godfrey
I just bought a small hand held mat cutter a few weeks ago. Something like
15.00. Having only used the big pro models in a large photo lab in the
navy, I didn't have any idea it would work.
Pleased to say it works really good. The key to success is a good
The discussion on the Voightlander 125mm Macro led me to the websight where
I discovered their listings for the Bessa cameras.
I remember fondling one of the L models when they first came out, and it
intrigued me, especially with either the 12 or 15mm lens.
Now that I am shooting digital only, I
"The Sigma is not a great performer from what I've seen of it. Lots of
flare unless you keep that big front element properly shaded, and poor
resolution/contrast until well stopped down."
Well Godders, that is indeed some good info. I knew that the 12~24 and the
14 are great optics, but neithe
"I find anything much wider than the "90 degrees across the diagonal" view
of a 20-21 mm lens on 35mm, and 14mm on the Pentax DSLR, isn't particularly
useful."
I guess that's what makes the world go round, all the differences! ;-) I am
a WA sort of guy and much prefer the wider views. Of cours
Thank you JayT for such a powerful testimony for your mom and yourself. My
prayers will be for both of you!!
Me and my brothers have had to have my mom put in an assisted living center
late last year. We thought sure it would kill her. But, she has actually
improved and seems to like it and the
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