My attempts keep getting blocked in Doug’s filter. I will try to send a few lines at a time and let you cut-and-paste the message together. Thanks for your patience! A Fork in the Road Golden Hour Hands History Wind Tools I would appreciate any comments and suggestions; I will hope to finalize the 2026 list by early January. Now and Then… This idea is a reaction to my impression that I, and many of us, are using PUG to pull out images from our archives rather than using the topics as a challenge to do new stuff. So, Now and Then. What I am thinking is a gallery where we would be encouraged to take both approaches. Submit one Now image, something done within the last year. Or submit one Then image, an older short from your archive. OR, submit two images, possibly both on the same theme, one contemporary and one from some time ago. I can also imagine Now/Then shots which show off new/old equipment, a different technique recently learned, New/Old preferred genres (e.g. Portraits to Landscape } ... Comments? Stan

My suggestions are, Walking Humorous Construction In the Style of (imitating another photographer or artist in a photograph, bonus points for using a list member as your inspiration. I am waiting to see the next faux Ansel Adams) Peter Peter Stevens 1115 Oakland Ct. Newark, DE 19711 PStevenspdml@gmail.com On 12/29/2025 4:48 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: > My attempts keep getting blocked in Doug’s filter. I will try to send a few lines at a time and let you cut-and-paste the message together. Thanks for your patience! > > A Fork in the Road > Golden Hour > Hands > History > Wind > Tools > > I would appreciate any comments and suggestions; I will hope to finalize the 2026 list by early January. > > Now and Then… This idea is a reaction to my impression that I, and many of us, are using PUG to pull out images from our archives rather than using the topics as a challenge to do new stuff. So, Now and Then. What I am thinking is a gallery where we would be encouraged to take both approaches. Submit one Now image, something done within the last year. Or submit one Then image, an older short from your archive. OR, submit two images, possibly both on the same theme, one contemporary and one from some time ago. I can also imagine Now/Then shots which show off new/old equipment, a different technique recently learned, New/Old preferred genres (e.g. Portraits to Landscape } ... > > Comments? > > Stan > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

I can at least imitate Adams hygiene. On December 29, 2025 2:27:04 PM PST, P T Stevens <pstevenspdml@gmail.com> wrote: >My suggestions are, > >Walking >Humorous >Construction >In the Style of (imitating another photographer or artist in a photograph, bonus points for using a list member as your inspiration. I am waiting to see the next faux Ansel Adams) > >Peter > >Peter Stevens >1115 Oakland Ct. >Newark, DE 19711 > >PStevenspdml@gmail.com > >On 12/29/2025 4:48 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: >> My attempts keep getting blocked in Doug’s filter. I will try to send a few lines at a time and let you cut-and-paste the message together. Thanks for your patience! >> >> A Fork in the Road >> Golden Hour >> Hands >> History >> Wind >> Tools >> >> I would appreciate any comments and suggestions; I will hope to finalize the 2026 list by early January. >> >> Now and Then… This idea is a reaction to my impression that I, and many of us, are using PUG to pull out images from our archives rather than using the topics as a challenge to do new stuff. So, Now and Then. What I am thinking is a gallery where we would be encouraged to take both approaches. Submit one Now image, something done within the last year. Or submit one Then image, an older short from your archive. OR, submit two images, possibly both on the same theme, one contemporary and one from some time ago. I can also imagine Now/Then shots which show off new/old equipment, a different technique recently learned, New/Old preferred genres (e.g. Portraits to Landscape } ... >> >> Comments? >> >> Stan >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. >-- >%(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.