Am 05.06.24 um 13:33 schrieb Brian Walters:

Not for want of trying. I've scrolled through years and years of photos
and haven't been able to find anything 'abstract'. So, hats off to those
who have found something to contribute.

Special kudos to Ann and Henk.

Ralf

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Thanks Ralf.

Perhaps we can make a deal next time the abstract theme comes back :)

Henk

Op 2024-06-05 om 14:05 schreef Ralf R Radermacher:

Thanks, Ralf
I suspected there would be a low turnout.   Henk got the idea but I have
to say it reminds me of Jeff Koons - not to mention the
inside of an old refrigerator bag of mine :-) so - well done  but ugly
is my response :-)
PT -   You clearly know mid-20th century abstract exprssionism - it's a
painting.. it's beautiful ..
it reminds me of a specific painter of that era whose name has drifted
out of my so-called brain.

ann

On 6/5/2024 8:05 AM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote:

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Never disappointing when there’s an annstract expressionist chef d’oeuvre.

Great gallery very imaginative

Dave

Documenting Life in Rural Ontario.
www.caughtinmotion.com
http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/
York Region, Ontario, Canada

On Wed, Jun 5, 2024 at 7:41 AM Brian Walters brian-w@lyons-ryan.org wrote:

ann blushes

On 6/5/2024 12:09 PM, Bob W PDML wrote:

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ann sanfedele photography
https://annsan.smugmug.com
https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts
https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan
https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks

On Wed, Jun 05, 2024 at 09:33:55PM +1000, Brian Walters wrote:

Unfortunately I suspect the number of contributors will continue to decline.

It's been 2 1/2 years since I picked up a Pentax (except for yesterday when
I charged up the K5 and checked that it still appeared to be in working order).

I was never a frequent contributor to the PUG, but during that time there have
been a few galleries where I would have been tempted to submit something.
I know I'm not the only PDMLer who has, for various reasons, switched to a
different brand. I may be using an Olympus now, but I still think of myself
as a PDMLer; I haven't even looked for an Olympus User's Group I could join.

Maybe it's time to add a section to the PUG for images created with non-Pentax
gear. Or maybe it isn't - I don't know hom many other non-Pentax using PDMLers
are still around.

Am 06.06.24 um 00:09 schrieb John Francis:

What keeps you from posting photos shot while you were using Pentax gear?

I haven't been able to take any new photos for the last two years and my
days as a 'picture taking' photographer are over but I still have tens
of thousands of RAW and scanned analog photos to sift through and quite
a few to publish.

Just go and have a look on your drives.

Ralf

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Blog  :http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com
Audio :http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf
Fotos :https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012

On Thu, Jun 06, 2024 at 12:42:39AM +0200, Ralf R Radermacher wrote:

Nothing stops me from posting old photographs - I shoot significantly less
than some people here, so I've got every digital image I took available.
(And boxes of slides, negatives, etc., very few of which have been scanned).
But that doesn't help me get to be a better photographer. I sometimes used
the PUG topic as a way to prompt myself out of my comfort zone and try some
shots I'd never have thought of myself. Much of the time it didn't result
in anything I wanted to show anybody else, but there were occasions when I
came up with something I was pleased with, and even a few times when I ended
up with an image I felt was worth submitting.