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Post by Just Plain Curt on May 17, 2007 7:41:00 GMT -5
Ok, so not nearly so fierce as they sound. We have space ships As well as tanks and even high powered speedboats See, not everything needs to be mean, harmful or life threatening these days. Harkens back to a time when we all could get along, before kids learn prejudice or religious hatred. A kinder simpler time, where did it go? Zenit E, Helios 44-2, 58mm f2 taken at f16, 1/250 on Kodak 200.
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Post by herron on May 17, 2007 9:24:52 GMT -5
I know what you mean, Curt. I recall sitting on the front porch of my grandfather's house and having passers-by actually wave to you from their cars. Wave. No obscene gestures...just a friendly, "well, hi there!" kind of greeting, whether you knew them or not. Nowadays, you have to photograph the kiddie rides empty, if your own kids or grandkids are not on them, because folks have become so paranoid about what you might be doing with pictures of their kids! Kind of a sick world now, if you ask me...and, sadly, the so-called "news" media has a lot of the blame.
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Post by PeterW on May 17, 2007 13:45:03 GMT -5
Curt:
Rodgers and Hammerstein saw it coming back in 1949 when they wrote this cynical but prophetic song:
You’ve got to be taught to hate and fear, You’ve got to be taught from year to year, It’s got to be drummed in your dear little ear - You’ve got to be carefully taught
You’ve got to be taught to be afraid Of people whose eyes are oddly made, And people whose skin is a different shade - You’ve got to be carefully taught.
You’ve got to be taught before it’s too late Before you are six or seven or eight, To hate all the people your relatives hate - You’ve got to be carefully taught! You’ve got to be carefully taught!
From 'South Pacific'. The lyrics made quite an impression on me the first time I heard the song.
Rodgers and Hammerstein came in for a lot of criticism and pressure, even threats, over this song, but they risked the whole future of the work by refusing to delete it.
PeterW
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Post by Rachel on May 18, 2007 3:48:17 GMT -5
Unfortunately Peter R&H's predictions were right but there has always been prejudice against those who are "different". Although we are, in some ways, much more tolerant these days there seems to be just as much hate in the world as there has ever been.
I always loved to ride on those "spaceships" at the fairground. The roller coaster was also a favourite of mine. Thrilling fairground rides seem much more extreme these days.
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Post by Randy on May 18, 2007 6:02:36 GMT -5
I spent a lot of time on those rides. Somehow they seem much different without children hooting and tooting and buzzing their noisemakers.
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Post by Just Plain Curt on May 18, 2007 6:10:55 GMT -5
Hi Rachel, Yes, the fairground midway rides these days are geared more to the thrill seekers than wee ones. Personally I get motion sick on most rides, boats or even planes and cars if I try and read. Guess I have inner ear issues. Hi Randy, I know the rides seem a bit bare but point a camera at someone's squealing infant (especially the age that would use these rides) and you'd better have a ready explanation for an angry dad or curious policeman. I'm friendly enough but have no urge to be my cellmate's girlfriend.
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Post by herron on May 18, 2007 14:03:46 GMT -5
....I know the rides seem a bit bare but point a camera at someone's squealing infant (especially the age that would use these rides) and you'd better have a ready explanation for an angry dad or curious policeman. I'm friendly enough but have no urge to be my cellmate's girlfriend..... Sad, but true. I've even heard of folks being stopped by police and security when setting up a tripod and camera near a building! My son has run into it a few times photographing high-end residential or resort facilities.
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Post by Just Plain Curt on May 18, 2007 16:28:44 GMT -5
Hi Ron H., Gotta admit, these rides are old enough I actually was on the boats and the space rockets in my day. If it were lately you could see which one by the bent steel arm that holds them onto the ride, LOL. Hi Ron, While I haven't been stopped for taking photos yet, I did have security tell me I couldn't park my car on the same side of the road as one of our old hospitals now in private hands. Since I was sitting eating an ice cream cone while holding one for my dog, I heard the guard out, then told him in no uncertain terms that I was on public property and would do anything I cared to right there. Also helps that I'm 6 foot and 250 plus so I don't take lecturing from a rental cop very lightly.
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Post by herron on May 18, 2007 22:53:54 GMT -5
I think they could be the same ones I was on (last time was when my own kids were tiny...come to think of it, I was considerably thinner then, too)!
Wait! Could it be? I think I may have put that dent in the Tiger Lilly boat! LOL!!! ;D
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Post by paulatukcamera on May 19, 2007 18:19:35 GMT -5
Some sights from the overnight display at our local Steam Fair. The Gallopers are Victorian and the steam engines provide motive power for this and an 19th cetury "Shaky walkway" All handheld at about 1/2 sec - shows that shake `reduction does work! Paul
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Post by Just Plain Curt on May 19, 2007 20:09:34 GMT -5
Very nice Paul. Loved all of them. After I posted some of my carousel photos on Flickr I received an email from the Director of The National Carousel Association asking for more photos to help identify and add ours to the list of historic carousels. They have a great site and identity can be tracked down for most makers, even the original carvers. Neat. Now to get ours on the list. Had to take another 60 photos with the digital today and right in the middle it poured buckets of rain. That's ok, fat doesn't melt, LOL. By the way, on Flickr, I'm Canuck_Curt.
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Post by Just Plain Curt on May 19, 2007 20:15:11 GMT -5
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Post by John Parry on May 20, 2007 15:44:50 GMT -5
Well done Paul - nice balancing act between flare from the lights and loss of detail in the rest of the pictures, but why didn't you get up early and take them in daylight? LOL
Regards - John
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Post by paulatukcamera on May 20, 2007 17:50:40 GMT -5
I cheated!
I bracketed all the pictures I took and chose the best!
We were invited to the evening social that's put on for all the entrants, stall people & caravanners.
What I didn't realise was that all the fair stuff and lots of engines were in steam with full lighting. If I had known, I'd takem a tripod along as lots showed camera shake. I won't make that mistake this year!
Paul
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Post by PeterW on May 20, 2007 18:41:22 GMT -5
Paul:
That's not cheating, that's just prudent photography. I'd love to see some of the out-takes from the 'big names', the ones they chose not to show. It might make them seem more human like us and less like Photo Gods.
I like to think that the main difference between them and most of us is that they were confident of getting a higher number of 'successes' per roll - and the ability to see a picture and pick the 'decisive moment(s)'.
I say most of us because I'm always in awe and admiration at some of the pictures posted by ... well, you know who they are.
And the older greats had superb technique of course. They didn't have auto focus, auto exposure and the rest of the modern conveniences we tend to take for granted. And they didn't have the Great Saver Photoshop either!
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