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Post by John Parry on Aug 3, 2010 8:47:38 GMT -5
Many Happy Returns Bob - get those Fujicas out and get out there!
Regards - John
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Post by John Parry on Aug 3, 2010 8:40:57 GMT -5
In the UK, along with treason, and arson in the Queen's shipyards, stupidity is the only offence that still carries the death penalty...
Regards - John
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Post by John Parry on Aug 3, 2010 8:30:37 GMT -5
We went up Helvellyn from the campsite above the Travellers Rest just up the hill from Glenridding. What I do remember is, on the way up, one of those awful ascents where you think you can see the top but the lie of the land is in a parabolic curve and you never seem to get there. I have normally taken a camera with me - wherever, whenever. On the walking weekends I used a camcorder more often than a still camera. Maybe sometime I'll post a bit of video. Get those legs going and we can meet John in Ambleside, and walk it again. Dave. Ha - as I said to my son when he wanted me to accompany him on a fell run up Scafell - "Do you want me to die?" I used to hike as a teenager, but for some reason, the only time we went to the Lake District, Helvellyn was always the objective, and again, for some reason, always from the Ullswater end. I must have done that slog about a dozen times and I always wondered - "Where the hell's the fun in this?" When you got up to the edges it got better though. While it isn't Matterhorn standard Dave, the edges were formed by the ice in exactly the same way. I have a friend who used to go fishing in Red Tarn - he used to carry two massive tackle baskets and rods up for him and his young son. They did pretty well - they used "Wigan worms"! Regards - John
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Post by John Parry on Jul 30, 2010 14:25:00 GMT -5
"Though I am old with wandering, Through hollow lands, and hilly lands, I will find out where she has gone, And kiss her lips, and take her hands, And walk, through long and dappled grass, And pluck, till time and times are done, The silver apples of the moon, The golden apples - of the sun"
John
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Post by John Parry on Jul 30, 2010 14:16:26 GMT -5
Wow - all those trilbys!
Great photographers those.
Didn't the 'trimming cotton' picture make you think "So that's where Tamla came from"? They had to be singing, and, for all their bodies to be aligned like that, 'dancing' as they worked. Lovely.
Regards - John
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Post by John Parry on Jul 30, 2010 13:54:45 GMT -5
Two nations separated by a common language - Ha! Mickey - your vice grip is a mole wrench!
Regards - John
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Post by John Parry on Jul 29, 2010 14:28:03 GMT -5
Mickey
The expression you're looking for is 'Ars gratia arses'.
Peter
I'll have to take some of the slides out of their little holders and do a comparison. I have about a million of my Dad's slides that I need to process, so I may have to go upmarket!
Dave
I think the thing to take home from this is that we love to look at pretty much anything, and that we don't give a damn about whether it smells nice or not !
Regards - John
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Post by John Parry on Jul 28, 2010 15:09:15 GMT -5
Well, it's in focus Dave. My only means of getting slides digitized is an old Scanjet that has no means of adjusting the height of the optics between paper (bang on the face of the glass) and slides (about 2mm above). Consequently they all come out slightly fuzzy. At least I can see the grain on yours!
As to the edit - it's fine. Every so often a member gets 'into' Photoshop and puts forward a few psychedelic shots for critique. One or two have been special, but on the whole it's probably more trouble than it's worth. (By that, I don't mean the balance and level adjustments that are now everyday 'digital darkroom' tweaks).
So that probably answers your question from my point of view.
Hell - we don't even get uptight about 'Bokeh' any more!
Regards - John
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Post by John Parry on Jul 27, 2010 16:38:39 GMT -5
Ah! Canada's beauty queen! I regret not being able to get aboard in Hamilton, but she was having her toe nails cut (actually a tyre change).
One of the thingumajigs that won the war!
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Post by John Parry on Jul 26, 2010 16:25:42 GMT -5
My brother had a Cobra in the 1970's. Couldn't sell it for love or money - the petrol consumption was insane. And the cops sat on his tail wherever he went. He's got fond memories of it though...
Regards - John
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Post by John Parry on Jul 26, 2010 16:11:39 GMT -5
Taken any pictures with the Beirette Mik? They could surprise you.
I've got a camera in my pocket (my mobile phone) with a Carl Zeiss lens on it. Wouldn't like to say whether it came from the east or the west, but it's a pretty good camera (Cybershot).
No, I should re-phrase that - I don't know if the lens came from the factory in the east or that in the west of Germany, but it wouldn't concern me either way. CZJ, Mayer-Goerlitz, or Pentacon as they all became known, didn't make much bad glass. Some of their lenses weren't as good as others (compare Domiplan with Flektogon) but as with all else, you got what you paid for. And I've found the Domiplan lenses to be pretty bomb-proof and functional.
Regards - John
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Post by John Parry on Jul 26, 2010 15:35:44 GMT -5
Perche pazzo?
Regards - John
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Post by John Parry on Jul 22, 2010 15:36:36 GMT -5
Oh yeah - BP get everywhere...
Regards - John
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Post by John Parry on Jul 22, 2010 15:25:06 GMT -5
I stand corrected - yes the Monarchs I saw were a deeper orange than that. Couldn't believe that there was such a thing as a Question Mark butterfly over there. I could have sworn that the one I saw was a Comma!
Regards - John
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Post by John Parry on Jul 21, 2010 17:17:25 GMT -5
What happened there? - I just posted a message but it disappeared. So forgive me if it turns up twice. I just said 'Michael - that's around £115 - they're good (I've got one around somewhere), but they're not THAT good! Regards - John
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