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Post by John Parry on Sept 25, 2006 15:46:19 GMT -5
Hi Bob - Nice. Look out for Chantarelle mushrooms under the birches.
I love to see the turning leaves, but there's always a touch of sadness at another summer gone by. Happens quicker nowadays!
Regards - John
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Post by John Parry on Sept 20, 2006 13:43:01 GMT -5
Bokeh/Shmokeh.
Rick - I think the first just has too much going on. Probably one for your black velvet background behind the first blossom. The second is class, dead leaf and vibrantly live leaf offset each other beautifully. Well done.
Regards - John
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Post by John Parry on Sept 10, 2006 17:42:02 GMT -5
Gene, the third is almost perfect, and the second one is! Good eye!
Regards - John
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Post by John Parry on Sept 14, 2006 14:08:56 GMT -5
Walker.
Fair enough, but it may be better if you attribute the source. (Unless it's a picture of something you bought on eBay - in which case anything goes!)
Regards - John
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Post by John Parry on Sept 9, 2006 13:23:42 GMT -5
I really should have known more about it - for "this is the land where cotton is king". Where I grew up, there was a spinning mill at the top of our street, with half a dozen more in the immediate area - each one belching smoke from their factory chimneys. In those days there was a saying; "England's bread hangs from Lancashire thread".
No more - they are all long gone. As a young seaman I did a little "moonlighting" while on leave. One of my jobs was to convert a "Garnet" machine, originally used for picking the bits of stalk and other rubbish out of the cotton and teasing it out so that it could be spun. It was to be used for teasing out kapok for use in sleeping bags.
Can't say that I regret the passing of the 'dark satanic mills'. The air is much, much cleaner now.
Regards - John
ps Don't know if anyone caught the BBC's 'Last Night of the Proms' (I know it's broadcast worldwide) - but one of the venues for 'The Proms in the Park' - Heaton Park, is the place I was talking about in this post.....
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Post by John Parry on Sept 7, 2006 2:37:57 GMT -5
Rick,
So that's what it looks like. We generally see it as Y-fronts!! Joking aside, I never knew what cotton looked like - it could have grown on trees for all I knew. Anyone else got anything growing (or running) locally that they tend to take for granted, but may be of interest to others? (I'm thinking of those mayflowers I posted - some members hadn't realised there was a real mayflower).
Regards - John
ps - Great composition Rick.
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Post by John Parry on Sept 7, 2006 9:32:56 GMT -5
What a beautiful subject. Our butterflies don't migrate (so far - windblown Monarchs occasionally turn up over here, so maybe they'll migrate to Norway if a bunch of them get together!). Must be nice to know they'll be there at a certain time and place. I'd go out loaded for bear!!
Regards - John
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Post by John Parry on Sept 6, 2006 14:10:27 GMT -5
Better than the lighthouse shot I thought...
This could well have stood alone without the manipulation in PS (IMO!)
Regards - John
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Post by John Parry on Sept 4, 2006 15:34:40 GMT -5
Like film then really - doesn't get grainy till you force it!
A monopod? I've seen some that look like a walking cane until you extend them.
Regards - John
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Post by John Parry on Sept 4, 2006 13:48:39 GMT -5
Dear, dear....
Sun's gone down and the flag's still up - what's the world coming to? LOL
Nice composition. As you say, the grain's become a feature. Excuse my ignorance of digitals - if you'd dropped the speed, would the lighthouse have dropped into silhouette with lower grain (or would it be trying harder and become noisy)?
Regards - John
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Post by John Parry on Aug 2, 2006 12:37:49 GMT -5
Great picture Ron.
Never made it to Venice, but it reminds me of my mother, who went there on holiday. When she returned, she got a local painter to paint a picture from a postcard of that skyline. Trouble was, he got those little triangles at the top of the Campanile the wrong colour. Drove her crazy - eventually she had to take it down as she couldn't stand to look at it knowing it was wrong.
Just goes to show - always get your colours right!
Regards - John
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Tansy
Aug 2, 2006 12:53:59 GMT -5
Post by John Parry on Aug 2, 2006 12:53:59 GMT -5
Nice and tight Gene - impressive for a zoom
Regards - John
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Post by John Parry on Jul 13, 2006 14:52:34 GMT -5
Wish I could make roses grow in winter. Must be sticking to the seasons they came from I suppose.
Nice - I like raindrops or dew as a focal point. I was taking pictures of our clematis just after watering last night. Will post if there's anything memorable.
Regards - John
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Post by John Parry on Jul 6, 2006 12:39:32 GMT -5
Gene
Yeah, karma, warding off colds, restoring the balance of the universe - one of those things...
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Post by John Parry on Jul 5, 2006 16:57:26 GMT -5
These are all great Gene.
Wonder if Canon will increase the size of the optical viewfinder on whatever they bring in as the replacement for the A620? I'm more impressed with every post you make from it. My friend was desperately trying to think of a birthday present for his new bride. As she has artistic aspirations (not photographic ones so far) I recommended the A620 to him.
If it works out, we may get a new member, and if not - well, Gene made me do it!!
Regards - John
ps - My wife makes me take an Echinacea capsule every day - something about Karma.....
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