Well, flying potatoes, anyway. They certainly look more graceful in the second photo. Thanks for the kind words.
As for the predictive texting, I should imagine it must muck up medical terminology quite badly. OTOH, most of us wouldn't know the difference anyway. LOL! Cheers, frank On October 14, 2015 9:28:14 PM EDT, Rick Womer <rickpic...@gmail.com> wrote: >Joining your non-sequitor: The predictive typing is awful when one is >mixing ordinary English and medical terminology. > >Returning to the original topic: I agree with the prevailing view that >#2 is the stronger image, by a margin. For one thing, the swans look >streamlined; in #1 they looked like couch potatoes. > >Rick > >On Oct 14, 2015, at 12:07 AM, knarf wrote: > >> I think that's a good way to put it! >> >> And (non-sequitor alert here) I'm kind of freaking out with my new >phone's predictive typing. It's not just telling me how to spell and >finish words that I'm in the midst of typing, it's predicting my next >word. Like as I finish typing "kind" and it gives me "of" before I've >even hit the "o". Wow. A bit science fiction-y but wow. >> >> Anyway, thanks for the comment, Ken. Much appreciated. >> >> Cheers, >> >> frank >> >> On October 13, 2015 11:53:06 PM EDT, Ken Waller ><kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote: >>> The later one is better IMO. >>> >>> It gives me a better feel for flight ! >>> >>> Kenneth Waller >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "frank theriault" <knarftheria...@gmail.com> >>> Subject: PESO - Drafting Swans >>> >>> >>>> Okay, even though Swans on the Wing is sharper, I think I prefer >this >>>> one for the colour of the sky, the composition/position of the >swans >>>> and the fact that their flapping wings are synchronized (which is >the >>>> way swans usually fly - I don't know what's up with the earlier >>>> photo). The trailing swan, while not quite as sharp as the earlier >>>> photo, is acceptable; I wish the lead swan were sharper. Still, I'm >>>> happier with this one than the last: >>>> >>>> http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2015/10/drafting-swans.html >>>> >>>> Here's the earlier one: >>>> >>>> http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2015/10/swans-on-wing.html >>>> >>>> Let me know what you think. Hope you enjoy. >>>> >>>> >>>> cheers, >>>> >>>> frank >>>> >>>> -- >>>> "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson >> >> -- >> >> "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -- Henri Cartier-Bresson >> >> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >and follow the directions. > >http://photo.net/photos/RickW -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -- Henri Cartier-Bresson Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
