Re: A Foggy E'en in Olde London Towne
On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Bob W wrote: > The fog swirls amid the Victorian docks. In the counting houses tallow > candles gutter as fat men with sleek, sallow jowls flicker their stubby > fingers through the day's tally. Dockland workers, fearful for their jobs, > scurry in the basements, searching for food, clothing, and shelter from the > penetrating dank. Dusk falls. A man steps out of the shadows. A shutter > clicks. > > Or something like that, anyway. > > http://www.web-options.com/Top12/content/L1030189_large.html > > Bob Great, moody shot. As for the prose, well... Great, moody shot. :-) cheers, frank, rhymes with dank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
Re: A Foggy E'en in Olde London Towne
Nice shot of ugly buildings :) You pulled me right in with your banter ann Bob W wrote: The fog swirls amid the Victorian docks. In the counting houses tallow candles gutter as fat men with sleek, sallow jowls flicker their stubby fingers through the day's tally. Dockland workers, fearful for their jobs, scurry in the basements, searching for food, clothing, and shelter from the penetrating dank. Dusk falls. A man steps out of the shadows. A shutter clicks. Or something like that, anyway. http://www.web-options.com/Top12/content/L1030189_large.html Bob -- 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. -- 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.
Re: A Foggy E'en in Olde London Towne
Great pic, Bob. Just watch out - Jack may still be out there... LF Bob W escreveu: The fog swirls amid the Victorian docks. In the counting houses tallow candles gutter as fat men with sleek, sallow jowls flicker their stubby fingers through the day's tally. Dockland workers, fearful for their jobs, scurry in the basements, searching for food, clothing, and shelter from the penetrating dank. Dusk falls. A man steps out of the shadows. A shutter clicks. Or something like that, anyway. http://www.web-options.com/Top12/content/L1030189_large.html Bob -- 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. -- Luiz Felipe luiz.felipe at techmit.com.br http://techmit.com.br/luizfelipe/ -- 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.
Re: A Foggy E'en in Olde London Towne
I like the concluding line from the story: "Police chiefs have issued new guidance to officers." Makes you wonder doesn't it? Could it be something like: "This harassment isn't working - the useless blighters keep coming back! We need to start jailing them." stan On Jan 11, 2009, at 5:53 AM, Bob W wrote: Bob W wrote: http://www.web-options.com/Top12/content/L1030189_large.html Fantastic. Are you concerned by the unwelcome reaction to photography, that seems - if to be believed by BBC1 London Local News - the increasing likelihood of getting asked what you're up to by the boys in blue? they have much better things to do than bother me. They're too busy apprehending the real terror suspects: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2094122.ece Bob -- 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. -- 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.
RE: A Foggy E'en in Olde London Towne
> they have much better things to do than bother me. They're too busy > apprehending the real terror suspects: > http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2094122.ece That seems fair comment to me Bob, these people are frightening and a clear terror problem. Malcolm -- 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.
RE: A Foggy E'en in Olde London Towne
> > Bob W wrote: > > > http://www.web-options.com/Top12/content/L1030189_large.html > > Fantastic. Are you concerned by the unwelcome reaction to > photography, that > seems - if to be believed by BBC1 London Local News - the increasing > likelihood of getting asked what you're up to by the boys in blue? > they have much better things to do than bother me. They're too busy apprehending the real terror suspects: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2094122.ece Bob -- 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.
RE: A Foggy E'en in Olde London Towne
> > I laugh in the face of Peelers! > > > > People don't usually bother me. A couple of years ago I > took some snaps > > in > > Canary Wharf of the thuggish bouncers on the door of Lehman > Brothers, > > and > > they got a bit stroppy with me, but I put a curse on their bank, and > > look > > what happened. > > I do often wonder what people stop photographers for; I would > have thought > that anyone wanting to take pictures without being obvious, > would have used > a 'phone camera or something equally invisible. > > What the heck did Woolworths do to you then Bob? > I feel a bit guilty about Woolies. If I hadn't nicked so much Pic'N'Mix in the late 60s maybe they'd still be going. Bob -- 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.
RE: A Foggy E'en in Olde London Towne
> Bob W wrote: > I laugh in the face of Peelers! > > People don't usually bother me. A couple of years ago I took some snaps > in > Canary Wharf of the thuggish bouncers on the door of Lehman Brothers, > and > they got a bit stroppy with me, but I put a curse on their bank, and > look > what happened. I do often wonder what people stop photographers for; I would have thought that anyone wanting to take pictures without being obvious, would have used a 'phone camera or something equally invisible. What the heck did Woolworths do to you then Bob? Malcolm -- 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.
Re: A Foggy E'en in Olde London Towne
What a switch! I was imagining some old architecture like some of your recent shots, and pow, out comes this very modern stuff. Nice shot, just totally unexpected. -- Best regards, Bruce Saturday, January 10, 2009, 12:45:20 PM, you wrote: BW> The fog swirls amid the Victorian docks. In the counting houses tallow BW> candles gutter as fat men with sleek, sallow jowls flicker their stubby BW> fingers through the day's tally. Dockland workers, fearful for their jobs, BW> scurry in the basements, searching for food, clothing, and shelter from the BW> penetrating dank. Dusk falls. A man steps out of the shadows. A shutter BW> clicks. BW> Or something like that, anyway. BW> http://www.web-options.com/Top12/content/L1030189_large.html BW> Bob BW> -- BW> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List BW> PDML@pdml.net BW> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net BW> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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.
Re: A Foggy E'en in Olde London Towne
On Jan 10, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Bob W wrote: The fog swirls amid the Victorian docks. In the counting houses tallow candles gutter as fat men with sleek, sallow jowls flicker their stubby fingers through the day's tally. Dockland workers, fearful for their jobs, scurry in the basements, searching for food, clothing, and shelter from the penetrating dank. Dusk falls. A man steps out of the shadows. A shutter clicks. Or something like that, anyway. http://www.web-options.com/Top12/content/L1030189_large.html :-) Nice shot, and very amusing juxtaposition, Bob! I was at Canary Wharf in 2005 and remember those buildings. Hmm ... I seem to recall a photo I took that may be in line with your imaginative scene ... Let me see if I can find it. ]'-) Godfrey -- 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.
RE: A Foggy E'en in Olde London Towne
> > http://www.web-options.com/Top12/content/L1030189_large.html > > Fantastic. Are you concerned by the unwelcome reaction to > photography, that > seems - if to be believed by BBC1 London Local News - the increasing > likelihood of getting asked what you're up to by the boys in blue? > I laugh in the face of Peelers! People don't usually bother me. A couple of years ago I took some snaps in Canary Wharf of the thuggish bouncers on the door of Lehman Brothers, and they got a bit stroppy with me, but I put a curse on their bank, and look what happened. Bob -- 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.
RE: A Foggy E'en in Olde London Towne
> In a message dated 1/10/2009 12:47:45 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > p...@web-options.com writes: > The fog swirls amid the Victorian docks. In the counting > houses tallow > candles gutter as fat men with sleek, sallow jowls flicker > their stubby > fingers through the day's tally. Dockland workers, fearful > for their jobs, > scurry in the basements, searching for food, clothing, and > shelter from the > penetrating dank. Dusk falls. A man steps out of the > shadows. A shutter > clicks. > > Or something like that, anyway. > > http://www.web-options.com/Top12/content/L1030189_large.html > > Bob > > > === > LOL. Not the pic I was expecting considering the lead in... > course that was > deliberate. > > Nice shot anyway (even if veddy modern). > Thanks. Apart from the tallow candles, everything I wrote is true of that place, at the time I took the picture, earlier today. Of course, nobody uses tallow now. It's all new-fangled wax, or that electricity. Bob -- 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.
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Thanks. Yes, I first went to the Isle of Dogs about that time too. It was just after The Long Good Friday. It still looked like shit, but the money was moving in. Bob > > Great read and very nice photo! > > I briefly visited Canary Wharf in 1982. Looks different now. > > Rick > > http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > > --- On Sat, 1/10/09, Bob W wrote: > > > From: Bob W > > Subject: A Foggy E'en in Olde London Towne > > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" > > Date: Saturday, January 10, 2009, 3:45 PM > > The fog swirls amid the Victorian docks. In the counting > > houses tallow > > candles gutter as fat men with sleek, sallow jowls flicker > > their stubby > > fingers through the day's tally. Dockland workers, > > fearful for their jobs, > > scurry in the basements, searching for food, clothing, and > > shelter from the > > penetrating dank. Dusk falls. A man steps out of the > > shadows. A shutter > > clicks. > > > > Or something like that, anyway. > > > > http://www.web-options.com/Top12/content/L1030189_large.html > > > > Bob > > > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
Re: A Foggy E'en in Olde London Towne
In a message dated 1/10/2009 12:47:45 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, p...@web-options.com writes: The fog swirls amid the Victorian docks. In the counting houses tallow candles gutter as fat men with sleek, sallow jowls flicker their stubby fingers through the day's tally. Dockland workers, fearful for their jobs, scurry in the basements, searching for food, clothing, and shelter from the penetrating dank. Dusk falls. A man steps out of the shadows. A shutter clicks. Or something like that, anyway. http://www.web-options.com/Top12/content/L1030189_large.html Bob === LOL. Not the pic I was expecting considering the lead in... course that was deliberate. Nice shot anyway (even if veddy modern). Marnie aka Doe :-) - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/10075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62) -- 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.
Re: A Foggy E'en in Olde London Towne
Great read and very nice photo! I briefly visited Canary Wharf in 1982. Looks different now. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sat, 1/10/09, Bob W wrote: > From: Bob W > Subject: A Foggy E'en in Olde London Towne > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" > Date: Saturday, January 10, 2009, 3:45 PM > The fog swirls amid the Victorian docks. In the counting > houses tallow > candles gutter as fat men with sleek, sallow jowls flicker > their stubby > fingers through the day's tally. Dockland workers, > fearful for their jobs, > scurry in the basements, searching for food, clothing, and > shelter from the > penetrating dank. Dusk falls. A man steps out of the > shadows. A shutter > clicks. > > Or something like that, anyway. > > http://www.web-options.com/Top12/content/L1030189_large.html > > Bob > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
Re: A Foggy E'en in Olde London Towne
Nice capture. Conjures up more of a foggy San Francisco tho. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Bob W" Subject: A Foggy E'en in Olde London Towne The fog swirls amid the Victorian docks. In the counting houses tallow candles gutter as fat men with sleek, sallow jowls flicker their stubby fingers through the day's tally. Dockland workers, fearful for their jobs, scurry in the basements, searching for food, clothing, and shelter from the penetrating dank. Dusk falls. A man steps out of the shadows. A shutter clicks. Or something like that, anyway. http://www.web-options.com/Top12/content/L1030189_large.html Bob -- 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.
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A very nice shot. Not what I expected, but a fun turnabout. Paul On Jan 10, 2009, at 3:45 PM, Bob W wrote: The fog swirls amid the Victorian docks. In the counting houses tallow candles gutter as fat men with sleek, sallow jowls flicker their stubby fingers through the day's tally. Dockland workers, fearful for their jobs, scurry in the basements, searching for food, clothing, and shelter from the penetrating dank. Dusk falls. A man steps out of the shadows. A shutter clicks. Or something like that, anyway. http://www.web-options.com/Top12/content/L1030189_large.html Bob -- 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. -- 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.
RE: A Foggy E'en in Olde London Towne
> Bob W wrote: > http://www.web-options.com/Top12/content/L1030189_large.html Fantastic. Are you concerned by the unwelcome reaction to photography, that seems - if to be believed by BBC1 London Local News - the increasing likelihood of getting asked what you're up to by the boys in blue? Malcolm -- 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.
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Har!!! For a minute there I thougth I was reading Dickens! Nice shot as well. Walt On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Bob W wrote: > The fog swirls amid the Victorian docks. In the counting houses tallow > candles gutter as fat men with sleek, sallow jowls flicker their stubby > fingers through the day's tally. Dockland workers, fearful for their jobs, > scurry in the basements, searching for food, clothing, and shelter from the > penetrating dank. Dusk falls. A man steps out of the shadows. A shutter > clicks. > > Or something like that, anyway. > > http://www.web-options.com/Top12/content/L1030189_large.html > > Bob > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
A Foggy E'en in Olde London Towne
The fog swirls amid the Victorian docks. In the counting houses tallow candles gutter as fat men with sleek, sallow jowls flicker their stubby fingers through the day's tally. Dockland workers, fearful for their jobs, scurry in the basements, searching for food, clothing, and shelter from the penetrating dank. Dusk falls. A man steps out of the shadows. A shutter clicks. Or something like that, anyway. http://www.web-options.com/Top12/content/L1030189_large.html Bob -- 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.
