Re: PESO - Cornered
On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 11:22 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: BTW, here's a side view of that same horse, just so Bill (and anyone else interested) can get a different perspective of its size: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/blog-post_13.html cheers, frank Back around 2000, a friend of ours bought a retired Metro horse. About 17 hands as Graydon mentioned. She is a petite lady and looked like a bump on the horses back when she was on him.:-) Jumping 2'6 or 2'9' was a breeze. Dave -- 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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: PESO - Cornered
what did buddy need backup for??? go get a life... 2010/2/14 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: Once again, things happen in this neighbourhood that I've never seen anywhere else. This was last Sunday morning at about 9:00, when the streets were all but deserted. I took a couple of shots from another angle, but when I saw a police car arrive to back-up the horse cop (you can see it just by the left foot of the officer) I decided that I might be best moving along after I took this one: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/02/cornered.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- 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. -- 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: PESO - Cornered
On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 5:56 AM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: what did buddy need backup for??? go get a life... I think those saddles don't have room for an arrested person; I'm guessing the cop car was to cart Mohan off. I just wonder why the officer needed to deal with him at all. Like I said, he's a regular beggar in this neighbourhood, but I've never seen him belligerent or nasty. He certainly seemed compliant last week. Didn't look like he was fleeing and I saw no sign that anything on the street had been broken into. In fact, it looked like he was pretty strung out and maybe even non-responsive, whether it was from substances or mental health issues I don't know. Might have been taking him off to detox or holding him on a mental health warrant for his own safety. This was about 4 or 5 blocks from 1001 Queen West, which is Toronto's largest and oldest mental health facility (used to be called The Toronto Insane Asylum, now called the more PC Centre for Addiction and Mental Health - CAMH) and there a many psychiatric outpatients living in the numerous rooming houses and halfway houses in the 'hood. Maybe Mohan's one of them and was having an episode. The police don't tend to hassle these poor folk from what I've seen - I'd like to think that whatever was happening last week was for Mohan's own protection. Thanks for looking! cheers, frank -- 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: PESO - Cornered
that's a giggle :-) ann frank theriault wrote: Once again, things happen in this neighbourhood that I've never seen anywhere else. This was last Sunday morning at about 9:00, when the streets were all but deserted. I took a couple of shots from another angle, but when I saw a police car arrive to back-up the horse cop (you can see it just by the left foot of the officer) I decided that I might be best moving along after I took this one: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/02/cornered.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- 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: PESO - Cornered
From: frank theriault The picture doesn't touch me, but is that an exceptionally large horse? It struck me as about the average size for a police horse. The arrestee, a street regular, is a tiny guy to begin with (maybe 5'6), and when he sits and crouches like that (as he often does) he looks even smaller. I think the perspective with the sign in the background makes the horse look even bigger than it is - mind you cop horses tend towards larger sizes to begin with. And factor in a little wide angle distortion ... -- 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: PESO - Cornered
From: frank theriault In fact, it looked like he was pretty strung out and maybe even non-responsive, whether it was from substances or mental health issues I don't know. Might have been taking him off to detox or holding him on a mental health warrant for his own safety. This was about 4 or 5 blocks from 1001 Queen West, which is Toronto's largest and oldest mental health facility (used to be called The Toronto Insane Asylum, now called the more PC Centre for Addiction and Mental Health - CAMH) and there a many psychiatric outpatients living in the numerous rooming houses and halfway houses in the 'hood. Maybe Mohan's one of them and was having an episode. The police don't tend to hassle these poor folk from what I've seen - I'd like to think that whatever was happening last week was for Mohan's own protection. Unlike the U.S. where the Supreme Court decided the mentally ill and addicted have the right to rot on the streets. -- 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: PESO - Cornered
2010/2/14 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: The police don't tend to hassle these poor folk from what I've seen - I'd like to think that whatever was happening last week was for Mohan's own protection. TY Frank that makes sense I guess - speaks volumes about my prejudices towards 5-0... :[ -- 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: PESO - Cornered
Well I had a totally different spin on the photo... I was casting the cop on horse as a delivery guy given the juxtaposition of the signs with him... I didn't even think of the cop doing anything but riding by. My glass half full view of life i guess ann frank theriault wrote: On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 5:56 AM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: what did buddy need backup for??? go get a life... I think those saddles don't have room for an arrested person; I'm guessing the cop car was to cart Mohan off. I just wonder why the officer needed to deal with him at all. Like I said, he's a regular beggar in this neighbourhood, but I've never seen him belligerent or nasty. He certainly seemed compliant last week. Didn't look like he was fleeing and I saw no sign that anything on the street had been broken into. In fact, it looked like he was pretty strung out and maybe even non-responsive, whether it was from substances or mental health issues I don't know. Might have been taking him off to detox or holding him on a mental health warrant for his own safety. This was about 4 or 5 blocks from 1001 Queen West, which is Toronto's largest and oldest mental health facility (used to be called The Toronto Insane Asylum, now called the more PC Centre for Addiction and Mental Health - CAMH) and there a many psychiatric outpatients living in the numerous rooming houses and halfway houses in the 'hood. Maybe Mohan's one of them and was having an episode. The police don't tend to hassle these poor folk from what I've seen - I'd like to think that whatever was happening last week was for Mohan's own protection. Thanks for looking! cheers, frank -- 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.
PESO - Cornered
Once again, things happen in this neighbourhood that I've never seen anywhere else. This was last Sunday morning at about 9:00, when the streets were all but deserted. I took a couple of shots from another angle, but when I saw a police car arrive to back-up the horse cop (you can see it just by the left foot of the officer) I decided that I might be best moving along after I took this one: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/02/cornered.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- 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: PESO - Cornered
- Original Message - From: frank theriault Subject: PESO - Cornered Once again, things happen in this neighbourhood that I've never seen anywhere else. This was last Sunday morning at about 9:00, when the streets were all but deserted. I took a couple of shots from another angle, but when I saw a police car arrive to back-up the horse cop (you can see it just by the left foot of the officer) I decided that I might be best moving along after I took this one: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/02/cornered.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. The picture doesn't touch me, but is that an exceptionally large horse? William Robb -- 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: PESO - Cornered
On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 10:27 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: The picture doesn't touch me, but is that an exceptionally large horse? It struck me as about the average size for a police horse. The arrestee, a street regular, is a tiny guy to begin with (maybe 5'6), and when he sits and crouches like that (as he often does) he looks even smaller. I think the perspective with the sign in the background makes the horse look even bigger than it is - mind you cop horses tend towards larger sizes to begin with. Thanks for looking! cheers, frank -- 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: PESO - Cornered
The result of too many donuts, no doubt... -p mind you cop horses tend towards larger sizes to begin with. Thanks for looking! cheers, frank No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2686 - Release Date: 02/13/10 13:35:00 -- 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: PESO - Cornered
On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 09:27:47PM -0600, William Robb scripsit: [snip] The picture doesn't touch me, but is that an exceptionally large horse? The Toronto PD's mounted units are primarily for crowd control; if I recall correctly, 17 hands is the minimum size for their horses. Big warmblood hunters with this little spark of can we chase it? lurking back of the docile in their eyes. -- Graydon -- 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: PESO - Cornered
On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 8:52 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Once again, things happen in this neighbourhood that I've never seen anywhere else. This was last Sunday morning at about 9:00, when the streets were all but deserted. I took a couple of shots from another angle, but when I saw a police car arrive to back-up the horse cop (you can see it just by the left foot of the officer) I decided that I might be best moving along after I took this one: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/02/cornered.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. Looking at it again, the rendering was horrible. I don't know what was up that I thought it looked anything other than ghastly. I've re-rendered it and posted it to the same url. It's still not great (having problems with the scans from this roll of film for some reason) but I think it's an improvement. Thanks for your indulgence. BTW, here's a side view of that same horse, just so Bill (and anyone else interested) can get a different perspective of its size: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/blog-post_13.html cheers, frank -- 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.
