It's right here for people who haven't seen it:
http://static.flickr.com/41/81262041_a936315f02.jpg
Cheers,
Gautam
On 4/1/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The building is not quite in North Beach. It's actually on the edge of
Chinatown, and very close to the Financial District.
The building in the foreground is the Sentinel Building, and is owned by
Francis Ford Coppola, and at least at one time was home to the offices of
American Zoetrope, Frankie's film production company. I think the offices
are still there. On the ground floor is a neat little cafe - Cafe
On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 00:18:44 +0100, Gautam Sarup [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
It's right here for people who haven't seen it:
Thank you. The two buildings shown are roughly a hundred years apart.
Have those years brought any improvements in architecture? Have the last
two thousand years?
Good decision! A very endearing shot helped by a pleasing combination
of colors.
Jack
--- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One more from today's trip into town. Again, the FA 40/1.4. This time
at an ap and shutter speed that show off the lens: f6.7 @ 1/180th.
This was going to be
Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:48:40 -0800
E.R.N. Reed wrote:
Tom C wrote:
I haven't ever really thought about it as ugly or beautiful until now.
I'd probably land on the positive side of it's aesthetics.
It's hard to imagine Paris w/o it though. Like London w/o Big Ben,
Seattle w/o the Space
John Forbes wrote:
On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 00:18:44 +0100, Gautam Sarup
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's right here for people who haven't seen it:
Thank you. The two buildings shown are roughly a hundred years apart.
Have those years brought any improvements in architecture? Have the
last two
I really enjoyed this shot. I wanted to study it further before
commenting, but someone deleted the URL:-(. That's a no-no on PESO or
PAW posts. Shel, can you admonish them? g In any case, nice work,
Ken.
Paul
On Apr 1, 2006, at 5:05 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote:
Bob -
I mean Bob S, vbg
Thanks Tim. This was one of those I spotted, and just shot away before
asking. She didn't seem to mind. Spoke to her briefly after the fact.
Paul
On Apr 1, 2006, at 5:10 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote:
Pretty good. Both are cute. Relaxed nice pose, the colours, nice
texture in
the bench, the woman's
Thanks, Kostas. I do try to have my camera ready for the prevailing
conditions. But If I see a shot, I press the shutter, and worry about
the numbers afterward:-).
Paul
On Apr 1, 2006, at 5:19 PM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
On Sat, 1 Apr 2006, Paul Stenquist wrote:
At 1/15th, there's
Of course the pyramid at the Louvre is even more disparaged. However, I
kind of like it. _The DaVinci Chronicles_ probably helped make it more
palatable. The book gave it a reason to exist, albeit a fictional one.
On Apr 1, 2006, at 5:33 PM, John Forbes wrote:
On Sat, 01 Apr 2006 22:05:38
Doh, finger malfunction. That should be FA 50/1.4, of course, But you
knew that:-).
Paul
On Apr 1, 2006, at 5:35 PM, John Forbes wrote:
On Sat, 01 Apr 2006 21:52:07 +0100, Paul Stenquist
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One more from today's trip into town. Again, the FA 40/1.4. This time
at an ap
I worked in New York for a dozen years. To me, the Empire State
building always was and always will be the iconic New York structure.
Paul
On Apr 1, 2006, at 6:54 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:48:40 -0800
E.R.N. Reed wrote:
Tom C wrote:
I haven't ever really thought about
The two faces tell it all. Nice capture Paul.
Kenneth Waller
- Original Message -
From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PESO: Puppy Luv
One more from today's trip into town. Again, the FA 40/1.4. This time
at an ap and shutter speed that show off the lens: f6.7 @
On 4/2/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Aaaagh!
Just what I needed. More temptation.
Just buy it. It's only money.
Give in to temptation.
Dave :-)
--
All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy. -
Spike Milligan
David Savage wrote:
On 4/2/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Aaaagh!
Just what I needed. More temptation.
Just buy it. It's only money.
Give in to temptation.
I see.
I suspect your real name is Jones or something and Savage is just a
nickname...
;-)
That's very patriotic of you, Derby; the SOH is certainly eye-catching.
John
On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 00:55:36 +0100, Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
John Forbes wrote:
On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 00:18:44 +0100, Gautam Sarup
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's right here for people who haven't
On 4/2/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I see.
I suspect your real name is Jones or something and Savage is just a
nickname...
;-)
:-)
I am in no way affiliated with the David Jones outlets.
Dave
--
All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy. -
Spike
On 4/2/06, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What do you say?
Boris
I hate you.
;-)
Seriously, it's a great shot. Well done.
Dave
--
All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy. -
Spike Milligan
I did a PUG entry some time ago featuring the Eiffel Tower:
http://pug.komkon.org/00sep/00sept/Et1.html
On 3/31/06, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Viewpoints towards art and artists change... Interesting short from The
Writer's Almanac:
Today is the anniversary of the official opening of the
On Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 09:55:36AM +1000, Derby Chang wrote:
John Forbes wrote:
On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 00:18:44 +0100, Gautam Sarup
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's right here for people who haven't seen it:
Thank you. The two buildings shown are roughly a hundred years apart.
Have those
Thanks for the kind remark, Malcolm.
Dan M
On 3/30/06, Malcolm Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Another brilliant showing but I do have three equal favourites:
Missing the show - Dan Matyola
Jumble of floats - Harald Rust
It's cleaning time - Boris Liberman
Thanks for cheering my day
It is a very beautiful photo. True minimalism would have only one
bird, however . . . .
On 4/1/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One can't say much about minimalism...
But that's a very beautiful photo.
--
Cheers,
Bob
-Original Message-
From: Boris Liberman [mailto:[EMAIL
Collin,
It varies a little bit for me. There are times that I have not taken
any shots for a while (more than a week) and I find myself wanting to go
out and shoot. Rare are the times that I do not take a shot, but just
carrying the camera in my hand makes me pay better attention to what is
Bruce Dayton wrote:
Shot at Monterey Aquarium - not sure how I'd feel in open water having
one of these guys swimming so close.
Pentax *istD, DA 16-45/4 @ 16mm, Handheld
ISO 3200, 1/10 sec @ f/4.0
http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_2938.htm
Comments welcome
Mako shark?
At first I
John Forbes wrote:
On Sat, 01 Apr 2006 01:17:03 +0100, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Well it was the tallest structure in the world until they built the
empire state building in new york city.
A pedant writes: You mean the Chrysler Building.
The base has to be a couple of
city
Paul,
You mean this little thing -
http://groups.msn.com/MyRugbyPictures/paris.msnw?action=ShowPhotoPhotoID=59
?
Went to the Louvre, never went in,
César
Panama City, Florida
Paul Stenquist wrote:
Of course the pyramid at the Louvre is even more disparaged. However,
I kind of like it.
Paul,
I agree with you along with the Chrysler Building. But then again I was
raised in NYC. I recall the WTC going up and the uproar in terms of it
being 'ugly'.
I always used it to get my bearings when coming out of the subway in
lower Manhattan,
César
Panama City, Florida
Paul
David Savage wrote:
On 4/2/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Aaaagh!
Just what I needed. More temptation.
Just buy it. It's only money.
Give in to temptation.
Dave :-)
I agree with Dave. They got me too. I have a silver 43 on order. It
is good that they extended
This one grabs me enough to come out of lurk mode and comment. You've
outdone yourself on this one. If it were mine, there would be a large
print on my wall in a heartbeat!! This is art, not just another pretty
picture.
-P
Boris Liberman wrote:
Hi!
I prefer it from the inside, looking out. The Louvre is magnificent.
You have to go in.
Paul
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1546140size=lg
On Apr 1, 2006, at 9:04 PM, Cesar wrote:
Paul,
You mean this little thing -
http://groups.msn.com/MyRugbyPictures/paris.msnw?
- Original Message -
From: Paul Stenquist
Subject: PESO: Puppy Luv
One more from today's trip into town. Again, the FA 40/1.4. This time at
an ap and shutter speed that show off the lens: f6.7 @ 1/180th. This was
going to be BW, but the skin tones, the dog's fur, and the orange
Amazing ... !
Shel
[Original Message]
From: Cesar
Went to the Louvre, never went in,
- Original Message -
From: Gautam Sarup
Subject: Re: OT - Eiffel Tower
It's right here for people who haven't seen it:
http://static.flickr.com/41/81262041_a936315f02.jpg
Nice shot.
I'd probably have moved to the right far enough to exclude the building in
the background.
Also,
Thanks Bill. I didn't know what kind of dog it was. Now I do:=).
Paul
On Apr 1, 2006, at 10:14 PM, William Robb wrote:
- Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist
Subject: PESO: Puppy Luv
One more from today's trip into town. Again, the FA 40/1.4. This time
at an ap and shutter speed
Thought about that. But I wanted to preserve the young lady's legs:-).
Paul
On Apr 1, 2006, at 10:17 PM, William Robb wrote:
- Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist Subject: PESO:
Puppy Luv
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4285825
Also, it could stand a tighter
Would certainly make me nervous... !!
Godfrey
On Apr 1, 2006, at 5:43 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote:
Shot at Monterey Aquarium - not sure how I'd feel in open water having
one of these guys swimming so close.
Pentax *istD, DA 16-45/4 @ 16mm, Handheld
ISO 3200, 1/10 sec @ f/4.0
Hi!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fwwidall/120926405/
I spent my lunchtime wandering around campus with my *istDS, tripod and
Hoya R72. Got some quite nice shots, including this one.
*istDS, SMC 35mm (screwmount), ISO 1600, 1/20s, F3.5, tripod mounted.
Converted to BW in PS.
What do you
On Apr 1, 2006, at 3:48 PM, John Forbes wrote:
Thank you. The two buildings shown are roughly a hundred years
apart. Have those years brought any improvements in architecture?
Have the last two thousand years? Save for the Taj Mahal, can any
later building compare with the Parthenon?
Personally, having been to both many times, I prefer the Museo de
Orsay across the river from the Louvre.
But the Museo Picasso is my favorite.
Godfrey
On Apr 1, 2006, at 7:15 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Amazing ... !
Shel
[Original Message]
From: Cesar
Went to the Louvre, never went
Hi!
Nope. I actually cropped this one (note: no black borders...). I
debated leaving that partial person in there, but I actually preferred
it there for some odd reason. To me it lends a certain dynamic to the
scene.
Thanks for looking and commenting.
This is interesting... Because I see
Hi!
Thanks for looking, Frank. Maybe you had to be there :-). Actually,
she's preening, patting her hair in place before I shoot. The menu is
partly visible in the foreground, but including more of it seemed to
disturb the balance of the shot.
It's not working for me. For one thing, she
Hi!
One more from today's trip into town. Again, the FA 40/1.4. This time at
an ap and shutter speed that show off the lens: f6.7 @ 1/180th. This
was going to be BW, but the skin tones, the dog's fur, and the orange
sweater changed my mind. That's one think I like about digital: no
Hi!
Nevertheless, it's very enjoyable to look out over Paris from the top.
Eiffel's daughter had her honeymoon night at the top of the tower. She and
her new husband were the first people to enjoy the tower in that particular
way.
I wonder if Sigmund Freud ever had anything to say about a
This is a crop, so it's actually shot from about a meter further away
than it appears to be. I'll have to look at it again, but it felt
better tight when I was processing it.
Paul
On Apr 2, 2006, at 12:07 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:
Hi!
Thanks for looking, Frank. Maybe you had to be there :-).
Thanks Boris. I would have liked to have given her a card, but I ran
out. I'll probably never see her again.
Paul
On Apr 2, 2006, at 12:09 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:
Hi!
One more from today's trip into town. Again, the FA 40/1.4. This time
at an ap and shutter speed that show off the lens:
My first lot of images for the day are downloading as I read this and I
thought, Yes I should change the time.
I sometimes think I should set it to UTC and just leave it there.
Leon
http://www.bluering.org.au
http://www.bluering.org.au/leon
Derby Chang wrote:
Don't forget to change the
On 1/4/06, John Forbes, discombobulated, unleashed:
What date does your replicant have in mind?
The Bob W replicant can answer that as he first mooted the the thought.
Cheers,
Cotty
___/\__
|| (O) | People, Places, Pastiche
||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com
I just saw the March issue of Photography Monthly (UK magazine)
on a bookstore shelf.
It has a rubric [UK pound]150 challenge where a photographer goes
shooting on such a budget.
One of the two photographers was using an MX with A50/1.7.
I thought some people on the list might like this
On 1/4/06, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4285748
Thanks for looking and commenting!
Real heart in that shot Frank :-)
Excellent pic.
Cheers,
Cotty
___/\__
|| (O) | People, Places, Pastiche
||=|
On 1/4/06, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed:
http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=12858
What do you say?
Well done Boris, the beautiful composition.
Cheers,
Cotty
___/\__
|| (O) | People, Places, Pastiche
||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com
He's giving away hearts to coax people into not wearing fur?
That's a bit macabre.
Dave g
On 4/2/06, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4285748
Thanks for looking and commenting!
cheers,
frank
--
Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri
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