Re: BBC photography website

2017-03-19 Thread Bob W-PDML
I think it would be fairer to describe it as British culture than British history. In some cases I got it right because I knew the subject rather than the photograph - this was the case for the first one, the naked person posing as Rodin's Thinker - I'd never seen the photo before but I recogn

Re: BBC photography website

2017-03-19 Thread ann sanfedele
Exactly - that is where I fail miserably my original score of 2 will no doubt bring joy to many - the ones I got right required only that I recognize certain very famous people... when I did it a second time I scored 6... was feeling pretty miserable after seeing the first two scores Bob,

Re: BBC photography website

2017-03-19 Thread ann sanfedele
first time I got two right... the first and the fifth... second time I got 6 Clearly, not my best subject! :-) ann On 3/18/2017 6:53 AM, Chris Mitchell wrote: A mere 8. I bow to your superior knowledge oh great one. I concur with Bob re the programmes. A very good season. Here's hoping that i

RE: BBC photography website

2017-03-18 Thread John Coyle
Genius Bob! I got 8 out of 10, with a stupid mistake on 2. John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bob W-PDML Sent: Saturday, 18 March 2017 6:11 PM To: Mail List Pentax-Discuss Subject: BBC photography website There's some

Re: BBC photography website

2017-03-18 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 08:10:41AM +, Bob W-PDML wrote: > There's some great stuff on the BBC: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04vb8y1 > > Try and beat my score for this quiz: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3Px65xgnbVMdRdQZxhH11b0/quiz-how-well-do-you-know-your-british-photograp

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2017-03-18 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 18/3/17, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: >I managed to hit the same 4/10 as Alan on that quiz. But I was never >good at anything relying on memory. I barely recall how to change the >ISO either. I got 4 out of 10 and guessed every single one. Photographic history is about as popular

Re: BBC photography website

2017-03-18 Thread Bruce Walker
I love the Joanna Lumley clip about working with Duffy. I saw a doc on Duffy last year. He worked with Lumley a lot over the years and included her baby in one shoot. I managed to hit the same 4/10 as Alan on that quiz. But I was never good at anything relying on memory. I barely recall how to cha

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2017-03-18 Thread Christine Aguila
I got 7 out of 10, and I believe I got 7, 8, and 9 wrong. Frankly, I’m stunned I got that many right. Cheers, Christine > On Mar 18, 2017, at 3:10 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote: > > There's some great stuff on the BBC: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04vb8y1 > > Try and beat my score for this qui

Re: BBC photography website

2017-03-18 Thread Alan C
Pretty good. I only hit an ignorant 4. Alan C -Original Message- From: Chris Mitchell Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2017 12:53 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: BBC photography website A mere 8. I bow to your superior knowledge oh great one. I concur with Bob re the

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2017-03-18 Thread Chris Mitchell
A mere 8. I bow to your superior knowledge oh great one. I concur with Bob re the programmes. A very good season. Here's hoping that it'll be made available outside of the UK at some point... Chris On 18 March 2017 at 08:10, Bob W-PDML wrote: > There's some great stuff on the BBC: > http://www.

BBC photography website

2017-03-18 Thread Bob W-PDML
There's some great stuff on the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04vb8y1 Try and beat my score for this quiz: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3Px65xgnbVMdRdQZxhH11b0/quiz-how-well-do-you-know-your-british-photography Ah, no - you can't - I got 10/10! :0) B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss M