RE: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-12 Thread Bob W
The way an ox ploughs a field. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: E.R.N. Reed [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 July 2005 02:37 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC Bob W wrote: There are even some scripts which are written

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-12 Thread Cotty
On 12/7/05, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Whenever you have to write something big and probably boring at work it's a good idea to lace it with real words like 'boustrophedonically' around just so you can find out who's read that far. They're guaranteed to make some kind of remark about such

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-12 Thread Cotty
On 11/7/05, Graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed: At least Bob''s words are in the dictionary. And which dictionary would that be sir! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-12 Thread mike wilson
From: Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/07/12 Tue AM 12:22:20 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC At least Bob''s words are in the dictionary. graywolf Mark is of Welsh extraction. You're looking in the wrong dictionary. 8- http

RE: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-12 Thread Kenneth Waller
Interesting note Shel. I wonder if this holds for other cultures? (We read L to R) -Original Message- From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC A few months ago I was talking with a film maker, and she mentioned that showing a subject moving from left

RE: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread Kenneth Waller
# 2 cause he's going R to L. Seems like most bike rider shots have the rider going from L to R. Hey you asked. Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Jul 6, 2005 9:33 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: RE: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC #1

RE: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread Shel Belinkoff
A few months ago I was talking with a film maker, and she mentioned that showing a subject moving from left to right on the screen indicates movement towards something, such as when a ship leaves a port and heads out to sea it will be shown on the screen as moving L to R. Right to Left means that

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread Graywolf
Or it may be just that film producers have conditioned us that way? graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Shel Belinkoff wrote: A few months ago I was talking with a film maker, and she mentioned that showing a subject moving

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread Frantisek
It may possible be the way we read text. Left to right. At least that's what I have been told by some art studies types. Consequently, in cultures where they read/write right to left (or top to botton), they would have reversed perception of this. There could be mention of this in art theory

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shel Belinkoff wrote: A few months ago I was talking with a film maker, and she mentioned that showing a subject moving from left to right on the screen indicates movement towards something, such as when a ship leaves a port and heads out to sea it will be

RE: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread Rick Womer
What if it's a film from Israel, where people read from right to left? What about it the southern hemisphere, where the water swirls the wrong way in the toilet? For that matter, what about in Cotty-land, where they drive on the wrong side of the street? Inquiring minds want to know... Rick

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread Graywolf
But it doesn't. In many languages the convention differs. Hebrew I believe is right to left. Chinese is bottom to top back and forth. I guess Cotty would say we got our way from the Romans grin. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What if it's a film from Israel, where people read from right to left? Exactly. In cultures that don't read left to right the conventions of film panning and intra-frame motion don't work the way western film directors and editors expect them to. Of course,

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread Cotty
On 11/7/05, Shel Belinkoff, discombobulated, unleashed: A few months ago I was talking with a film maker, and she mentioned that showing a subject moving from left to right on the screen indicates movement towards something, such as when a ship leaves a port and heads out to sea it will be shown

RE: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread Bob W
There are even some scripts which are written boustrophedonically. Strange as that may seem. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: Graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 July 2005 20:22 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC But it doesn't

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/7/05, Shel Belinkoff, discombobulated, unleashed: A few months ago I was talking with a film maker, and she mentioned that showing a subject moving from left to right on the screen indicates movement towards something, such as when a ship leaves a port and

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Graywolf Subject: Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC But it doesn't. In many languages the convention differs. Hebrew I believe is right to left. Chinese is bottom to top back and forth. I guess Cotty would say we got our way from the Romans grin. Not sure

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread Cotty
On 11/7/05, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: For that matter, what about in Cotty-land, where they drive on the wrong side of the street? Oi! They drive in that side in Japan, you know! And you buy their cameras. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread Cotty
On 11/7/05, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: What about it the southern hemisphere, where the water swirls the wrong way in the toilet? That's just an urban legend, I'm afraid :( Okay, not the toilet, but how about the weather! Which reminds me of a joke... (cue Peter) Cheers,

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread Cotty
On 11/7/05, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: There are even some scripts which are written boustrophedonically. Don't be compunctuous! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread Cotty
On 11/7/05, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: That's really odd. It has been taught in film schools since at least the 1970s. I know it still is at the Rochester Institute of technology, where film teachers I know are still working. This is filmmaking 101. How can you 'teach' a shot?

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread Butch Black
Shel Belinkoff wrote: A few months ago I was talking with a film maker, and she mentioned that showing a subject moving from left to right on the screen indicates movement towards something, such as when a ship leaves a port and heads out to sea it will be shown on the screen as moving L to R.

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread P. J. Alling
I'm not going to bite... Cotty wrote: On 11/7/05, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: What about it the southern hemisphere, where the water swirls the wrong way in the toilet? That's just an urban legend, I'm afraid :( Okay, not the toilet, but how about the weather!

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread Cotty
On 11/7/05, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: I'm not going to bite... Too late! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/7/05, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: There are even some scripts which are written boustrophedonically. Don't be compunctuous! Well that was an extremely tranpithic reply! If you don't start behaving a little more amphemenuously, we have no choice but

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread frank theriault
On 7/11/05, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not sure about Hebrew, but Chinese is definitely not considered a western culture. Been to Toronto lately? Chinese just passed Italian as the second largest ethnic group after English. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread frank theriault
On 7/11/05, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/7/05, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: There are even some scripts which are written boustrophedonically. Don't be compunctuous! Well that was an extremely tranpithic reply! If you don't start

RE: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread Bob W
Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 July 2005 22:04 To: pentax list Subject: Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC On 11/7/05, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: There are even some scripts which are written boustrophedonically. Don't be compunctuous! Cheers

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread Tom Reese
Bob W wrote: Whenever you have to write something big and probably boring at work it's a good idea to lace it with real words like 'boustrophedonically' around just so you can find out who's read that far. They're guaranteed to make some kind of remark about such a word. Or you could generate

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread Graywolf
boustrophedonically. Strange as that may seem. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: Graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 July 2005 20:22 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC But it doesn't. In many languages the convention differs. Hebrew I

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: frank theriault Subject: Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC Been to Toronto lately? We think of Toronto as an eastern location. William Robb

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread Graywolf
Actually I never hear of that left to right stuff. I have hear that if it reverses direction it indicates returning, or in the case of two or more object it indicates a pending confrontation. However, I have seen lots of major motion pictures that violated those rules. graywolf

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread Graywolf
At least Bob''s words are in the dictionary. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Mark Roberts wrote: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/7/05, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: There are even some scripts which are

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At least Bob''s words are in the dictionary. Dictionaries are for wimps! -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Bob W wrote: There are even some scripts which are written boustrophedonically. a WADDAT?

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Mark Roberts wrote: That's really odd. It has been taught in film schools since at least the 1970s. I know it still is at the Rochester Institute of technology, where film teachers I know are still working. This is filmmaking 101. So have we happened upon an example of Real World and

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Cotty wrote: On 11/7/05, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: For that matter, what about in Cotty-land, where they drive on the wrong side of the street? Oi! They drive in that side in Japan, you know! And you buy their cameras. ... and, in many cases, their *cars*

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-11 Thread Doug Franklin
On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 20:41:22 -0500, E.R.N. Reed wrote: So have we happened upon an example of Real World and Theory in Conflict? What's the difference between theory and practice? In theory there is none. In practice there is. :-) TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-07 Thread Jay Taylor
Frank, definitely the first one for me. No distractions, right on point and the panning works very well with the subject . Just my HO. JayT On 7/6/05, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3518501size=lg Here's Tofu Leans into the Corner:

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-07 Thread mike wilson
From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3518501size=lg http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3518514size=lg Not just leans but pedals, too! Brave man. I think I prefer the first, from the way it appears on screen. Cleaner composition,

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-07 Thread frank theriault
On 7/7/05, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Not just leans but pedals, too! Brave man. snip Well, with a trackbike, one has no choice but to pedal through the corners. g It's not so crazy as it looks, since the bottom bracket is maybe an inch higher than a road bike, for clearance.

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-07 Thread frank theriault
On 7/6/05, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really like the first one. Given that it's a scan from a small minilab print, I expect it's even better than it appears. Looking forward to some more stuff. It's also a frank scan of the small print. As you know, I don't scan worth a crap.

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-07 Thread frank theriault
On 7/6/05, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Frank, I like the first better. Mainly due to the concentration on his face. To me, the first is about Tofu and the second is about the bike race. Both good, but the first is my favorite. Thanks, Bruce. You were the first to

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-07 Thread brooksdj
Hi Frank. Yes its always good to run onto old friends is'nt it. Glad you had an enjoyable LONG weekend.:-) Although i find both shot appealing, myfavorite is #1. I like the panned blur as background. Nice lines and accents the movement. Also i like the feet how they are a bit blurred.

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! So, here they are. I don't usually do two PAWs at once, but I really can't choose which I like the best. Here's Tofu in the Warehouses (of Jersey City): http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3518501size=lg Here's Tofu Leans into the Corner:

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-07 Thread Powell Hargrave
Good stuff frank. Both do it for me. Glad you got past the recent problems you were having with overly sharp images. :) Powell So, here they are. I don't usually do two PAWs at once, but I really can't choose which I like the best. Here's Tofu in the Warehouses (of Jersey City):

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-07 Thread brooksdj
Good stuff frank. Both do it for me. Glad you got past the recent problems you were having with overly sharp images. :) Powell That gets a big TOPDML ...HAR Dave

PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-06 Thread frank theriault
This is going to be longish, so if you don't like long stories/explanations, just click down to the url's and comment on the photo (or don't, if you don't want to, but then why'd you open the post if you didn't want to, right?). So, first night of CMWC (Cycling Messengers' World Championship), a

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-06 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Frank, I like the first better. Mainly due to the concentration on his face. To me, the first is about Tofu and the second is about the bike race. Both good, but the first is my favorite. -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, July 6, 2005, 4:27:25 PM, you wrote: ft This is going to be

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-06 Thread Mark Roberts
frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's Tofu in the Warehouses (of Jersey City): http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3518501size=lg Here's Tofu Leans into the Corner: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3518514size=lg I really like the first one. Given that it's a

RE: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
#1 Shel [Original Message] From: frank theriault Here's Tofu in the Warehouses (of Jersey City): http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3518501size=lg Here's Tofu Leans into the Corner: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3518514size=lg If you have a preference, I'd

Re: PAW/PESOs: Tofu at CMWC

2005-07-06 Thread Scott Loveless
Ditto for me, Frank. I like #1. On 7/6/05, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is going to be longish, so if you don't like long stories/explanations, just click down to the url's and comment on the photo (or don't, if you don't want to, but then why'd you open the post if you