Re: High tide

2015-10-31 Thread knarf
Late comment: Very nice set. I especially like the red headed lad - looks like he's just realized that "there's no way out". One way or t'other he's getting wet feet. Cheers, frank On October 29, 2015 4:15:52 PM EDT, Bob W wrote: >Not sure if this link will work, but

RE: High tide

2015-10-30 Thread Malcolm Smith
Bob W wrote: > Not sure if this link will work, but I'll give it a try. > > High tide in Greenwich earlier today, taken with my phone. > > https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=439D213A93634DD4!105870=! > AEJ73VLiIcHsff8=album%2c Always amazed at what a phone camera can produce with the right

Re: High tide

2015-10-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Nice set of photos, effectively demonstrating the subject. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 4:15 PM, Bob W wrote: > Not sure if this link will work, but I'll give it a try. > > High tide in Greenwich earlier today, taken

Re: High tide

2015-10-29 Thread Bob W-PDML
We fairly regularly get higher tides than that, and historically it has been several feet higher on a couple of occasions. As you can see from the right hand side, there are steps, and the large railings are embedded in a raised wall, which is defence-in-depth (so to speak) for the Royal Naval

Re: High tide

2015-10-29 Thread Darren Addy
Link works for me, Bob! I'm curious: Is high tide higher these days than it has been historically? That seems to be what your photos suggest. Can you provide any context? On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 3:15 PM, Bob W wrote: > Not sure if this link will work, but I'll give it a

Re: High tide

2015-10-29 Thread ann sanfedele
On the anniversary of our nasty flooding thanks to Hurricane Sandy... been thre, seen that :-) the link worked ann On 10/29/2015 4:15 PM, Bob W wrote: Not sure if this link will work, but I'll give it a try. High tide in Greenwich earlier today, taken with my phone.

RE: High Tide

2007-09-30 Thread Bob W
We had an unusually high tide on the Thames today. I took some photos with my mobile phone: http://www.web-options.com/Tide/ Was it not high enough to justify raising the barrier? - Dave I guess not. I don't know what their criteria are for raising it for real, rather than just

Re: High Tide

2007-09-30 Thread drew
Bob W wrote: We had an unusually high tide on the Thames today. I took some photos with my mobile phone: http://www.web-options.com/Tide/ Was it not high enough to justify raising the barrier? - Dave I guess not. I don't know what their criteria are for raising it for real, rather

Re: High Tide

2007-09-30 Thread graywolf
Must be global warming. BTW, I recently came across a reference that claimed the rise in sea level from the ice age was in the order of 300-400 feet. Bob W wrote: We had an unusually high tide on the Thames today. I took some photos with my mobile phone: -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

RE: High Tide

2007-09-30 Thread Bob W
:36 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: High Tide Must be global warming. BTW, I recently came across a reference that claimed the rise in sea level from the ice age was in the order of 300-400 feet. Bob W wrote: We had an unusually high tide on the Thames today. I took

Re: High Tide

2007-09-30 Thread Evan Hanson
Wow! I've never seen the Thames like that. Evan -- 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: High Tide

2007-09-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Cool phone you have, Bob. Interesting. It is good though that two years ago the water level was normal ;-). Boris Bob W wrote: We had an unusually high tide on the Thames today. I took some photos with my mobile phone: http://www.web-options.com/Tide/ Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

RE: High Tide

2007-09-29 Thread Malcolm Smith
Bob W wrote: We had an unusually high tide on the Thames today. I took some photos with my mobile phone: http://www.web-options.com/Tide/ Excellent pictures; I'm amazed at the quality from a 'phone! Is the obelisk a meridian marker? Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: High Tide

2007-09-29 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sep 29, 2007, at 12:12 PM, Bob W wrote: We had an unusually high tide on the Thames today. I took some photos with my mobile phone: http://www.web-options.com/Tide/ Wow, that's a high tide! Your phone does very well indeed. :-) Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: High Tide

2007-09-29 Thread Bob W
-- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Malcolm Smith Sent: 29 September 2007 20:30 To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: High Tide Bob W wrote: We had an unusually high tide on the Thames today. I took some photos

RE: High Tide

2007-09-29 Thread Bob W
-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: High Tide Thanks. It's only 2 megapixels. The obelisk is a memorial to the French explorer Bellot, who tried to rescue Franklin and died in the attempt. http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/YourEnvironment/GreenSpace/Monum ents/BellotMemorial.htm

RE: High Tide

2007-09-29 Thread Malcolm Smith
Thanks Bob, The meridian is about 3-400 metres left of the memorial I mean right. East. Downstream. Damn watch on the wrong wrist confusing me again. One for me to look at...wherever it decides to be in relation to the meridian :-) Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: High Tide

2007-09-29 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 9/29/2007 12:13:57 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We had an unusually high tide on the Thames today. I took some photos with my mobile phone: http://www.web-options.com/Tide/ Bob === Interesting -- doesn't look like high tide to me, I think

Re: High Tide

2007-09-29 Thread ann sanfedele
Bob W wrote: We had an unusually high tide on the Thames today. I took some photos with my mobile phone: http://www.web-options.com/Tide/ Bob pretty fancy mobile phone if you could get those - nice little essay, Bob Kinda scary high tide. ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: High Tide

2007-09-29 Thread David Mann
On Sep 30, 2007, at 8:12 AM, Bob W wrote: We had an unusually high tide on the Thames today. I took some photos with my mobile phone: http://www.web-options.com/Tide/ Was it not high enough to justify raising the barrier? - Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net