> On 05 May 2020 at 16:56 ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I love bagpipes and banjos - though I'd prefer not to hear a full > bagpipe in an enclosed space..
Playing the war pipes indoors is a pastime invented by heathens to patronise sassenach tourists. The small pipes are for indoor playing. > > (folky moi) > ann > > On 5/5/2020 10:57 AM, John wrote: > > On 5/5/2020 00:31:36, Larry Colen wrote: > >> > >> > >>> On May 4, 2020, at 12:31 PM, Paul Stenquist > >>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> I agree. HDR is a tool that enables artistic expression. > >> > >> Arguably so are bag pipes, banjos and accordions. > >> > >> > > > > I saw a jazz band in New Orleans once that had all three. > > > > > >>> Just as a painter can resort to a pallet knife in lieu of a brush, a > >>> photographer can employ different tools to achieve an effect. I like > >>> the shot you singled out. > >>> > >>> > >>>> On May 4, 2020, at 2:38 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> On 5/3/2020 14:56:50, Toine wrote: > >>>>> What's the wisdom of the list on this: > >>>>> https://stuckincustoms.smugmug.com/ > >>>>> I think some or most are overdone in post editing. Most if not all > >>>>> are hdr's > >>>>> Toine > >>>> > >>>> Some of them are good. Some of them are awesome. > >>>> > >>>> HDR is Ok if you can do it so it's not obviously HDR, but even the > >>>> ones that are obviously HDR are a style ... even if they're not > >>>> quite to my taste. > >>>> > >>>> I was particularly drawn to this one: > >>>> > >>>> https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-RQ76Wtw/0/4K/i-RQ76Wtw-4K.jpg > >>>> > >>>> Notice what he's using to fish with ... > >>>> > >>>> When I got the chance to go to China, one of the things we did was > >>>> a cruise down the Li River and I saw many boats like this one. And > >>>> my one regret from that trip was the photo of the man with a pole > >>>> across his shoulder with two Cormorants sitting on it. > >>>> > >>>> I regret it, because it's the photo I absolutely missed that I > >>>> should have gotten. > >>>> > >>>> -- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
