Re: Boris #07 - Havarim wadi

2013-02-10 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Mark said it better than me. I like this one, Boris! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Mark C Sent: February 10, 2013 2/10/13 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Re: Boris #07 - Havarim wadi A bleak scene to be sure but the composition is most excellent. I like

Re: Boris #07 - Havarim wadi

2013-02-10 Thread Mark C
A bleak scene to be sure but the composition is most excellent. I like the way so many lines flow towards the rock in the right center of the frame. The lines in the image also approximate the golden ratio in many ways. Mark On 2/9/2013 12:55 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! http://pentax-ways

Re: Boris #07 - Havarim wadi

2013-02-10 Thread John Sessoms
From: Larry Colen On Feb 9, 2013, at 3:50 PM, Bob W wrote: It's an Arabic word which passed into Spanish via Andalucia as Guad- in place names like Guadalajara, Guadalquivir and, presumably, Guadalcanal; that is, Wadi al whatever. Aha! The place of friends, Hence your comment about bringin

Re: Boris #07 - Havarim wadi

2013-02-10 Thread Larry Colen
On Feb 9, 2013, at 8:44 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: > Larry, in English transliteration "friends" will be "havErim"... Havar > (notice the second A) is a type of stone that is typical for the area. It is > called "marlstone" in English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marl. > > Wadi (Arabic, Nahal

Re: Boris #07 - Havarim wadi

2013-02-09 Thread Boris Liberman
For those who don't know - "ima" is "mother" and "aba" is "father" in Hebrew :-). Yep, Sinai is just as fascinating in terms of locations and scenery. Less so in some other aspects :-). Pleasure meeting you, sir! On 2/9/2013 9:24 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Sat, Feb 09, 2013, Boris Liberman w

Re: Boris #07 - Havarim wadi

2013-02-09 Thread Boris Liberman
Indeed. In Hebrew though, this word is used without the following "al"... Though usually it is "nahal" which is a proper Hebrew term for intermittent water flows... On 2/10/2013 1:50 AM, Bob W wrote: It's an Arabic word which passed into Spanish via Andalucia as Guad- in place names like Guada

Re: Boris #07 - Havarim wadi

2013-02-09 Thread Boris Liberman
Larry, in English transliteration "friends" will be "havErim"... Havar (notice the second A) is a type of stone that is typical for the area. It is called "marlstone" in English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marl. Wadi (Arabic, Nahal in Hebrew) is a stream of water that dries out in summer and

Re: Boris #07 - Havarim wadi

2013-02-09 Thread Larry Colen
On Feb 9, 2013, at 3:50 PM, Bob W wrote: > It's an Arabic word which passed into Spanish via Andalucia as Guad- in > place names like Guadalajara, Guadalquivir and, presumably, Guadalcanal; > that is, Wadi al whatever. Aha! The place of friends, Hence your comment about bringing PDMLers. Ve

RE: Boris #07 - Havarim wadi

2013-02-09 Thread Bob W
It's an Arabic word which passed into Spanish via Andalucia as Guad- in place names like Guadalajara, Guadalquivir and, presumably, Guadalcanal; that is, Wadi al whatever. B > > In the U.S. (particularly in the southwest) it would be called an > arroyo or a dry gulch. > > From: lrc > > > What

Re: Boris #07 - Havarim wadi

2013-02-09 Thread John Sessoms
In the U.S. (particularly in the southwest) it would be called an arroyo or a dry gulch. From: lrc What is wadi? And what does it have to do with friends? Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2013/02/2013-07-havarim-wadi.html Note to self: whenever a PDMLer comes fo

Re: Boris #07 - Havarim wadi

2013-02-09 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Sat, Feb 09, 2013, Boris Liberman wrote: > > http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2013/02/2013-07-havarim-wadi.html Nice! One of these years I'll have to try digging up photos from my 1978 Sinai trip... (I don't remember whether my aba brought his Pentax or we just used my ima's rangefinder Minol

Re: Boris #07 - Havarim wadi

2013-02-09 Thread Aahz Maruch
Wadi ye wanna know? On Sat, Feb 09, 2013, l...@red4est.com wrote: > > What is wadi? And what does it have to do with friends? > > Boris Liberman wrote: >> >>http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2013/02/2013-07-havarim-wadi.html >> >>Note to self: whenever a PDMLer comes for a visit, take them there

Re: Boris #07 - Havarim wadi

2013-02-09 Thread lrc
What is wadi? And what does it have to do with friends? Boris Liberman wrote: >Hi! > >http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2013/02/2013-07-havarim-wadi.html > >Note to self: whenever a PDMLer comes for a visit, take them there at >night. It will be fantastic... > >B&H comments will as usual be appr

Boris #07 - Havarim wadi

2013-02-09 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2013/02/2013-07-havarim-wadi.html Note to self: whenever a PDMLer comes for a visit, take them there at night. It will be fantastic... B&H comments will as usual be appreciated. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/