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Post by graemek on Jul 7, 2006 12:13:11 GMT
And Peter, I don't think I overrate you!! I used to love etymology digressions in my German class in Sydney before my wife & I went over there to live for 3 years. Since my wife is German I have a walking language reference dictionary & grammar coach on tap. At one stage when I had been living in Hamburg for 18 months or so, my German was bad & so was my English!! Incidentally, & I'm sure you know this, Hayley's German pronunciation is beautiful...spot on. If you get a chance to tell her that, do...she won't get a 'big head' as she terms it. Enough for now, Graemek PS I tried to think of this while typing this but my mind blanked. English is hard to spell...mainly because it's a mishmash of languages & also because nobody took it by the horns early enough.Every time you learn a rule there are 45 exceptions. German is dead easy to spell.You spell it as you say it (as long as you pronounce it right) I'm flat out remembering German Words that I've miss-spelt. English words I miss-spell all the time. Even our beloved Haley!!
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Post by roger on Jul 7, 2006 12:36:26 GMT
Roger how did you arrange the distant piece of sunshine behind tower bridge?? Hi Graeme, Choose from: 1. I waited.... about four years! 2. They say the sun shines on the righteous, so I told Hayley to stand there! 3. Thank you for noticing... coz I hadn't! Roger
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Post by Dave on Jul 7, 2006 16:11:58 GMT
Hi everyone, Here are a few shots I took yesterday in London... Tower Bridge Taken from London Bridge looking towards Tower Bridge. The cruiser on the right is HMS Belfast - now permanently moored here on the River Thames as a floating museum. Roger Nice piccies Roger! I thought I'd mention that the two walkways connecting the towers of Tower Bridge are fully enclosed and can be hired for events and meals, taking 120 to 250 people each in long but rather narrow rooms - with superb views along the Thames and over London. In a recent edition of the TV show "The Apprentice", Alan Sugar used the walkways as tests for his candidates - whichever team could organise the best function there (and sell most tickets) won that week's task. I assume that you can also walk across the walkways when they are not in use but I've never done that. I bet Richard has! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifCheers, Dave
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Post by Belinda on Jul 7, 2006 20:53:19 GMT
This is taken on the beach at Sumner ,Christchurch,NZ Hayley should know this beach well Here's an interesting site re sumner with a bit info on the area www.sumnertoferrymead.co.nz/surfcam.htmBelinda
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Post by Dave on Jul 7, 2006 22:35:23 GMT
This is taken on the beach at Sumner ,Christchurch,NZ. Hayley should know this beach well Here's an interesting site re sumner with a bit info on the area www.sumnertoferrymead.co.nz/surfcam.htmBelinda Wow that's a great photo Belinda, you should send it to the website - it's better than theirs, and theirs is pretty spectacular! www.sumnertoferrymead.co.nz/ I like the weather station link on their webpage - we can see what your weather is doing before you can tell us now. It''s a lot drier (long term) in ChCh than I thought, I imagined it to be like Northern England but last year was the same as the driest parts of South East England were last year... and they've got a hosepipe ban! Mind you, this year to date looks like it is a lot wetter in ChCh (but not in England). I very slightly resized the photo to fit it in the forum better, I hope you don't mind Cheers, Dave
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Post by Belinda on Jul 8, 2006 5:18:31 GMT
This is a pic of Cave Rock and the other is the view from the top of it,When its low tide you can walk through the big cave inside and out the other side. Haha at least you know what ya doing, Dave, I looked to see what size eg 35k it was,but it still seemed large, size wise not like this one,then i looked at Rogers pic seemed about the same so i posted it. i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifBelinda
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Post by Belinda on Jul 8, 2006 5:38:05 GMT
These two pics are from when i visited Poland and Russia many years ago.
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Post by Andrew on Jul 8, 2006 8:32:43 GMT
This is taken on the beach at Sumner ,Christchurch,NZ. Hayley should know this beach well Here's an interesting site re sumner with a bit info on the area www.sumnertoferrymead.co.nz/surfcam.htmBelinda Wow that's a great photo Belinda, you should send it to the website - it's better than theirs, and theirs is pretty spectacular! www.sumnertoferrymead.co.nz/ I like the weather station link on their webpage - we can see what your weather is doing before you can tell us now. It''s a lot drier (long term) in ChCh than I thought, I imagined it to be like Northern England but last year was the same as the driest parts of South East England were last year... and they've got a hosepipe ban! Mind you, this year to date looks like it is a lot wetter in ChCh (but not in England). I very slightly resized the photo to fit it in the forum better, I hope you don't mind Cheers, Dave Hi Belinda, I'm totally WOWed by this picture of yours! I wonder whether you have any more taken at the same time Regards, Andrew
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Post by Richard on Jul 8, 2006 18:49:07 GMT
Re: Tower BridgeI assume that you can also walk across the walkways when they are not in use but I've never done that. I bet Richard has! Hello Dave and everybody! I certainly have visited the walkways, and the engine room! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifTower Bridge is open to the public during the day, and it is well worth a visit for a couple of hours. There is an exhibition about the history and the workings of the bridge, and the views from the walkways are spectacular. For full details, including opening times and admission prices, click on the following link:- www.towerbridge.org.ukBest Wishes, Richard
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Post by roger on Jul 9, 2006 16:38:10 GMT
Scenes of London, all taken 8th July... (Part 1 of 2) Buckingham Palace Queen Victoria Memorial Canada Gate (leading to Green Park) Buckingham Palace Queen Victoria Memorial outside Buckingham Palace St James's Park Roger
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Post by roger on Jul 9, 2006 16:42:08 GMT
Scenes of London (Part 2 of 2)... The Tower Of London The Tower Of London (from the Thames side) St Katherine's Dock The Dickens Inn, St Katherine's Dock Leadenhall Market The Gherkin! Roger
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Post by thomas on Jul 9, 2006 17:11:31 GMT
Hi Roger ! Thank you for showing the nice London pictures. They make me even more excited about my trip to London next weekend. Thomas
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Post by Oksana on Jul 9, 2006 17:48:15 GMT
All right, I don't think I've contributed to this thread yet, but I'll jump in. First off, great photos, everyone! Belinda, I loved your photography, especially the sunset shot. Gorgeous colors! Roger, great photography as usual! I love the picture with the golden statue against the clouds. Here are a few of mine: Ray of Light (Can you find the two birds in this picture?) Rays of LightFlying into the SunAll of these were taken from my window. Love, Oksy
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Post by Dave on Jul 9, 2006 23:53:38 GMT
All right, I don't think I've contributed to this thread yet, but I'll jump in... Here are a few of mine: Ray of Light Rays of Light Flying into the Sun All of these were taken from my window. Love, Oksy Hi Oksy, I love those three photos, you are very lucky to be able to take them from your window - there are too many houses near me for that I can see the two birds in the first photo faintly silhouetted against the dark cloud above the sun and to the right but if you hadn't mentioned it, i would have missed them! I noticed some other things too, I hope it won't bore you if I say what they are In the first photo, the rays are called Crepuscular Rays and are caused by sunlight and shadow (from the clouds) being scattered by dust in the air. They do, of course, radiate from a point exactly where the sun is located in the sky. There are TWO things in the second photo! First there are more Crepuscular Rays, covering the right half of the photo from about halfway up. Once again, if you carefully follow the line of the rays back, they will all converge exactly where the sun is located. The second phenomenon in photo 2 is a vertical beam of light going up from the sun... Theis is called a Sun Pillar and is caused by the sun reflecting off falling ice crystals, the crystals are falling from thin high cloud - cirrostratus in this picture. At first I thought the sun was visible above the horizon but now, I'm not so sure. Can you remember if the Sun is visible,or if it's hidden by the band of thick cloud and haze on the horizon? The rays seem to point to the sun being located just out of sight, hidden by the cloud/haze or below the horizon! I think I can also see a lake on the horizon... with reflections from the sunset. Am I right or are my eyes failing in me old age? The rays coming off the sun in the third photo are of course purely an optical phenomenon caused by internal reflections in your camera and lens in bright sunshine - a bit like a starburst filter would do. The aircraft vapour trails are similar in makeup to the high cirrus clouds you can also see, made up of ice crystals just like the natural cirrus cloud or thin cirrostratus. And I love the way you tilted your camera in this photo to get more of the interesting vapour trails into the shot... very professional! I hope you will post more photos when you have some spare time! Cheers, Dave
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Post by Oksana on Jul 10, 2006 0:32:30 GMT
Hi Dave! Wow, you know a lot about skies! Thanks for telling me about the Crepuscular rays -- I've always wanted to know what they were called so I could describe them to others, and now I do (unless I forget)! The strange thing is that they only began appearing this year. I've lived on the same floor in our apartment for 5 years, but I never saw any until a few months ago. Does that mean there's a lot more dust around here? Or perhaps I just never noticed them 'till now. Good job on finding the birds -- I didn't see them myself until I uploaded them to the Internet. And, yes, there's a river in the second picture -- the Ottawa River, to be exact. Unfortunately, I can't remember if the sun was aove the horizon, or not. On the original size of my picture, it looks as if it is. Thank you for your comments -- they mean a lot to me! I'm going to post a link to my Flickr account, becuase the rest of my photos are best viewed large, so go here to see them: Flickr. Love, Oksy Edit: I fixed the link by hiding the full url. Richard
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