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SI Furniture -The Duck comments
SI Furnitu http://www.pbase.com/shootin/furniture
‘Duck comments: I can only say I was pleasantly surprised by this batch. Savageduck (yours truly): Furniture-01: Bench in the Paso Robles city park. Furniture-02: Benches in the shade outside the Paso Robles library. Furniture-03: Outdoor seating at a Paso Robles eatery. Note the “Elvis” mannequin visible through the window. Tony Cooper: I like the idea that you thought out of the box for this mandate. Each of these has their charm. Nice! KPet Furniture-01: An interesting yard refuge. Perhaps the crop on the top and bottom of the chair was a little tight. Furniture-02: Nice shot of the weathered swing. The shadows provide a pleasing contrast, and the composition just works. PhotoPhartz: Furniture-01: Shelving is furniture. An interesting combination, Zappa albums, violin (I guess Zappa did some work with Jean Luc Ponty), and Swift. Nice work. Furniture-02: Well you don’t see too many console radios around these days. I’d have guessed that this was an archive shot which solidly dates you. However, I see it was shot with your SX500 in May. That raises the question; who has this living room museum piece to photograph? Furniture-03: I love your workstation! It is wonderfully cluttered, and most importantly, I see you favor the thumb controlled trackball. That is my preferred input device, currently the defunct MS Trackball Optical + a spare. Bowser: Furniture-01: Heavy machinery furniture? I like the battered, very used look to the ladder. Furniture-02: I think this shot would have worked much better if the entire church were in the frame to provide a full context to the bench. Furniture-03: The wicker swing and lemonade stand are quite nice, except somebody should have ripped that tag off the cushion. Pablo: Furniture-01: Nice shot. I like the deep shadows, and tight crop along with the bright warmth of the wood along with the green leather. Good work. Furniture-02: I suspect this might be fireplace furniture, but this shot doesn’t work for me, it might be the odd crop, or the vagueness of the subject. Furniture-03: Here trying the same idea as in your first shot doesn’t really work for me. The contrasting shadow and chair arm are there, but the chair doesn’t have the character of #1, and the rug/shawl or whatever is just too ratty and out of place. Sandman: Furniture-01: Nice, warm, wood grain for the stool. The room lighting provides an interesting vignette. I hope to see more of your work in future. Peter Newman: Furniture-01: ISO 200!! What happened? I like the solitary bench with its contemplative outlook over the beach. Nice Furniture-02: Another shot I like. The row of chairs overlooking the harbor work nicely. Good B&W rendition. However, Monhegan chairs? I have always thought of that type of chair as an “Adirondack chair”. Furniture-03: Another great capture and very appropriate B&W conversion. Tony Cooper should love this shot. Otter: Furniture-01: Nice bench and landscape. It might have been more interesting to have the context what the bench was facing. Thanks to those who played, and welcome aboard to PhotoPhartz & Sandman. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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SI Furniture -The Duck comments
Savageduck wrote in
news:2013061008114243042-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom: SI Furnitu http://www.pbase.com/shootin/furniture ‘Duck comments: PhotoPhartz: Furniture-01: Shelving is furniture. An interesting combination, Zappa albums, violin (I guess Zappa did some work with Jean Luc Ponty), and Swift. Nice work. Furniture-02: Yep, I think JL Ponty did do a stint in Zappa's band. Thanks. Well you don’t see too many console radios around these days. I’d have guessed that this was an archive shot which solidly dates you. However, I see it was shot with your SX500 in May. That raises the question; who has this living room museum piece to photograph? I'm a long time tenant in a very old friend's house and this relic is right downstairs in the family room. It's been here longer than I have but I expect it was deposited by my housemate's father who's been quite a scavenger/collector during his advancing years. Furniture-03: I love your workstation! It is wonderfully cluttered, and most importantly, I see you favor the thumb controlled trackball. That is my preferred input device, currently the defunct MS Trackball Optical + a spare. Hehe, thanks. Just this week the ol' Logitech trackman was retired. It was old enough (at least 10~12 years?)to still be plugged in to a PS2 port but its scroll wheel was losing it. Replaced by a Kensington Expert trackball that is really the stuff. Great big, heavy, smooth ball. Easy to use scroll ring around the ball. Four programmable buttons giving you six different commands under the finger tips. Lusted after one for years but the Marble just kept working. -- Pat email: phartzATcoxDOTnet |
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SI Furniture -The Duck comments
On 2013-06-10 11:18:39 -0700, PhotoPhartz said:
Savageduck wrote in news:2013061008114243042-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom: SI Furnitu http://www.pbase.com/shootin/furniture ‘Duck comments: PhotoPhartz: Furniture-01: Shelving is furniture. An interesting combination, Zappa albums, violin (I guess Zappa did some work with Jean Luc Ponty), and Swift. Nice work. Furniture-02: Yep, I think JL Ponty did do a stint in Zappa's band. Thanks. On top of working with Zappa, J-L Ponty also did his own interpretation of "King Kong". His versions of "King Kong", "How Would You Like to Have a Head Like That?" and "Music for Electric Violin and Low Budget Orchestra" are simply amazing. Well you don't see too many console radios around these days. I'd have guessed that this was an archive shot which solidly dates you. However, I see it was shot with your SX500 in May. That raises the question; who has this living room museum piece to photograph? I'm a long time tenant in a very old friend's house and this relic is right downstairs in the family room. It's been here longer than I have but I expect it was deposited by my housemate's father who's been quite a scavenger/collector during his advancing years. Furniture-03: I love your workstation! It is wonderfully cluttered, and most importantly, I see you favor the thumb controlled trackball. That is my preferred input device, currently the defunct MS Trackball Optical + a spare. Hehe, thanks. Just this week the ol' Logitech trackman was retired. It was old enough (at least 10~12 years?)to still be plugged in to a PS2 port but its scroll wheel was losing it. Replaced by a Kensington Expert trackball that is really the stuff. Great big, heavy, smooth ball. Easy to use scroll ring around the ball. Four programmable buttons giving you six different commands under the finger tips. Lusted after one for years but the Marble just kept working. I also have an old Logitech trackman which had to use an Apple Data Bus (ADB) adaptor to hook up to my old Mac (No USB back then). I had one of the Kensington Trackball Pros which connected via ADB, but I am far more comfortable using my thumb rather than my finger tips on the big ball. The discontinued MS Trackball Optical also has four programmable buttons and I bought two at the same time, which was a good thing as I see they are selling used for over $100 now. When I saw that, I did some shopping and picked up a Logitech Trackman II Wheel as a third spare. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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SI Furniture -The Duck comments
On 2013.06.10 15:10 , Savageduck wrote:
On 2013-06-10 11:18:39 -0700, PhotoPhartz said: Savageduck wrote in news:2013061008114243042-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom: SI Furnitu http://www.pbase.com/shootin/furniture ‘Duck comments: PhotoPhartz: Furniture-01: Shelving is furniture. An interesting combination, Zappa albums, violin (I guess Zappa did some work with Jean Luc Ponty), and Swift. Nice work. Furniture-02: Yep, I think JL Ponty did do a stint in Zappa's band. Thanks. On top of working with Zappa, J-L Ponty also did his own interpretation of "King Kong". His versions of "King Kong", "How Would You Like to Have a Head Like That?" and "Music for Electric Violin and Low Budget Orchestra" are simply amazing. I saw J-L P open for Supertramp .... oh, so long ago... -- "A Canadian is someone who knows how to have sex in a canoe." -Pierre Berton |
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SI Furniture -The Duck comments
On 2013-06-10 19:12:47 -0700, PhotoPhartz said:
Alan Browne wrote in news:tpOdnf- : On 2013.06.10 15:10 , Savageduck wrote: of "King Kong". His versions of "King Kong", "How Would You Like to Hav e a Head Like That?" and "Music for Electric Violin and Low Budget Orchestra" are simply amazing. I saw J-L P open for Supertramp .... oh, so long ago... I saw him at some outdoor venue on a summer night back in the day too. Might have seen him another time as well but, you know, things can be so hazy from that far back. I had a few of his records too though they no longer seem to be in what's left of the collection. I'm not familiar with the ones the Duck sited. Try this for size: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/Fil...ing%20Kong.png ....and here is a taster. If you are familiar with Zappa's work he has done several live versions of this. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/Fil...ing%20Kong.mp3 -- Regards, Savageduck |
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OT Old radio, Trackballs was SI Furniture -The Duck comments
"Savageduck" wrote in message news:201306101210337987-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom... On 2013-06-10 11:18:39 -0700, PhotoPhartz said: [...] Well you don'?Tt see too many console radios around these days. I'd have guessed that this was an archive shot which solidly dates you. However, I see it was shot with your SX500 in May. That raises the question; who has this living room museum piece to photograph? I'm a long time tenant in a very old friend's house and this relic is right downstairs in the family room. It's been here longer than I have but I expect it was deposited by my housemate's father who's been quite a scavenger/collector during his advancing years. We have a ~1958 Grundig console that must be twice the width of the one in your photo. It was a marvel at the time, just before stereo but with justifiable Hi-Fi pretensions including a sort of sound contour shaper. All tubes, all replaced about twenty years ago, and still worked a little, last time I tried it. And about seven bands of radio reception, a phonograph player, and a disc storage compartment with a light that didn't go off when the door was close, so it put a dip in the edge of a couple of vinyl albums. We put a late 1960s receiver/tuner (wired to external speakers) in the storage part. Arrangement works good. Nice-looking piece of furniture I should have photo'd for the mandate. Never mind. Furniture-03: I love your workstation! It is wonderfully cluttered, and most importantly, I see you favor the thumb controlled trackball. That is my preferred input device, currently the defunct MS Trackball Optical + a spare. Hehe, thanks. Just this week the ol' Logitech trackman was retired. It was old enough (at least 10~12 years?)to still be plugged in to a PS2 port but its scroll wheel was losing it. Replaced by a Kensington Expert trackball that is really the stuff. Great big, heavy, smooth ball. Easy to use scroll ring around the ball. Four programmable buttons giving you six different commands under the finger tips. Lusted after one for years but the Marble just kept working. I also have an old Logitech trackman which had to use an Apple Data Bus (ADB) adaptor to hook up to my old Mac (No USB back then). I had one of the Kensington Trackball Pros which connected via ADB, but I am far more comfortable using my thumb rather than my finger tips on the big ball. The discontinued MS Trackball Optical also has four programmable buttons and I bought two at the same time, which was a good thing as I see they are selling used for over $100 now. When I saw that, I did some shopping and picked up a Logitech Trackman II Wheel as a third spare. I use the MS Trackball Explorer. Lots of buttons and whistles, PS2 and USB compatible. I decided it was a good appliance, so ordered a backup from Amazon, and they sent a case of five or six. I gave one away, have two or three still in the box, and the others are relatively unused on computers around the house. They seem to be a cult item, expensive used, out-of-sight new. I don't consider anything else to be particularly useful. Haven't tried a recent whatchamacallit pad. Graphics pad? Twenty years ago the one I had a go at didn't work as well as a mouse. Even farther OT: Odd thing, maybe? I mouse left, trackball right, write, bat and throw right. Strange? -- Frank ess |
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OT Old radio, Trackballs was SI Furniture -The Duck comments
On 6/10/2013 9:32 PM, Frank S wrote:
snip Even farther OT: Odd thing, maybe? I mouse left, trackball right, write, bat and throw right. Strange? I write right, shoot pool, bowl, shoot, eat, and throw left. I can strike out with a bat, left or right. Hit a golf ball right, and putt left. Not strange at all. As a kid I was forced to write with my right hand. the result, I hated my teacher, and have a lousy handwriting. -- PeterN |
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SI Furniture -The Duck comments
On 6/10/2013 2:18 PM, PhotoPhartz wrote:
Savageduck wrote in news:2013061008114243042-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom: SI Furnitu http://www.pbase.com/shootin/furniture ‘Duck comments: PhotoPhartz: Furniture-01: Shelving is furniture. An interesting combination, Zappa albums, violin (I guess Zappa did some work with Jean Luc Ponty), and Swift. Nice work. Furniture-02: Yep, I think JL Ponty did do a stint in Zappa's band. Thanks. Looks more like a viola than a violin, to me Well you don’t see too many console radios around these days. I’d have guessed that this was an archive shot which solidly dates you. However, I see it was shot with your SX500 in May. That raises the question; who has this living room museum piece to photograph? I'm a long time tenant in a very old friend's house and this relic is right downstairs in the family room. It's been here longer than I have but I expect it was deposited by my housemate's father who's been quite a scavenger/collector during his advancing years. Furniture-03: I love your workstation! It is wonderfully cluttered, and most importantly, I see you favor the thumb controlled trackball. That is my preferred input device, currently the defunct MS Trackball Optical + a spare. Hehe, thanks. Just this week the ol' Logitech trackman was retired. It was old enough (at least 10~12 years?)to still be plugged in to a PS2 port but its scroll wheel was losing it. Replaced by a Kensington Expert trackball that is really the stuff. Great big, heavy, smooth ball. Easy to use scroll ring around the ball. Four programmable buttons giving you six different commands under the finger tips. Lusted after one for years but the Marble just kept working. -- PeterN |
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SI Furniture -The Duck comments
PeterN wrote in news:51b687bd$0$10755
: Looks more like a viola than a violin, to me Nope, violin. Guarneri pattern. Actually I'm a self taught Irish fiddler. Not a real "violinist". -- Pat email: phartzATcoxDOTnet |
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