Re: D300 handheld: 1/4 sec !!!

Focus wrote:
> "Allen" <allen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>> Focus wrote:
>>> http://atlantic-diesel.com/Church.jpg
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>> Interesting church wall---looks like fired tile. Where is it?
> 
> It's in ****tugal, I think it was around Obidos (see Google maps). These
kind 
> of tiles are very popular here. They're all hand made and are like the 
> famous Dutch Delft Blue, but the ****tuguese discovered it 2 centuries
before 
> and often use more colors then just blue and white.
> 
> You see them everywhere you go. Many cities and villages have their
names 
> made of it. Like this one:
> http://atlantic-diesel.com/DSC_0753_0794.jpg
> 
> I left it in original size. Shot with the D40.
> 
> It says: New Pinetree greets you (they have some funky names here, like
" 
> Kill those Dogs", "From the two Brothers-in-Law").
> The picture on the top reminds me of how the ****tuguese really are: they

> *will* make a road around a tree instead of cutting it down. Even if it 
> means it narrows the road to one lane. The same you see with old houses.
I 
> think it's adorable and unique! Truly the best country I've ever seen...
> 
> 
****tugal never even entered my mind, although it is right there in your 
ID. It looked Eastern Orthodox to me except for the paintings. We see a 
large quantity of gorgeous decorated earthenware from ****tugal in the 
US, but I've never encountered any flat tiles. Perhaps the ****tuguese 
manufacturers aren't marketing aggressively across the Atlantic. I've 
never been to ****tugal, nor anywhere in Europe; "thanks" to mobility 
issues that have come up in the past few years I doubt that I will ever 
get there. However, my respect for ****tugal as a beautiful and 
interesting place (as well as a great place to eat) has been increasing 
rapidly over the past few years.
Allen