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

"Allen" <allen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Focus wrote:
>> "Allen" <allen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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.

****tugal never entered my mind either before I came here and I'm from 
Holland. But I never regret the moment I decided to live here.
I think the ****tuguese are too modest on one hand, on the other they
really 
are not very business minded. Many stores here have no clue what logistics

means.
But maybe it's an idea to find out. There could be a market for it.


-- 
Focus