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

"Stewy" <anyone4tennis@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Focus" <focus@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Allen" <allen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > Focus wrote:
>> >> http://atlantic-diesel.com/Church.jpg
>> >>
>> >>
>> > 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...
>
> If you're interested in patterned tiles, try visiting your local mosque,
> or better still, Cairo or Istanbul or perhaps Grenada in Spain.
>
> Muslims are forbidden to depict people or animals within their church as
> this would be idolatry. The Catholics are somewhat less zealous.

Considering the fact that Muslim religion is 500 years younger than 
Christianity, they're stuck in the medieval times compared to
Christianity. 
They are doing now what Christians did 500 years ago: convert people to 
their believe thru force.
To me they're all idiots...
Luckily there are not that many of them in ****tugal, which is 99,99% 
Catholic ;-)


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Focus