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

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> "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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