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.

Last time I was there, Grenada was in the Caribbean.

Deep