tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post561087423282037065..comments2024-03-14T23:12:03.829+00:00Comments on Idiotic Hat: Summertime...Mike C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-3957155236782252082017-09-10T19:13:24.514+01:002017-09-10T19:13:24.514+01:00Martyn,
In one of those curious turns, to call so...Martyn,<br /><br />In one of those curious turns, to call someone a "berk" is now a pretty inoffensive epithet (assuming there's a connection).<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-62334370249990693792017-09-10T18:51:51.692+01:002017-09-10T18:51:51.692+01:00The Berkeleys also gave their name to the Old Berk...The Berkeleys also gave their name to the Old Berkeley Hunt, which hunted foxes across West Middlesex through to the early 19th century. A popular day out with Cockneys was to follow the hunt, and as their did with Barnet Fair they turned its name into rhyming slang ...Martyn Cornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16843357962176591317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-70206592453261335522017-08-22T08:34:41.512+01:002017-08-22T08:34:41.512+01:00Kent,
"Portrait landscapes" is pretty m...Kent,<br /><br />"Portrait landscapes" is pretty much my default setting. Not sure why, probably connected to using a Fuji 645 film camera for many years.<br /><br />As to image size, I'm curious how small you're seeing them (when clicked on, obviously). I size them at 20cm (~ 8") in the longest dimension at 96 dpi, saved as JPEGs at "high" quality, which seems an adequate compromise between visibility and potential piracy!<br /><br />If your browser/display combo shows images in the Blogger "lightbox" too small, you could always right-click download an image, and examine it in your image editor. My lawyers will only be in touch if they start showing up elsewhere ;)<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-8326773756940824542017-08-22T01:35:07.396+01:002017-08-22T01:35:07.396+01:00Would really like to see a larger version of "...Would really like to see a larger version of "Clevedon." Interesting that you chose to take a portrait of a landscape. It definitely works.Kent Wileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12440197819258194471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-67664907130235411822017-08-18T19:05:31.772+01:002017-08-18T19:05:31.772+01:00It was the horizontal bands of activity that I pic...It was the horizontal bands of activity that I picked up on. Hodler had some theories concerning patterning in nature that unfortunately I'm a little hazy on right now. I'm sure you were aware of the uncanny structural organization that you recorded in your photo. Of course, it didn't happen by accident - you selected the framing. Very handsome.<br /><br />Take a look at this Hodler.<br />https://image.invaluable.com/housePhotos/sothebys/94/111294/H0046-L03685130.jpgGerard Wickhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02466630897894461315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-50702652023662702582017-08-18T15:17:04.506+01:002017-08-18T15:17:04.506+01:00Thanks, Gerard, I must admit I don't really kn...Thanks, Gerard, I must admit I don't really know Hodler, but some of those turn of the century Austrian and Swiss landscape painters had something good going on (I recall Josef Stoitzner grabbed my attention a while ago). I think WW1 and Modernism rather put a stop to it...<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-44343720412942426582017-08-18T14:27:01.547+01:002017-08-18T14:27:01.547+01:00Mike:
I think "Clevedon" is a beautiful ...Mike:<br />I think "Clevedon" is a beautiful photograph. Reminiscent of the landscapes of Hodler. Nice job!<br />:GerardGerard Wickhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02466630897894461315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-80583639992939425612017-08-11T17:16:45.202+01:002017-08-11T17:16:45.202+01:00Zouk,
I'd assumed not, him being Irish and al...Zouk,<br /><br />I'd assumed not, him being Irish and all, but according to Wikipedia, he was "the eldest son of William Berkeley, a cadet of the noble family of Berkeley". They're just one of those families of survivors, movers, and shakers... That's how you hang on to your council castle for 900 years, I suppose... Not to mention your corner caff.<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-51480471572574477472017-08-11T15:04:44.948+01:002017-08-11T15:04:44.948+01:00Come to think of it, that's what I'd previ...Come to think of it, that's what I'd previously assumed. Could be the same lot, I suppose?Zouk Delorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983226210415857258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-80968055465708570522017-08-10T20:56:46.843+01:002017-08-10T20:56:46.843+01:00Zouk,
Possibly, though I'd always imagined it...Zouk,<br /><br />Possibly, though I'd always imagined it had more to do with those prog empiricists Locke, Berkeley, Hume. Certainly Berkeley Square in London was theirs (as in "A Nightingale sang...")and, improbably, Berkeley campus in California, too -- they seem to have been a canny lot, managing to juggle their fortunes over the centuries.<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-80378484722291048162017-08-10T15:31:29.968+01:002017-08-10T15:31:29.968+01:00They'd be the Berkeleys that Berkeley Square, ...They'd be the Berkeleys that Berkeley Square, seat of Bristol University's Philosophy Dept, is named after, then, I suppose? Also the Berkeley cafe, where I wasted many an hour as an undergrad.Zouk Delorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983226210415857258noreply@blogger.com