Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/02

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Adirondacks
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 08:03:23 -0500
References: <305021.51363.qm@web82108.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <1C03F4A1-7F82-4875-8B74-2420312FB838@frozenlight.eu> <BANLkTik2BjA8muxChpKb7YpZy=X8h2Mawg@mail.gmail.com> <C587080F-F19B-4A2C-802B-BEF7885E99BD@frozenlight.eu>

On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 6:24 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> 
wrote:

> Bob explained it in one of his other messages. As for proving that the
> earth was round, it was not Columbus but Magellan who first circumnavigated
> the globe, I think.
>

Richard has it right in that Columbus was sailing West to get to the East.




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> On Jun 2, 2011, at 11:14 AM, Richard Man wrote:
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> > Didn't Columbus set sail from your country a few hundred years ago to
> show
> > that the earth is round?
> >
> > (yea yea, I know everyone knew the earth was round then and that this is
> > probably an artifact of Bob panning and stitching...)
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 1:54 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Nice setting, Bob, but how come the horizon looks as if it curves on the
> >> right?
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Nathan
> >>
> >> Nathan Wajsman
> >> Alicante, Spain
> >> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> >> http://www.greatpix.eu
> >> http://www.nathanfoto.com
> >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> >> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
> >>
> >> YNWA
> >>
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> >> On May 31, 2011, at 4:31 AM, Bob Adler wrote:
> >>
> >>> Just a quick snap from this evenings sunset. No grand landscape as the
> >> sunset
> >>> was unremarkable.
> >>> http://www.rgaphoto.com/FL/content/Adirondack_Chairs_Master_large.html
> >>> Too warm here for a fire in the evening, but a lovely venue.
> >>> C&C always appreciated,
> >>> Bob
> >>> Bob Adler
> >>> Palo Alto, CA
> >>> http://www.rgaphoto.com
> >>>
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> >
> > --
> > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/>
> > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/>
> > // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com>
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-- 
Regards,

Sonny
http://sonc.com/look/
Natchitoches, Louisiana

USA


In reply to: Message from rgacpa at yahoo.com (Bob Adler) ([Leica] IMG: Adirondacks)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] IMG: Adirondacks)
Message from richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] IMG: Adirondacks)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] IMG: Adirondacks)