Best E-mails of the Week August 6, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ah, August!  Beach time!

 

 

 

But a little crowded in China.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was It Done With a Lens, or a Brush?

 

 

 

 

 

The three shots that were merged to create the image at top.

 
 

 
Ian Austen for The New York Times

A photo of Hollywood Boulevard by Joe Dejesus shows what can be done with H.D.R. software.

Their secret was a software technology known as H.D.R., for high dynamic range photography. And Mr. Dejesus quickly became one of its practitioners.

“You can get different combinations of colors you cannot achieve with photos,” said Mr. Dejesus, who lives in Granada Hills, Calif., and posts his work under the pseudonym Kris Kros at www.flickr.com/photos/kros. “You can easily come up with something that looks like a painting.”

H.D.R. is one of many digital darkroom techniques catching the fancy of amateur photographers. With the rising popularity of digital single-lens reflex cameras and more powerful personal computers has come a growing interest in visual experiments.

 

 

 

>> Baptist Dog
>>
>> A Baptist preacher and his wife  decided to get a new dog. Ever
>> mindful of the congregation, they knew the  dog must also be a
>> Baptist.
>>
>> They visited kennel after kennel and  explained their needs.
Finally,
>> they found a kennel whose owner assured them  he had just the dog
>> they wanted. The owner brought the dog to meet the  pastor and his
>> wife.
>>
>> "Fetch the Bible," he commanded. The dog bounded  to the bookshelf,
>> scrutinized the books, located the Bible, and brought it  to the
>> owner.
>>
>> "Now find Psalm 23," he commanded. The dog dropped the  Bible to the
>> floor, and showing marvelous dexterity with his paws, leafed 
through
>> and finding the correct passage, pointed to it with his  paw.
>>
>> The pastor and his wife was very impressed and purchased the  dog.
>>
>> That evening, a group of church members came to visit. The pastor
>> and his wife began to show off the dog, having him locate several
>> Bible  verses. The visitors were very impressed.
>>
>> One man asked, "Can he do  regular dog tricks, too?"
>>
>> "I haven't tried yet," the pastor replied. He  pointed his finger at
>> the dog.
>>
>> "HEEL!" the pastor commanded. The dog  immediately jumped on a
chair,
>> placed one paw on the pastor's forehead and  began to howl.
>>
>> The pastor looked at his wife in shock and said, "Good  Lord! He's
>> Pentecostal!"

 

 

 

 

 

These pictures are from the parade on the 4th of July.

 Ryan and friends imitated presidents and wanna be candidates.

 Ryan is George Washington. 

With those hand gestures he is definitely political material!!

Liz

 

 

 

 

 

 

Religious web site link from Ray:

 

Can you sleep when the wind blows? 

 

http://www.hall4bc04.org/Storm.htm

 

 

 

 

 

Andrew and Alexander -future OSHA inspectors with hardhats?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks Auntie Ann for hosting our second cousins to your home and the wonderful lunch!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a painting in Auntie Ann's home of the family house that Grandpa and Grandma built.

 

This is what I saw next door growing up each time I looked out our kitchen window.

Johnny painted it years ago, and it still looks great.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auntie Ann also had this photo dated August 6, 1995, exactly eleven years ago today. I scanned it in below.


Gianni and Enrico had just given me that huge bottle of vino to pour for everyone at our common great grandparents' homestead near Napoli, Italy.

 

 

It was a pleasure to host their five daughters for Saturday evening dinner !

 

 

 

And here is the painting Enrico gave us that evening.

 

It still adorns our dining room.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pete,

Show these to the girls, tell them it's their relatives
from Connecticut and South Carolina (we were all
together for my brothers wedding and watched a lot of
the World Cup game). The car photo is my niece and nephew
(Kelsey that you met and her brother Kyle) and
their friend. I am leaning on the car rubbing it into
my friends who were France supporters. hahahahahahahaha

Laurie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jack and Bibby,

Here is the photo for your brother Bill and his daughter Sophia.

They can see it when they return home to Scotland.

I thought the three of us came out pretty good, and a lot of town folks commented positively on it.
Pete

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pete  

 

 

 

  

 

 

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