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Sometimes Tone and Form are as Effective as Full Color

  
By:  A. Macarthur  •  last year  •  92 comments


Sometimes Tone and Form are as Effective as Full Color
 

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Sycamore Tree in Early Spring

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A. Macarthur
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1  author  A. Macarthur    last year

I did not post the Red Box Rules; assuming it's a "administrative decision," please comply.

First things first.

Check the article at the link below.

 
 
 
devangelical
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1.1  devangelical  replied to  A. Macarthur @1    last year

nice shot.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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1.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @1    last year

Thank you for the link.  Actually, the Creative Arts group RED BOX RULES have to do with taking care to obey legal copyright rules. 

In the meantime your opening image is a good example of the title of this article. 

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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2  Buzz of the Orient    last year

If members want to learn more about the use of sepia, the "Pages" of this group has an excellent article on the subject.  LINK ->

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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3  Buzz of the Orient    last year

Sepia used to provide a mood or vintage effect to colour photos:

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Buzz of the Orient
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3.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @3    last year

Actually the second photo, the loggers' trail into the forest, and the 4th photo, the countryside in Wales, were B&W photos originally. 

 
 
 
shona1
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3.1.1  shona1  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @3.1    last year

Evening Buzz.. must admit never been a big fan of Sepia but these photos are really quite stunning..

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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3.1.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  shona1 @3.1.1    last year

Thanks, shona.

 
 
 
Dig
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3.2  Dig  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @3    last year

Where is the fourth photo from, Buzz? The one with the house and stone fences?

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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3.2.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Dig @3.2    last year

I took that photo while we were travelling across north Wales about half a century ago.  We had just had a medieval Christmas dinner at Ruthin Castle the night before.

 
 
 
Dig
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3.2.2  Dig  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @3.2.1    last year

Ah, thanks. With the stone fences I thought it looked "British-ish," or maybe Irish. So many of your photos are from China I figured I'd ask.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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3.2.3  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Dig @3.2.2    last year

The trail in the forest photo was taken in rural Ontario, but the other three were in China.

 
 
 
Waykwabu
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4  Waykwabu    last year

I love the contrast between the third photo "old age and despair"  and the fifth photo "young age and beauty" !!!

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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4.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Waykwabu @4    last year

An interesting technical point.  Notice that although both the sky in the forest trail and the shoes on the woman in mourning were sepia toned they both retained the same light blue colour.  Maybe A.Mac can explain why that is.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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4.1.1  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @4.1    last year

Not sure those images are truly sepia tone, rather, containing both areas of muted color & simultaneously heightened saturation. Each makes for an effective moodiness.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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4.1.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @4.1.1    last year

Thanks, A.Mac, for your suggestion. 

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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4.1.3  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @4.1.2    last year

Another possibility is that the images were converted to TRI-TONE …

A three-color halftone image produced by overprinting three halftone screens made from the same image, each possessing a different set of tonal values.
Highlights, mid-tones and shadows. Tritone lets you assign different color values based on the luminance of your image underneath between your darkest darks and your whitest whites.
 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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4.1.4  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @4.1.3    last year

I don't think I'm able to do that.  There is no doubt that the forest trail photo and the Wales photo were properly sepia-toned because they were B&W film photos I processed and toned myself in my home darkroom.  The others were done by using digital website editing programs. 

 
 
 
evilone
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5  evilone    last year

The lilies on the side of the house are finally blooming.

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Buzz of the Orient
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5.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  evilone @5    last year

That's a damn good lily.  I just wish they wouldn't smell so bad. 

 
 
 
evilone
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5.1.1  evilone  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @5.1    last year
I just wish they wouldn't smell so bad. 

Come on... they can't smell at all - they don't have noses. Hahahaha Sorry I can't help myself sometimes. I don't bring them into the house, I just like them out in front.

 
 
 
Dig
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5.1.2  Dig  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @5.1    last year

Do lilies smell bad? I know marigolds can at times, but I've never noticed it with lilies. I wish I could go check, but all of mine are done and gone now. I'm sure the purple ones that get brought into the house for flower arrangements don't, but I don't know if I've ever bothered to check the other ones.

 
 
 
evilone
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5.1.3  evilone  replied to  Dig @5.1.2    last year

Some lilies have a strong unpleasant smell. Not all of them do. I like our hydrangeas, but they don't last long and make such a mess. 

 
 
 
Dig
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5.1.4  Dig  replied to  evilone @5.1.3    last year

I didn't know that about lilies. I guess I've never had any of the smelly ones.

Yeah, hydrangeas are nice.

 
 
 
Raven Wing
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5.1.5  Raven Wing   replied to  Buzz of the Orient @5.1    last year
I just wish they wouldn't smell so bad.

Totally agree, Buzz. I love their looks, but, their high chemical odor would put me in the hospital with serious non-allergic rhinitis, which can be fatal. When I see one even a ways from me I make a run in the other direction. Roses and Gardenias have the same effect on me. But, they are beautiful flowers.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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5.1.6  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  evilone @5.1.1    last year

I won't have them in the house either. 

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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5.1.7  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Raven Wing @5.1.5    last year

I tasted durian for the first time yesterday.  It is quite common here but for all these years I've never had a taste.  When opened they are said to smell awful, and in fact I now agree, but damn it all, just hold your nose because they actually taste delicious.   Here is an image of one:

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Raven Wing
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5.1.8  Raven Wing   replied to  Buzz of the Orient @5.1.7    last year

Thanks Buzz. I have heard of them, but, I have never tasted one. The extensive chemotherapy treatments I had to under go for the first 6 months of this year had a bad effect on my taste buds, so I am just now getting some of my sense of taste back. However, some things just don't taste to same. Some of the things I really liked before don't appeal to me now. I don't know if now is a good time for me to try a durian now.  jrSmiley_26_smiley_image.gif

 
 
 
Kavika
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6  Kavika     last year

The photo was taken in 1907 by Roland Reed on the Red Lake Ojibwe Reservation (Miskwaagamiiwi Zaagaiganing) in Northern Minnesota, it is entitled Every Wind and the woman's name is Evangeline:

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evilone
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6.1  evilone  replied to  Kavika @6    last year
Roland Reed

Thanks! I just looked him up. At The Spring is one of my favorites. The Wooing, Nature's Mirror and The Eagle are also some of my favs. He's a fantastic artist at a time where photographers weren't expected to be artists.

 
 
 
Kavika
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6.1.1  Kavika   replied to  evilone @6.1    last year

He actually lived on the Red Lake Reservation for a couple of years.

The book of his photos entitled: Alone With The Past, is well worth purchasing.

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evilone
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6.1.2  evilone  replied to  Kavika @6.1.1    last year

I saw that he lived next to the Reservation and in Bemidji before that. His father was a Civil War vet in Wisconsin. 

I'll check out the book. Thanks!

 
 
 
Kavika
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6.1.3  Kavika   replied to  evilone @6.1.2    last year

He had a studio in Bemidji as well.

Translation for Bemidji is “Crossing Waters”

 
 
 
Gsquared
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6.2  Gsquared  replied to  Kavika @6    last year

Incredible photo.  Just great.

 
 
 
Kavika
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6.2.1  Kavika   replied to  Gsquared @6.2    last year

I purchased a copy of this photo and had it framed and it is in my den.

The interesting part of this is that my nookomis (grandmother) was living in Red Lake when this was taken and remembers Roland Reed being there, she was born around 1880 give or take a couple of years. 

 
 
 
Gsquared
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6.2.2  Gsquared  replied to  Kavika @6.2.1    last year

That is interesting.

 
 
 
Hal A. Lujah
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7  Hal A. Lujah    last year

Scenes from the deck.

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Kavika
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7.1  Kavika   replied to  Hal A. Lujah @7    last year

Those photos are really great, Hal.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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7.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Hal A. Lujah @7    last year

Fabulous and fantastic.  And so big. 

 
 
 
Gsquared
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8  Gsquared    last year

Ryoan-Ji, Kyoto © G. Gam

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Tour Guide © G. Gam

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Girl in a Kimono © G. Gam

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A. Macarthur
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8.1  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Gsquared @8    last year

These are quite special.

 
 
 
Gsquared
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8.1.1  Gsquared  replied to  A. Macarthur @8.1    last year

Thank you!

 
 
 
Kavika
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8.2  Kavika   replied to  Gsquared @8    last year

Very nice, G.

 
 
 
Gsquared
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8.2.1  Gsquared  replied to  Kavika @8.2    last year

Thanks, Kavika.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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8.3  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Gsquared @8    last year

Great pics, excellent editing technique.

 
 
 
Gsquared
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8.3.1  Gsquared  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @8.3    last year

Thank you very much, B.o.t.O.  I appreciate it.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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9  author  A. Macarthur    last year

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Restored Magic Lantern Photograph

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Buzz of the Orient
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9.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @9    last year

I would guess that that train never went very fast or a lot of those people would have lost their hats.

 
 
 
Kavika
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10  Kavika     last year

Jaws over Stone Creek.

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shona1
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10.1  shona1  replied to  Kavika @10    last year

Needs bigger teeth 🤣🤣🦈

 
 
 
shona1
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11  shona1    last year

Morning... thought I would do something nice for the cat. So bought her some mince steak... only $12 a kilo..😬😬 and the result...

Do you expect me to eat peasant food..🤢..Slave I want something else...

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Buzz of the Orient
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11.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  shona1 @11    last year

Your reply to your cat:  "Yes, Your Highness, your command will be fulfilled.  I'll feed you some Yokoshima fish."

 
 
 
Hal A. Lujah
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11.2  Hal A. Lujah  replied to  shona1 @11    last year

My cat is also spoiled to death.  She gets white meat chicken every day, doesn’t care for dark meat.  The funny thing is that it’s actually cheaper than buying canned cat food, just a little more work - but she’s worth it.  She also will indulge beef, pork, and fish, and she has her own catnip plants.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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11.2.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Hal A. Lujah @11.2    last year

My cat survived on dry cat food and water, never complained about it and lived 17 years.

 
 
 
Raven Wing
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11.2.2  Raven Wing   replied to  Buzz of the Orient @11.2.1    last year

My Yoda Girl kitty likes only dry food. She will turn her nose up at any wet food I have given her. She also likes to share my cold water was well, which I found curious as I understood that cats don't like cold stuff. I keep a small bowl on my desk for her when she says she wants cold water by tapping on the little bowl. 

Spoiled? Not my Yoda Girl....ME = jrSmiley_12_smiley_image.gif

 
 
 
Hal A. Lujah
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11.2.3  Hal A. Lujah  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @11.2.1    last year

Your cat didn’t know what it didn’t know.  Mine also likes dry food so she’s got a bowl that gets filled every day.  She’s too boujee to touch canned cat food though.  

 
 
 
Gsquared
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12  Gsquared    last year

Street Scene, Kyoto © G. Gam          

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Untitled, 1369 (Japan) © G. Gam         

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devangelical
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12.1  devangelical  replied to  Gsquared @12    last year

nice

 
 
 
Gsquared
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12.1.1  Gsquared  replied to  devangelical @12.1    last year

Muchas gracias, compadre

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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12.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Gsquared @12    last year

Too good, so they wouldn't qualify for the LensCulture Street Photo contest.

 
 
 
Kavika
Professor Principal
13  Kavika     last year

Last night's sunset, Stone Creek, Ocala FL.

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Hal A. Lujah
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14  Hal A. Lujah    last year

This little bastard is a Spotted Lanternfly.  They are an invasive species that feed on Tree of Heaven (also invasive).  We have a large Tree of Heaven that is currently suffering an infestation.  They have an interesting and colorful life cycle, but if you see one you should kill it and report the sighting.

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sandy-2021492
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14.1  sandy-2021492  replied to  Hal A. Lujah @14    last year

They're invading here in Virginia, and have been devastating our local vineyards.  They seem to be somewhat resistant to common insecticides.  We have been asked to stomp on them whenever we see them, but I doubt that will do very much to stop the invasion.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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14.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Hal A. Lujah @14    last year

Never saw one.  Never saw a Tree of Heaven either.  More apt to see a tree in the other direction I think.

 
 
 
Hal A. Lujah
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14.2.1  Hal A. Lujah  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @14.2    last year

That’s interesting since they are both invasive species from China.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
14.2.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Hal A. Lujah @14.2.1    last year

China is a pretty big country and if I ever saw a Tree of Heaven I wouldn't have known what it was, but I know I've never seen a bug like that. 

 
 
 
Kavika
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15  Kavika     last year

Here in Florida, we have a number of invasive critters.

This is the Burmese python and one was just captured at measured a bit over 19 feet.

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They have just discovered nesting/breeding Green Anaconda in central Florida. They get even bigger than the Burmese python. They are the largest snake in the world and can reach 30 feet long and weigh 550 lbs. 

 
 
 
sandy-2021492
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15.1  sandy-2021492  replied to  Kavika @15    last year

Like the native alligators aren't enough to worry about.

Why in the world would anybody move to Florida? jrSmiley_9_smiley_image.gif

 
 
 
Kavika
Professor Principal
15.1.1  Kavika   replied to  sandy-2021492 @15.1    last year
Why in the world would anybody move to Florida?

I hate cold/winter love hot and don't mind humid. I love horses and live in the Horse Capital of the World. The beach in December is 80 degrees and lots of bikinis and thongs (not that I noticed, my neighbor told me about it.)

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sandy-2021492
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15.1.2  sandy-2021492  replied to  Kavika @15.1.1    last year
lots of bikinis and thongs (not that I noticed, my neighbor told me about it.)

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shona1
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15.1.3  shona1  replied to  Kavika @15.1.1    last year

Morning Kavika..uhhh huhhh...so down at the beach you and your neighbour spend all day looking at people's feet checking out their thongs...I really believe that one..🐨

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Kavika
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15.1.4  Kavika   replied to  shona1 @15.1.3    last year

LMAO, wrong type of thongs, shona.

 
 
 
shona1
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15.1.5  shona1  replied to  Kavika @15.1.4    last year

Nahhh you mob have got it wrong..again.. least it's better than Kiwi speak..jandles..🤣🤣🤣

 
 
 
Raven Wing
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15.1.6  Raven Wing   replied to  shona1 @15.1.5    last year

Hey shona.... I learned a good lesson about the different meanings of American English and British English, when I happened to mention to one of my British MS MVP colleagues that I bought a fanny pack to use at the next MVP world meeting in Seattle. 

Their very prompt reply was full of laughing emojis, and I was informed that the term 'fanny' had a much different meaning in the British language. I quickly learned to check out the meaning of a word I wanted to use in the language of the people I was speaking with. The difference can sometimes be a bit hilarious, to say nothing of being embarrassing.  jrSmiley_16_smiley_image.gif   jrSmiley_91_smiley_image.gif    

 
 
 
shona1
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15.1.7  shona1  replied to  Raven Wing @15.1.6    last year

Morning Raven..you are not wrong..when I worked with Alcoa I was in an office full of Americans..

Anyway I knocked an article off the desk and it bounced and ended up under a chair..

I asked Steve could he pick up the rubber and throw it back to me..well there was stunned silence, shocked looks...and he didn't move..

I asked what the problem was and that's when it came out in America it's called contraception...

I just burst out laughing and said you mob have a lot to learn here...

Australian English is very different to British English...we confuse the crap out of them to but with the greatest delight..

 
 
 
Raven Wing
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15.1.8  Raven Wing   replied to  shona1 @15.1.7    last year

LOL! I had an MS Access Database Guru who was helping me with creating a very complicated database, who lived in Bendigo. Along with working together on the project, we both engaged in learning the difference in our home languages, and the lingo.  We laughed so hard with each new word. It was one of the most enjoyable learning experiences on both subjects. jrSmiley_13_smiley_image.gif

 
 
 
devangelical
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15.1.9  devangelical  replied to  Kavika @15.1.1    last year

if I showed up to the beach in a speedo, I have the beach to myself in short order...

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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16  author  A. Macarthur    last year

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My Dawg Gracie in Sepia Tone

© A. Mac/A.G.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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16.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @16    last year

As I've said before, I love to see photos of the most beautiful dog in the world.

 
 
 
devangelical
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16.2  devangelical  replied to  A. Macarthur @16    last year

hey amac, I noticed that there's a few people participating here that have yet to vote up your article. why is that?

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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16.2.1  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  devangelical @16.2    last year

No idea; I’m not sure that doesn’t happen every article, it’s not something I ever monitored but going forward, I’ll be curious to see.

 
 
 
devangelical
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16.2.2  devangelical  replied to  A. Macarthur @16.2.1    last year

sorry, I'm a bit OCD about it in my efforts to keep certain trash off the front page...

 
 
 
Gsquared
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16.2.3  Gsquared  replied to  devangelical @16.2    last year

Oops...

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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16.2.4  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  devangelical @16.2.2    last year

Whatever can be done to assure that.

 
 
 
Kavika
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17  Kavika     last year

At the ''Gathering of Nations'' in Albuquerque the littlest of the ''Fancy Dancers'' carry on the tradition of his tribe.

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Kavika
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17.1  Kavika   replied to  Kavika @17    last year

Every time that I see the photo I think of Elton John's song ''Tiny Dancer''.

 
 
 
Raven Wing
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17.2  Raven Wing   replied to  Kavika @17    last year

I used to attend a lot of the POW WOWs in Calif, and some while in Virginia, and my favorite part of the dancers were the littlest 'Warriors'. I was amazed at how well they performed all the dances so precisely. And knew just how to use their regalia to achieve the best effect of the dance they did. Even the smallest of the little ones performed the dances so well, in spite of a misstep now and then. 

The expertise of the grown-ups was truly fascinating, but, that of the little ones was just amazing. I even learned some of the dances when I was very young, and had fun dancing along with the other youngest ones at the POW WOWs. I learned the dances from my adopted Cherokee Grandmother when we lived in Pawhuska OK when I was 6 y/o. I never felt so free in my life as when I was dancing with the rest of the young ones. It was a lot of work learning the steps and body movements, but, I so loved it.

 
 
 
devangelical
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17.2.1  devangelical  replied to  Raven Wing @17.2    last year

I've been asked to leave or pulled off a dance floor more than once...

 
 
 
Kavika
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18  Kavika     last year

Morning sunrise over the Stone Creek golf course.

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Thomas
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19  Thomas    last year

Just another day at work 

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Buzz of the Orient
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19.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Thomas @19    last year

Very pastoral.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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20  author  A. Macarthur    last year

Thanks to all; back on Thursday.

 
 

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