Comments for The Quiet Picture

Comment on English by Minna

Minna — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:44:45 +0000

Hey I only said that I don’t like the acute accent used where the apostrophe is the correct character!

I’m sure I wouldn’t be getting full marks for my spelling and grammar if my old English teachers got their hands on my blog, but I do nail my apostrophes. Or was it apostrophe’s? Apostrophe´s…?

Comment on English by iro

iro — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:32:05 +0000

[tiny cough]
And where does this leave us bilinguals, then?
I’d like to think whatever text I produce is quite perfect.

Comment on English by Rane Olsen

Rane Olsen — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:30:43 +0000

Oh noes, you make me miss the good ole’ times @ Ljusdal Some great people there, most if them not that great

Comment on English by Minna

Minna — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:19:05 +0000

Rane, yes, I’m familiar with that other term… and just like you, I decided against using it!

Miika, I used to be a big fan of the semicolon… then I learned to use the dash instead. The secret to using the dash with success is to use it sparingly - otherwise the text becomes too choppy to read. The semicolon has much the same effect; in case you haven’t noticed, I often mix and match them in my blog posts.

And yes, many times it’s the native speakers who treat their own language the worst. I’ve also seen it at work, LOL!

Comment on English by Miika

Miika — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:53:35 +0000

I read the article earlier just as well and had pretty good laugh. To be honest, sometimes I wonder if non-native english speakers write better english than the natives (now this is what I see at work quite often).

Next you could do is to explain me how to use semicolon, so I could for once in my lifetime write sofisticated sentense please

(No apostrophes here, mission accomplished!)

Comment on English by Rane Olsen

Rane Olsen — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:25:46 +0000

Oh, but Minna, the exact and more widespread word is something else than “pilkunviilaus”. -Though better not to say it out loud Btw, I love the word “nitpicking”, it’s just so hilarious

Just my 2 eurocents.

Comment on Fog by Rane Olsen

Rane Olsen — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:11:22 +0000

i just love colorless color pictures We had this fathers day’s thingy here, so no need to force oneself out shooting

I think that G10 should give decent 40×50cm prints quite easily.

Comment on Fog by Miika

Miika — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:49:36 +0000

Whau, I did not even bother taking my camera out (because it’s so big and heavy, maybe?) today, but you certainly got a pretty good frame here.

Still one more concern. How about IQ when printing, what would be the maximum size if 300dpi?

Comment on Canon G10 by Miika

Miika — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 12:25:42 +0000

I did not shoot a single frame yesterday, it was just hopeless. And so it seems to be today too.

What comes to Canon software, I can agree, it is purely awfull, or at least it used to be, back in those days I had one. (Kind of reminds me, the only really good shot from a live gig I had was with that 2.1MP point’n’shoot, too bad I can no find that pic any more. There is no more possibilities to shoot Joe Zavinul…)

Comment on Canon G10 by Minna

Minna — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 07:29:07 +0000

Had I been working with the 40D I probably would’ve taken the first picture with it, but the second subject was hopeless. I just needed moving water, any moving water, to try out the lens adapter and filter.