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Walter C · Jan 1, 2009, 6:21 PM

This is a white globe, about 6 inches in diameter, on a piece of white printer paper. Canon 40D, 28-135 IS lens, F-6.3, ISO 200, 1/10 sec.

Walter C · Jan 1, 2009, 6:25 PM

Fooling around, I found a good use for it. Layered it over a portrait of my wife in PS, then did some erasing.

Alan T · Jan 1, 2009, 9:53 PM

Beautifully done, Walter.

I can see why you were attracted to each other, or maybe you've grown to look like each other! Your avatar plus this image warm the cockles of the heart.

Walter C · Jan 1, 2009, 10:45 PM

Alan

As a brother of the beard
I must ask something wierd
To show I'm not that smart
How many cockles in a heart?

Alan T · Jan 1, 2009, 11:41 PM

Walter C wrote:

Quote:

Alan

As a brother of the beard
I must ask something wierd
To show I'm not that smart
How many cockles in a heart?

Oh, good grief. I'll have to consult my resident competent poetry consultants (wife & son) on this one. Provisionally, 'as many as you see in the viewfinder, or resolve in the final image'.

Alan T · Jan 2, 2009, 4:19 AM

Walter C wrote:

Quote:

...How many cockles in a heart?

Best I can do for a cockle-count, after a discussion with wife, revealing that we had no idea, and a subsequent web search is in....

http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/10/messages/676.html

...which indicates that the answer may be a mere two.

If we had a challenge one day to write a verse describing the accompanying image, I bet you'd be outstanding. Maybe it's your climate. Closest I come to that is (a) your pictures and (b) watching the Van Dyke family in action on a Californian Beach in endless afternoon repeats of 'Diagnosis Murder'.

How about this (follow the weblink first)...

Wallet, watch, spectacles, testicles,
Each of them should be a functional part,
Ventricles!, two of them, that's what I need,
In addition, to make up..
The Cockles of my Heart.

Trojansoc · Jan 2, 2009, 6:43 AM

I haven't had my morning coffee yet, so I won't even attempt to versify with such masters, but truly a creative application of the challenge. Nicely done, Walter.

Paul

yesterday · Jan 2, 2009, 7:02 AM

Very nice pictures. Your wife is beautiful.

vsch1 · Jan 2, 2009, 7:27 AM

I'll stay out of this cockle discussion also, but wanted to comment on your images. The first is beautifully done....such simplicity...I'm easy to please. And the gorgeous image of your wife...well done!

Mugmar · Jan 2, 2009, 7:59 AM

I must agree, fantastic shot of your wife and nice effect. That's one to blow up and frame

Mugmar

Jan 1, 2009, 6:21 PM	#1
Walter C Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Huntington Beach, CA USA Posts: 8,116	This is a white globe, about 6 inches in diameter, on a piece of white printer paper. Canon 40D, 28-135 IS lens, F-6.3, ISO 200, 1/10 sec. Attached Images

Jan 1, 2009, 6:25 PM	#2
Walter C Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Huntington Beach, CA USA Posts: 8,116	Fooling around, I found a good use for it. Layered it over a portrait of my wife in PS, then did some erasing. Attached Images

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Jan 1, 2009, 9:53 PM	#3
Alan T Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Chester, UK Posts: 2,980	Beautifully done, Walter. I can see why you were attracted to each other, or maybe you've grown to look like each other! Your avatar plus this image warm the cockles of the heart.

Jan 1, 2009, 10:45 PM	#4
Walter C Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Huntington Beach, CA USA Posts: 8,116	Alan As a brother of the beard I must ask something wierd To show I'm not that smart How many cockles in a heart?

Jan 2, 2009, 6:43 AM	#7
Trojansoc Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hot Springs, AR Posts: 3,724	I haven't had my morning coffee yet, so I won't even attempt to versify with such masters, but truly a creative application of the challenge. Nicely done, Walter. Paul

Jan 2, 2009, 7:02 AM	#8
yesterday Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 796	Very nice pictures. Your wife is beautiful.

Jan 2, 2009, 7:27 AM	#9
vsch1 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,885	I'll stay out of this cockle discussion also, but wanted to comment on your images. The first is beautifully done....such simplicity...I'm easy to please. And the gorgeous image of your wife...well done!

Jan 2, 2009, 7:59 AM	#10
Mugmar Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3,196	I must agree, fantastic shot of your wife and nice effect. That's one to blow up and frame Mugmar