Posts for: khalidikram
Oct 13, 2020 08:50:44 #
Oct 2, 2020 12:46:18 #
I lived in Egypt for five years, and additionally must have visited at least 20 or 30 times. Most of the time, I was using a wide angle lens, or the widest part of my zoom lens. I'm a Nikon man, so I'm not knowledgeable about Canon lenses. When I was traveling around Egypt and wanted to carry only one lens, it was the 24-120 on a full frame body. If I was traveling around the country today, I would probably just carry a pocketable camera with a zoom that went down to at least 24 mm. most of your photography will be inside tombs, museums, temples, mosques, and in markets. Hence the importance of the wide-angle.
Sep 5, 2020 09:02:12 #
johngault007 wrote:
I wasn't sure how to title this thread, but that w... (show quote)
Jul 19, 2020 15:16:35 #
Jul 11, 2020 15:43:59 #
An incredibly touching story! Thank you very much for sharing.
Jul 11, 2020 15:39:43 #
Wonderful pictures of the dunes. Congratulations!
Jul 10, 2020 16:23:47 #
As usual, great pictures from you! Incidentally, riding camels in Egypt and in Pakistan I found that generally the ride is smoother if you make the animal run rather than walk. It seems to even out the undulations.
Jul 2, 2020 08:43:05 #
Lucky you! I never managed to get out of Tehran airport.
Jul 1, 2020 18:48:08 #
Thanks, I will do that. My history is also a bit complicated. I was born in India, migrated to Pakistan, was a student in England for several years (Cambridge University), am now American, having studied (Harvard University) and worked here for 40 years, with a five-year residence in Cairo as the World Bank's director. A big bonus from these wanderings is the number of wonderful friends I have in so many parts of the world. I feel truly blessed.
Jul 1, 2020 16:05:17 #
Many thanks. I thoroughly enjoyed the Oman and the British Columbia series. You have an excellent eye and a gift for composition. I look forward to your future contributions. Best regards. Khalid
Jul 1, 2020 12:00:17 #
Many thanks. I am fascinated by the area and will certainly look up your earlier posts. Incidentally, some years ago I was invited to become the economic advisor to the Omani Ministry of Social Affairs. However, at the time I was tied up in several other assignments and could not take up the offer. My loss.
Jul 1, 2020 08:38:46 #
As a student of advanced Murphology, let me offer my favorite: If something that could have gone wrong did not go wrong, then it would have been much better had it gone wrong.
Jul 1, 2020 08:31:07 #
Excellent set. Thank you very much for sharing. I look forward to seeing more of your work.
Jun 19, 2020 09:15:28 #
UTMike wrote:
The great fun is watching dubbed or captioned movies when you understand the language and realize the mess they are doing with the dubbing or captioning.
A couple of months ago I was watching a Bollywood movie. A man sneaks in through the window. The woman is startled and cries out in Hindi, "Help, help, a thief" The man replies, "Not a thief, but a a thug." The English subtitle was, "Not a thief, but a welcome visitor."
Jun 13, 2020 10:25:35 #
neillaubenthal wrote:
As jaymatt said...history is history...and while s... (show quote)
"Treason" is defined by the victor. To quote Sir John Harington (1561-1612): "Treason never doth prosper/What's the reason?/For if it doth prosper/None dare call it treason."