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Post by Jaga on Nov 26, 2005 12:02:04 GMT -7
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aadam
Junior Pole
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Post by aadam on Nov 26, 2005 12:06:45 GMT -7
Poles are extremely progressive, during the last 15 years Poland and Poles en bloc have mentally progressed to the extent other nations neeed half century to accomplish. It was (and still is) an inbeleivable experience to live through that! Charm of Poland is partly resulting from the mixture of urban and rural hi-tech with the real oldies still operating (in people's heads here-and-there, too). I think it is more important today to preserve the traditions (including horse-carts) thn to care for hi-tech. THe latter comes on it's own and cannot be stopped even if we'd wish to. Opposite to oldies. I think that wise rural communities or singular peasants should keep the horse-carts.. for the visitors from abroad. And - AFAIK - some really do already. At least in Bieszczady and in Biebrza Swamps. I don't feel ashamed when, even today, I travel with my 'sophisticated' collegues from the countries that have had easier life druring the last 50 years, and we encounter horses, hens, old cars etc. etc. etc just ouside Warszawa. They love it and I show them all that stuff and say that all Poland was like that e while ago: tHe horse carts transporting coal were operating in Waszawa in late eighties! Look what's here now - we did it with our own hands! No Marshal-plan
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forza
Cosmopolitan
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Post by forza on Nov 26, 2005 12:49:25 GMT -7
It could be the case that Webshots.com doesn't allow so called "remote linking" or "hot linking". Which means that one can post a link to their site but can not make the image to show up somewhere else (like forums or your own webpages) In that case the solution is to host your pics somewhere else where they allow remote linking. The service I use is at www.photobucket.com . You may also check www.imageshack.us/
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Post by rdywenur on Nov 26, 2005 13:11:19 GMT -7
Forza you rock !!!!!
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nancy
European
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Post by nancy on Nov 26, 2005 13:44:56 GMT -7
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Post by hollister on Nov 26, 2005 16:19:25 GMT -7
[/quote] I still remember when I was a tour-guide taking people back from Auschwitz and then we saw the farmer with the horse which was pulling up syrena.... the foreign tourists rushed to the windows to do some pictures and I felt... ashamed[/quote]
Jaga, I don't think you have to feel ashamed...They very well may have been thinking "Hey! Thay reminds me of home!"
The rural area between Warsaw and Krakow reminded me a lot of the farms where I grew up - smaller yes but stilll the same. It made me feel a "kinship" that farmers are farmers no matter where you find them. When I saw the families out working my first thought was of my grandparents. I felt "at home" and as if for a moment I wasn't a visitor. It was a wonderful feeling. If anything I felt a sense of loss.
Then again seeing how some of the other tourists acted I maybe giving them too much allowance!
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Post by rdywenur on Nov 26, 2005 18:05:46 GMT -7
Well when I saw my horse whose picture I took. I got excited because to me this is what is Poland. This was the culture and the real people. This was a chance for a beautiful picture and memory to be captured. Now my mom and everyone with me thought I was nuts taking pictures of horses. I also took a photo of a goat on top of a hill near Kalwaria. Those were my Kodak moments.
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Post by Jaga on Nov 26, 2005 18:18:05 GMT -7
Nancy, thanks. I do not knwo that much about webshots but I like one of his pictures, I hope he would let me to post it. I also like a couple of your pictures You need to learn to fly and do more airview pictures for me ;D
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Post by Jaga on Nov 26, 2005 18:19:26 GMT -7
Poles are extremely progressive, during the last 15 years Poland and Poles en bloc have mentally progressed to the extent other nations neeed half century to accomplish. It was (and still is) an inbeleivable experience to live through that! Charm of Poland is partly resulting from the mixture of urban and rural hi-tech with the real oldies still operating (in people's heads here-and-there, too). now - we did it with our own hands! No Marshal-plan This reminds almost a Japan - since Japan is a mixture of really old samuraj culture and a high tech - but probably in Poland not to such an extend
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Post by rdywenur on Nov 26, 2005 18:21:33 GMT -7
Jaga, I was readiing about this guy who take sphotos by attaching them to a kite and then shoots with a timer on camera. He has taken great air shots doing it this way. Cool, huh!!!
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Post by Jaga on Nov 26, 2005 18:24:32 GMT -7
Well when I saw my horse whose picture I took. I got excited because to me this is what is Poland. This was the culture and the real people. This was a chance for a beautiful picture and memory to be captured. Now my mom and everyone with me thought I was nuts taking pictures of horses. I also took a photo of a goat on top of a hill near Kalwaria. Those were my Kodak moments. Chris, would you let me to post your horse picture also of course with the link to your site
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Post by Jaga on Nov 26, 2005 18:26:03 GMT -7
Holly,
you may be right. My husband was telling me the same thing about his grandarents living on the farm. One day we went to the house they lived in the middle of nowhere (their farm). The conditions there were really very simple, I was quite amazed, so much changed!!!
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Post by rdywenur on Nov 26, 2005 18:29:30 GMT -7
Oh my God............that one photo of picture taken out of window was too close to home. Reminded me of the time I flew over the Grand Canyon. I was so unfortunate to be put on the glass door side of the helicoptor. So everytime we dipped it felt as if I was going to slide right out the door. My whole half hour ride was spent praying to God and shooting out the window with out looking... I had to ride with eyes wide closed. Tha t photo was too virtual for me.
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Post by rdywenur on Nov 26, 2005 18:37:58 GMT -7
Sure Jaga be my guest . I also have some photos of a village. Maybe someone has been there. It is shapped in a U. And it has all very very old houses mor like a museum. I think real people live there but they must keep the houses as is. I will post these also for you after I scan them in first.
Chris,
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Post by jimpres on Nov 26, 2005 21:07:33 GMT -7
Here is a URL Skrwilno a village about 1km from where my family comes from. There is a link on the site to aerial shots of the town. The church has a cemetery in the back where most of my ancestors are buried. skrwilno.republika.pl/
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