tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post9037592469126927344..comments2024-03-19T00:17:41.069+13:00Comments on Timespanner: Electrifying Auckland, 1908-1925Timespannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-45258372636317262352011-01-12T21:20:36.036+13:002011-01-12T21:20:36.036+13:00I still do cart around a notebook, pens and pencil...I still do cart around a notebook, pens and pencils (I need the notebook and pencils at the Museum Library, still, for instance) -- but digital photography is replacing a lot of the old drudgery, yes.Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-23196045366155825592011-01-12T21:13:28.870+13:002011-01-12T21:13:28.870+13:00I loveeee digital photography :D sure the hell sav...I loveeee digital photography :D sure the hell saves you carting around notebooks and pens!Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15596980842958337137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-91531023253794317032011-01-12T16:51:26.549+13:002011-01-12T16:51:26.549+13:00I do similar, usually the whole grave, then a clos...I do similar, usually the whole grave, then a close up so my ageing eyes back home can make out which is which ...! :-)Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-15627997109041362502011-01-12T16:44:50.471+13:002011-01-12T16:44:50.471+13:00:-)
I always do a distance and a close up shot of ...:-)<br />I always do a distance and a close up shot of pretty much all my headstones. The odd one i don't have too but i find the surrounding of the stone as interesting as the stone itself. Sometimes i can't help myself..i take more!<br /><br />Cheers<br />SSandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15596980842958337137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-84731617403427701682011-01-12T06:56:09.961+13:002011-01-12T06:56:09.961+13:00!!!
I guess I was so struck by the grave's co...!!!<br /><br />I guess I was so struck by the grave's condition, I didn't notice the other photo. D'oh! :-)<br /><br />Cool - both would be great (might head in today, I'll see how things go ...)Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-24668227040131966832011-01-12T06:52:59.888+13:002011-01-12T06:52:59.888+13:00oh... you do realise there are two photos of the g...oh... you do realise there are two photos of the grave? One beside the other in that flickr set. The other is a close up of the stone. Feel free to use both.<br /><br />Cheers<br />SSandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15596980842958337137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-82307516807909109622011-01-12T06:52:12.425+13:002011-01-12T06:52:12.425+13:00Awesome, Sandy. Watch this space!Awesome, Sandy. Watch this space!Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-30392224252880193192011-01-12T06:51:03.104+13:002011-01-12T06:51:03.104+13:00Very good timing! ;-)
No problems at all Lisa, go...Very good timing! ;-)<br /><br />No problems at all Lisa, go for it! Only too glad it can be used for something.<br /><br />I felt quite sad at the condition of the grave :-(<br /><br />Cheers and have a great day..looks like another scorcher!<br /><br />SSandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15596980842958337137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-58706907446477236552011-01-12T06:34:19.722+13:002011-01-12T06:34:19.722+13:00Oh, my word -- that happened a month after the art...Oh, my word -- that happened a month after the article! Would you mind, Sandy, if I used your photo (with credit) along with the articles you found in a separate post? I'll be in the library later this week -- I'll see what the <i>Herald</i> and <i>Star</i> said as well.Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-50722096422512395692011-01-12T00:31:45.595+13:002011-01-12T00:31:45.595+13:00Well how fortuitous! I just photographed the grav...Well how fortuitous! I just photographed the grave at Purewa Cemetery last week of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/porkynz/5329685084/" rel="nofollow">Mr. Alexander Wyllie,</a>B.A., B.SC., M.I.E.E.<br />1st General Manager Auckland Electric Power Board who died 6th June 1925 aged 56 years.<br /><br />Great post!<br />SandySandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15596980842958337137noreply@blogger.com