Sandy Vongries Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Winning entries of National Geographic's picture contest | Daily Mail Online 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles_Webster Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Thanks for sharing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerrySiegel Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Makes me appreciate my big Apple Retina screen all the more Sandy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkka_nissila Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 You can see just the images and background stories directly on National Geographic’s web site (and avoid all the unsafe links on the DM web site): 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year | National Geographic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Vongries Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 and avoid all the unsafe links on the DM web site If you mean that in a technical / computer sense, I haven't encountered any. If you are speaking ideologically, I suppose the risks vary depending on belief system. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman 202 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Sandy, I respect your political view but the DM is another kettle of fish. It breeds hate. You’ve never come across like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Vongries Posted December 13, 2017 Author Share Posted December 13, 2017 I respect your political view Norman, I respect yours equally, and find your photos to be of considerable interest. I read selectively- the Mail is FAST and often has Scoops. Ex my disaffection in re: Corbyn and his minyons, and my considerable fondness for Great Britain, it is none of my business. The Mail also gives a lot of space to photography, which is unusual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman 202 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Fair enough, Sandy. If I (or others) post a link to the original site bypassing the DM, it’s not personal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkka_nissila Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 (edited) If you mean that in a technical / computer sense, I haven't encountered any. If you are speaking ideologically, I suppose the risks vary depending on belief system. :D I find that when navigating their site, there are so many links, even just trying to stay within one article, it is difficult to avoid accidentally clicking on an unrelated link and my computer was subjected to a virus attack from just such an accidental clicking when browsing an article on their site. I would rather avoid it, in my opinion it is the responsibility of a publisher to vet the links to be safe. The National Geographic site stays better on topic. Edited December 14, 2017 by ilkka_nissila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman 202 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 NG site 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year | National Geographic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Vongries Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 The National Geographic site stays better on topic. My family subscribed to Geographic going back to my Great Grandfather. Sometime in the late '80's, I got tired of their agenda and cancelled my subscription. Haven't seen a copy since. I will always put Daily Mail in the title of Photo posts- anyone will be able to avoid or go directly to the source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norma Desmond Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 My family subscribed to Geographic going back to my Great Grandfather. Sometime in the late '80's, I got tired of their agenda and cancelled my subscription. Providing at least some proof that the old adage doesn’t always apply and that sometimes the apple does, in fact, fall far from the tree. :) We didn't need dialogue. We had faces! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Vongries Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 the apple does, in fact, fall far from the tree. Fred, you know absolutely nothing about that particular tree, but don't let that stop you from making your frequently vacuous comments.:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 (edited) "Sandy, I respect your political view but the DM is another kettle of fish. It breeds hate. You’ve never come across like that."Norman. You seem to me a very decent bloke with a good sense of humor......hey, the cowboy food, of beans and grits thing, eaten on a open fire on starry nights. Okay, got the bean thing but what are grits? The Daily Mail supported some not vey nice people when the world was about to go up in flames. 60,000 march in Poland! some not very nice people....I wonder what English paper they would read. Edited December 14, 2017 by Allen Herbert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Don't let me have to tell you off again, Sandy. And, yes, they have let me out today:)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Vongries Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 It is a flipping tabloid, not the Bible. That said there are few papers of any political stripe that can be trusted. I believe reading a spectrum, and deciding for one's self based on diverse data is the best one can do. Propaganda is propaganda regardless of the source. Prime consideration is that it has frequent and often interesting photo features, as posted. I will keep posting those, identified for self censors to easily avoid. Think of it as an economic boon to your dentists - they profit on tooth grinding.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 "It is a flipping tabloid, not the Bible" "The pen is mightier than the sword ."Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1839 But what are grits ,Sandy. And do they grind your teeth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Vongries Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 Hardly a staple this far North. a dish of coarsely ground corn kernels boiled with water or milk. - if stone ground as on olden days, they might just. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Now I know. Strangely, since a little kid watching cowboy films, I always wondered what they were.. Funny thing to have on your mind for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 "I will keep posting those, identified for self censors to easily avoid. Think of it as an economic boon to your dentists - they profit on tooth grinding.:D" Sandy. Knew you would say that, Sandy.. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Sandy likes to share some photos....which is really nice. Okay, from not a savory place for some folks, including me. Hey Ho so what. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Just found a soapbox to stand and preach on.....cool or what.. Hate always like to take on a subtle form playing on fears and creating prejudice. A silent shadow which hides in the dark offering open arms of innocent persuasion. It then turns humanity against humanity and feeds of the hate. And then folks die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Vongries Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 Oh, Lord. Be sure the box will bear your weight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Not sure, Sandy....all these words are weighting me down....they just will not stop. You have called on the Lord, Sandy. Is he an important part of your life? Do you feel a love for your Lord? do you reflect that love to your fellows of humanity? "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that" Got to go I have been called;) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerrySiegel Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 (edited) We all share a common love of country. We all share a passion for what is enjoyable in photos. I only flatly reject tabloids like our National Enquirer ( which is distorted, vulgar and often truly gross in its main content.) I like to look at awesome landscapes. Stuff for screensaver quality. I read a wide variety of pubs. National Geographic is great for photos. I go for its environmental messaging as well. And its photo essays. I value my Economis subscription which leads me to some insight into other countries and other values. Same for Guardian on line. I often disagree with the flavor of analyses, but does not stop me, meaning never fails to get me thinking and questioning . Or questioning my own viewpoint which is well formed to say the least by now but not un ambivalent... Which means this is the best we can expect from a publication. Or a forum. Or facebook feed.. Vive la difference to coin a phrase. Immersion in another culture or world mindset is tough and getting tougher I see. Missing out on it is worse though. They call it a bubble if you are intrested. That is all I have on the topic of the day. Mahalo and Happy Christmas and Channukah. Aloha as well. :) Edited December 15, 2017 by GerrySiegel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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