Post A86sT18ZzSxbIsPOhU by gwmngilfen@fosstodon.org
(DIR) More posts by gwmngilfen@fosstodon.org
(DIR) Post #A86mIOV0C06YqdRpZY by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-06-09T11:48:57Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
For those of you who don't have a picture of an English queen hanging on your walls, whose portrait would you display, and why?
(DIR) Post #A86ohr9oyiS2sVoGdk by withaveeay@mastodon.social
2021-06-09T12:15:57Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@fitheach Well here's a poor snap of the Princess hanging in our lounge. The artist was a neighbour. The original canvas was huge - perhaps 3 metres across.
(DIR) Post #A86pUkxaoAENqbPJWi by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-06-09T12:24:47Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@withaveeay Nice!The halo is slightly offset. 😃
(DIR) Post #A86phpHS3ZP70kvbw8 by kornel@mastodon.social
2021-06-09T12:27:09Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@fitheach @vfrmedia I've got Tereshkova.
(DIR) Post #A86pnzC07I1PUTJeTY by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-06-09T12:28:17Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@kornel Cool!Which room?@vfrmedia
(DIR) Post #A86qDVcyf1b5KG6XA0 by kornel@mastodon.social
2021-06-09T12:32:51Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@fitheach I'm my private space!
(DIR) Post #A86qvCvPYez03uZ0Uq by VoronoV@boitam.eu
2021-06-09T12:40:46Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@fitheach My grandmother at the age of 16, picture from Studio Harcourt, Paris 😎
(DIR) Post #A86rABSTIGpTrBAVrk by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-06-09T12:43:31Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@VoronoV Superb!Monochrome, I presume. I bet it is a lovely photo.Can you post an image?
(DIR) Post #A86sT18ZzSxbIsPOhU by gwmngilfen@fosstodon.org
2021-06-09T12:58:04Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@fitheach apologies for the glare, but its bright in here today :)
(DIR) Post #A86sniEHU8rCk5wZDE by wim_v12e@octodon.social
2021-06-09T13:01:50Z
1 likes, 0 repeats
@fitheach In my office at work I have a portrait of Schrödinger that I drew from a very small photograph. It is to remind me of my physicist roots.
(DIR) Post #A86tNl0OdokTmFdXMm by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-06-09T13:08:19Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@gwmngilfen Gandalf?Chucking it down with rain, here.
(DIR) Post #A86tg6ZpB5fntNxNwW by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-06-09T13:11:41Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@wim_v12e Excellent!You should def post a photo of the drawing.
(DIR) Post #A86u2RHyqpLIV7GBuq by gwmngilfen@fosstodon.org
2021-06-09T13:15:42Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@fitheach Gandalf indeed
(DIR) Post #A86usHdNzaARcDzfUm by VoronoV@boitam.eu
2021-06-09T13:25:03Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@fitheach Picture from 1934-1936 I think (so she was 20 or 21, not 16) because Harcourt was founded in 1934 and that was before she met my grandfather. She was an opera singer for a few years before WW2.(CW grandmother)
(DIR) Post #A86vLPjAyptP7AanFw by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-06-09T13:30:21Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@VoronoV Thanks for that.A lovely photo, and your grandmother was beautiful.The photo is less contrasty than the Harcourt portraits from the modern era. I wonder if that is a technical thing, or a style choice.
(DIR) Post #A86wuFZsoDvlj0Q9Kq by VoronoV@boitam.eu
2021-06-09T13:47:50Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@fitheach Could be a standard portrait for her book as a singer ?
(DIR) Post #A86y5SwrXOJ4Kh55pA by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-06-09T14:01:05Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@VoronoV Yes, could be.The studio is famous for doing contrasty portraits of celebrities. Perhaps, this style started after the period when your grandmother was photographed.https://www.studio-harcourt.com/portrait-prestige?lang=en
(DIR) Post #A86ySQgo6PZzzGWNV2 by Midder@todon.eu
2021-06-09T14:05:11Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@fitheach I don't have a portrait the only picture which is apt is a print on a @davidrovics poster of blackbeard the pirate.
(DIR) Post #A8713jmGIRMVoIzRzM by wizardofosmium@mastodon.social
2021-06-09T14:34:19Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@fitheach My great great grandfather, Michael McGrath. He played for Hibernian when they first formed in 1875.The original photograph is monochrome but my son added colour.
(DIR) Post #A872YrS1upzKXbvp5M by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-06-09T14:51:13Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@Midder "Lit his beard on fire..."That's quite some comment/protest.@davidrovics
(DIR) Post #A872nqOc7YFdc2TiEq by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-06-09T14:53:52Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@wizardofosmium Great photo.Presumably, from a plate camera, as the image is so sharp.I didn't realise that Hibs played in hoops, too.
(DIR) Post #A874m4IFgBsS2lmdPc by withaveeay@mastodon.social
2021-06-09T15:15:05Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@fitheach Yeah, sorry. Must get a decent pic of the painting. The artist, Gordon Howard, kindly gave us the print when we left Cape Town.He used to travel to the Kalahari & Namib and return with large numbers of slides, which he used as the basis for his paintings. Most were sold to corporate clients for lobbies, foyers, board rooms etc - they were huge, imposing canvasses.
(DIR) Post #A8755C314cOHaxmDK4 by Midder@todon.eu
2021-06-09T15:19:27Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@fitheachIFAIK this is something Blackbeard did to during the boarding of ships to intimidate.
(DIR) Post #A875ZxL1oSu8x3s1ei by clacke@libranet.de
2021-06-09T15:24:01Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
My boy room at my parents' has Freddie Mercury on the wall. But he's an English Queen so that doesn't answer your question.
(DIR) Post #A875asS5StQ45Sby4W by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-06-09T15:25:12Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@withaveeay No apology required, just a wee joke.I hope he had a long lens, I wouldn't want to be too close to the princess.
(DIR) Post #A875g2R5lwlIV2bgwq by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-06-09T15:26:08Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@Midder He would need a few months, at least, between boardings.
(DIR) Post #A879LSxCNsPwTk4QYy by wim_v12e@octodon.social
2021-06-09T16:07:10Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@fitheach When I go back to my office, one day, I'll do that!
(DIR) Post #A87A2XmwHkGvvOoRto by bruno@social.anoxinon.de
2021-06-09T16:15:02Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@fitheach Our Queen and Princess. 😍 But we don't have pictures of english royals hanging on walls here anyway. Ok, with exception of the UK Embassy... ;)
(DIR) Post #A87A8NJM9ThdATkw2y by bruno@social.anoxinon.de
2021-06-09T16:16:06Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@fitheach
(DIR) Post #A87dJfh32rfc2FZnuK by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-06-09T21:43:04Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@bruno "Our Queen and Princess"?Who are they?Legally, any embassy is part of the territory of the state in question.
(DIR) Post #A87dLQFVRBPAiOWqbw by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-06-09T21:43:24Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@bruno Ahh, that's much better.
(DIR) Post #A87dRrUt2hmqxdnGTo by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-06-09T21:44:33Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@wim_v12e Apart from seeing students, are you able to work effectively from home?
(DIR) Post #A88cdQo2CSQCrIf8uO by wim_v12e@octodon.social
2021-06-10T09:10:07Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@fitheach Even for seeing students. Everything we do is on line: teaching, labs. supervision, exams, admin, ...
(DIR) Post #A88dRWdomLmRR3lqCm by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-06-10T09:19:11Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@wim_v12e I've done countless online meetings with audio and video. They aren't the same as face-to-face meetings. Lots of social interaction interaction is missing, like making the pre-meeting coffee. Consequently, building a relationship takes longer.Maybe that's just me.
(DIR) Post #A89CAALNvJ0bkpbevA by sudoreboot@sunbeam.city
2021-06-10T15:48:12Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@fitheach@MidderI understand they were fuses hanging from his hat
(DIR) Post #A89N8T44RqBOjStuLY by wim_v12e@octodon.social
2021-06-10T17:51:07Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@fitheach It's not jut you, a lot of people feel that way. For integration of new colleagues it is definitely harder. It also depends on your personality. I never liked face-to-face meetings much except for technical research meetings with one or two people.