Lol! I vaguely remember that.
On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > Gonz wrote: > >>How did the cormorant end up as the PDML bird anyhow? > > The Story of the Cormorant: > Way back in the mists of time, probably early in the first decade of > this century, a PDML member named Christian Skofteland was known for > some pretty damned good bird photography. One day he posted a nice > shot of a cormorant in front of a dramatic sky at sunset. Great shot, > but he lamented about the composition he'd been forced into (probably > due to objects that would have intruded into the image if he'd moved > the camera at all). Cotty pointed out that the extra space at the top > of the image would be ideal if it were to be used for the cover shot > of a magazine — the space was perfect for where the masthead would go. > To prove his point Cotty made a quick mock-up of how such a magazine > might look: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/cormorant-times.jpg > > There followed a torrent of fake magazine covers from a great many > members of the PDML. But the first was "Cormorant Times" and that's > the one that has defined the PDML, for good or ill (or perhaps both), > ever since. > > -- > Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia > www.robertstech.com > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -- Reduce your Government Footprint -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
