Posted on 11/07/2021 3:05:00 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets
LIQHOYQHL Y MEEYDH SZLO TFHR VIC'L EHMCG OI FMDH LIQHIRH UXYUA OFH LFZOOHE. ― MRLHX MCMQL
The way it works is a letter stands for another letter. For example: AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW (does not apply to today's cryptogram).
Beware, the game is very addictive. If this is your first time, don't be intimidated, you’ll be solving them all within a few days. If you’re stumped, take a break and return to it.
PLEASE DO NOT post the answer in general comments, but DO post your time and how you made out.
You can certainly send your solution to my private reply, or if you need a hint for today’s Cryptogram ASK THE GROUP FOR HELP!
I suggest printing these out and work them on paper. If you need a little help you can copy and paste it to Hal’s Helper below.
You can then work on the puzzle without using pen and paper, but I recommend that you do NOT look at the letter counter.
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If you need a clue ask the group to send you a letter to your private reply.
4 minutes good
3 minutes excellent
2 minutes exceptional
90 seconds superior
Spoiler alert: Story of the Picture
Observations by the author, on two different ocassions:
It was made after sundown, there was a twilight glow on the distant peaks and clouds. The average light values of the foreground were placed on the "U" of the Weston Master meter; apparently the values of the moon and distant peaks did not lie higher than the "A" of the meter ...[b] Some may consider this photograph a "tour de force" but I think of it as a rather normal photograph of a typical New Mexican landscape. Twilight photography is unfortunately neglected; what may be drab and uninteresting by daylight may assume a magnificent quality in the halflight between sunset and dark....
I could not find my Weston exposure meter! The situation was desperate: the low sun was trailing the edge of clouds in the west, and shadow would soon dim the white crosses ... I suddenly realized that I knew the luminance of the Moon – 250 cd/ft2. Using the Exposure Formula, I placed this value on Zone VII ... Realizing as I released the shutter that I had an unusual photograph which deserved a duplicate negative, I quickly reversed the film holder, but as I pulled the darkslide, the sunlight passed from the white crosses; I was a few seconds too late! The lone negative suddenly became precious.
“BEZ TMRJ U'HZ SZB UI LGQUR'J RZMRTALD
CZPZ - JEMTT CZ JMN? - VAPI AGB AY CZRTALD”
― RAPABEN QMPDZP
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
“THE LADS I'VE MET IN CUPID'S DEADLOCK
WERE - SHALL WE SAY? - BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK”
― DOROTHY PARKER.
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A camera guy like no other.. Wide open spaces, indeed.
-PJ
3 minutes. I saw the first two words immediately.
Say cheese!
I have his books and applied (as far as I could) his techniques back in the days of wet laboratory work... there’s no art in digital.
I would not say that there is no art in digital. It expands horizons, and opens up photography to a wider audience. With my hold SLR, a roll of film developed cost as much as a night in good hotel. Now my grandkids can snap away at a picnic and get very good results.
Last name, but wait, not either of those guys, it’s that other guy with the name made famous in Boston.
With the name, everything is ready to click.
“I suddenly realized that I knew the luminance of the Moon – 250 cd/ft2”
You will never hear that these days.
Yes, I figured someone would call me out on that - and I’ll partially retract it. “Craftsmanship” would’ve been perhaps more fitting.
Anyway, after I lost access to a lab, and other matters took over life (like work!) I drifted away from photography. I have a nice collection of b/w prints that I will continue to enjoy, knowing all the effort that went into them.
And, as you point out the costs for each roll of film back then - yep, that made you THINK before pressing the shutter. I considered that a good thing. :)
You've never met my wife.
Touché.
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