While checking for Ebay auctions and
Stephen Gayford pictures...
I checked the images and their sizes...
and learnt something new...
Though images remain online for a few months,
it helps to know that we may get the different
sizes for images that better fit our web browser
window by editing a known image URL...
eg rename: letter l then 400 (400 pixels height).
We merely test what works for us, or use the
F11 key to increase the screen height a bit more
and later use F11 again to reset the height.
http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l400/m/
longname.jpg
Once created, the right-click, Save As option
helps save an image, or edit the image name to
match the painting's title and its height size.
mountain-majesty-ebay-400.jpg and
mountain-majesty-ebay-400b.jpg
Remember there may be other ebay auctions for
the same print title. These may have even better
images with or without frames eg ebay search
auction description, title, usually viewing a
thumbnail shown as a 140 pixels image:
Right-click, Properties displays part of the URL.
3 clicks to select all. NB Control C to copy.
http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/
mLa7mzT-PVwaSOSCgKdSbkA/140.jpg
It helps to get to see the medium size image.
NB URL with that first d/ letter l then 225 for
medium 225 pixels image eg this type of URL:
http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/
mvkjxZmifWQF4yoObNYtQeA.jpg
We can edit 225 for a different size test:
250, 300, 375, 400, 450, 480, 500
http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l250/m/
mvkjxZmifWQF4yoObNYtQeA.jpg
http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l300/m/
mvkjxZmifWQF4yoObNYtQeA.jpg
http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l375/m/
mvkjxZmifWQF4yoObNYtQeA.jpg
http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l400/m/
mvkjxZmifWQF4yoObNYtQeA.jpg
http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l450/m/
mvkjxZmifWQF4yoObNYtQeA.jpg
http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l480/m/
mvkjxZmifWQF4yoObNYtQeA.jpg
http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l500/m/
mvkjxZmifWQF4yoObNYtQeA.jpg
Each image is created by Ebay and with a
different file size. The web browser displays
each with a small margin above and to the left.
These are alternatives to the mouse over way
to view the large image. Full large size image:
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzY1WDEwMjQ=/z/
FakAAOSwGvhUEgtr/$_57.JPG
Such an auction display image may be medium,
large or even a giant size and still worth saving.
Denis Martindale, copyright, September 2014.
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Saturday 20 September 2014
STEPHEN GAYFORD
IMAGE PRINTS ON EBAY
GIANT PANDA!
A baby Panda has to eat,
How else can Pandas grow?
He has to stand upon his feet,
To go where he must go!
He has to blossom like a rose
That rises to the sun
And that's the answer, Heaven knows,
Why chewing must be done...
But left alone to chew, chew, chew,
The growing Panda swells!
His belly bulges into view,
As he does nothing else...
As if there's reason to make haste
While he looks mighty glad,
No exercise to trim his waist,
He looks just like his Dad!
But Giant Panda, must you stay
As plumped up as you are?
It's for your sake, I dare to say,
Look out! You've gone too far!
You used to be quite thin and flat!
Why make each day a feast?
Go on a diet! Lose that fat!
Lose thirty pounds at least!
Denis Martindale, copyright, September 2014.
The poem is based on the magnificent wildlife
painting by Stephen Gayford nb Google search:
gayfordgallery
Find more wildlife poems using Google search
for the search phrase Stephen Gayford poetry.
https://www.google.co.uk/#q=Stephen+Gayford+poetry
Poem shared here:
http://poemhunter.com/poem/giant-panda/
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Shortcut: http://tinyurl.com/giant-panda-poem
http://denis-martindale.blogspot.com/2014/09/giant-panda.html
My Poetry website: http://poem.says.it
My Stephen Gayford tribute poems are here:
http://poemhunter.com/poem/stephen-gayford/
http://poemhunter.com/poem/the-prince-of-prints-2/
http://poemhunter.com/poem/a-brush-with-genius/
http://poemhunter.com/poem/gayford-gallery/
The Stephen Gayford Gallery website is here:
http://www.gayfordgallery.com
It was being updated in September 2014!
http://gayfordgallery.com/the-artist/
Youtube video: http://tinyurl.com/gayfordgallery-dot-com-video
Click-a-pic!
http://gayfordgallery.com/original-paintings/
http://gayfordgallery.com/originalwatercolours/
http://gayfordgallery.com/originalpencildrawings/
http://gayfordgallery.com/signedlimitededitionartistproofs/
There's also a Guest Book!
http://users2.smartgb.com/g/g.php?a=s&i=g25-52612-21
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The Stephen Gayford poems can be viewed here:
poemhunter.com links:
http://tinyurl.com/gayfordpoems or
http://tinyurl.com/gayfordpoems2
(that's for the A to Z title listings)
blog website links:
http://denis-martindale.blogspot.com
http://tinyurl.com/stephen-gayford-poetry
Framed pictures can be bought from UK websites,
NB use zoom-in feature when viewing pictures.
http://search.ebay.co.uk/stephen-gayford
http://www.amazon.co.uk
http://www.preloved.co.uk
https://www.google.co.uk/#q=Stephen+Gayford
http://www.baato.co.uk/stephen%20gayford
(Various website sales of Stephen Gayford prints.)
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DAYDREAMER...
This gorilla was playful now,
With innocence so clear,
His heart was full of joy somehow,
Without one trace of fear...
To him, the world seemed full of love,
His family nearby,
The times were neither rough nor tough,
No cause to sigh or cry...
He lacked the knowledge yet to be,
Of struggles dead ahead,
Life held no sense of urgency,
No troubles filled his head...
He knew not death or pain or strife,
He knew not love's remorse,
He only smiled the smiles of life,
He couldn't see its flaws...
Nor did he know how Man would smile,
His homeland to remove,
That time would come in a short while,
No chance to disapprove...
Daydreamer, savour every day,
Endangered till life's end,
You've some time left, so play, play, play,
I'll pray for you, dear friend...
Denis Martindale, copyright, September 2014.
The poem is based on the magnificent wildlife
painting of a baby gorilla, entitled Daydreamer,
by Stephen Gayford. Google search my poems
using the search phrase Stephen Gayford.
https://www.google.co.uk/#q=Stephen+Gayford+poetry
Poem shared here:
http://poemhunter.com/poem/daydreamer-15/
Printer-friendly text version, nb increase text size:
http://poemhunter.com/best-poems/denis-martindale/daydreamer-15/
Shortcut: http://tinyurl.com/daydreamer-poem
http://denis-martindale.blogspot.com/2014/09/daydreamer.html
My Poetry website: http://denismartindale.co.uk
My Stephen Gayford tribute poems are here:
http://poemhunter.com/poem/stephen-gayford/
http://poemhunter.com/poem/the-prince-of-prints-2/
http://poemhunter.com/poem/a-brush-with-genius/
http://poemhunter.com/poem/gayford-gallery/
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The Stephen Gayford poems can be viewed here:
poemhunter.com links:
http://tinyurl.com/gayfordpoems or
http://tinyurl.com/gayfordpoems2
(that's for the A to Z title listings)
blog website links:
http://denis-martindale.blogspot.com
http://tinyurl.com/stephen-gayford-poetry
Framed pictures can be bought from UK websites,
NB use zoom-in feature when viewing pictures.
http://search.ebay.co.uk/stephen-gayford
http://www.amazon.co.uk
http://www.preloved.co.uk
https://www.google.co.uk/#q=Stephen+Gayford
http://www.baato.co.uk/stephen%20gayford
(Various website sales of Stephen Gayford prints.)
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WATCHFUL, TOO...
The leopard sensed a presence near,
Its size as yet unknown,
His watchful look expressed no fear,
He was within the zone...
The place where feelings reach their height,
The place where death awaits,
The place where leopards use insight,
Forget all loves and hates...
The watchful look makes hearts beat fast,
His heart was just the same,
While mean and moody, not downcast,
No legend left to claim...
If fighting was the way to go,
Each second's life or death,
His only power was to know,
While he conserved his breath...
This time, the unknown creature stood,
No threat to him at all,
Thus peace came to the neighbourhood,
As if a miracle...
It's how life lives beneath the sun
From coast to coast to coast,
Their readiness to fight or run,
Survival uppermost...
Denis Martindale, copyright, September 2014.
Poem based on the magnificent Watchful II
painting by Stephen Gayford nb Google search:
gayfordgallery
Find more wildlife poems using Google search
for the search phrase Stephen Gayford poetry.
https://www.google.co.uk/#q=Stephen+Gayford+poetry
Poem shared here:
http://poemhunter.com/poem/watchful-too/
Printer-friendly text version, nb increase text size:
http://poemhunter.com/best-poems/denis-martindale/watchful-too/
Shortcut: http://tinyurl.com/watchful-too
http://denis-martindale.blogspot.com/2014/09/watchful-too.html
My Poetry website: http://poem.says.it
My Stephen Gayford tribute poems are here:
http://poemhunter.com/poem/stephen-gayford/
http://poemhunter.com/poem/the-prince-of-prints-2/
http://poemhunter.com/poem/a-brush-with-genius/
http://poemhunter.com/poem/gayford-gallery/
The Stephen Gayford Gallery website is here:
http://www.gayfordgallery.com
It was being updated in September 2014!
http://gayfordgallery.com/the-artist/
Youtube video: http://tinyurl.com/gayfordgallery-dot-com-video
Click-a-pic!
http://gayfordgallery.com/original-paintings/
http://gayfordgallery.com/originalwatercolours/
http://gayfordgallery.com/originalpencildrawings/
http://gayfordgallery.com/signedlimitededitionartistproofs/
There's also a Guest Book!
http://users2.smartgb.com/g/g.php?a=s&i=g25-52612-21
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
The Stephen Gayford poems can be viewed here:
poemhunter.com links:
http://tinyurl.com/gayfordpoems or
http://tinyurl.com/gayfordpoems2
(that's for the A to Z title listings)
blog website links:
http://denis-martindale.blogspot.com
http://tinyurl.com/stephen-gayford-poetry
Framed pictures can be bought from UK websites,
NB use zoom-in feature when viewing pictures.
http://search.ebay.co.uk/stephen-gayford
http://www.amazon.co.uk
http://www.preloved.co.uk
https://www.google.co.uk/#q=Stephen+Gayford
http://www.baato.co.uk/stephen%20gayford
(Various website sales of Stephen Gayford prints.)
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SPOTTED WIND
The chasing cheetah skimmed the land,
Like pebbles cross the stream,
The sight of him was mighty grand,
For he looked quite supreme...
With spotted fur that blurred from view
While rising dust flew back,
The cheetah knew what he must do!
Attack, attack, attack...
Despite the spectacle I saw,
That predator must live,
A solemn fact not to ignore,
No mercy left to give...
When hunger grows, what choice remains?
Lay down, submit and die?
Or choose to hunt across the plains,
No more content to sigh?
To seize the day... or die at night?
Live long enough to mate?
Face life head-on, with all his might,
Or feebly face his fate?
He made his choice, survival first,
All other lives come last...
How come so focussed, so immersed?
His future, not his past...
Denis Martindale, copyright, September 2014.
The poem is based on the magnificent wildlife
painting by Stephen Gayford nb Google search:
gayfordgallery
Find more wildlife poems using Google search
for the search phrase Stephen Gayford poetry.
https://www.google.co.uk/#q=Stephen+Gayford+poetry
Poem shared here:
http://poemhunter.com/poem/spotted-wind/
Printer-friendly text version, nb increase text size:
http://poemhunter.com/best-poems/denis-martindale/spotted-wind/
Shortcut: http://tinyurl.com/spotted-wind
http://denis-martindale.blogspot.com/2014/09/spotted-wind.html
My Poetry website: http://poem.says.it
My Stephen Gayford tribute poems are here:
http://poemhunter.com/poem/stephen-gayford/
http://poemhunter.com/poem/the-prince-of-prints-2/
http://poemhunter.com/poem/a-brush-with-genius/
http://poemhunter.com/poem/gayford-gallery/
The Stephen Gayford Gallery website is here:
http://www.gayfordgallery.com
It was being updated in September 2014!
http://gayfordgallery.com/the-artist/
Youtube video: http://tinyurl.com/gayfordgallery-dot-com-video
Click-a-pic!
http://gayfordgallery.com/original-paintings/
http://gayfordgallery.com/originalwatercolours/
http://gayfordgallery.com/originalpencildrawings/
http://gayfordgallery.com/signedlimitededitionartistproofs/
There's also a Guest Book!
http://users2.smartgb.com/g/g.php?a=s&i=g25-52612-21
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
The Stephen Gayford poems can be viewed here:
poemhunter.com links:
http://tinyurl.com/gayfordpoems or
http://tinyurl.com/gayfordpoems2
(that's for the A to Z title listings)
blog website links:
http://denis-martindale.blogspot.com
http://tinyurl.com/stephen-gayford-poetry
Framed pictures can be bought from UK websites,
NB use zoom-in feature when viewing pictures.
http://search.ebay.co.uk/stephen-gayford
http://www.amazon.co.uk
http://www.preloved.co.uk
https://www.google.co.uk/#q=Stephen+Gayford
http://www.baato.co.uk/stephen%20gayford
(Various website sales of Stephen Gayford prints.)
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SERENGETI CHEETAH
The Serengeti cheetah grinned,
A sour puss no more,
As he laid 'mid the evening wind,
The sun long since a chore...
His tail no longer swished around
To signal his dismay,
It gently rested on cool ground,
Determined there to stay...
For soon the moon would circle high,
Its vigil to repeat,
Replacing sunlight in the sky,
As if it must compete...
A restfulness had thus appeared,
Before the twilight's touch
And as it ever closer steered,
He liked it very much...
Gone was the bright light hurting eyes,
Gone was the heat so strong,
Gone was the dust-filled air that dries,
Gone was the day... so long!
Now was the time, the in-between,
The magic hour blessed,
Suffice to say he wasn't keen
To live through all the rest...
Denis Martindale, copyright, September 2014.
Poem about a magnificent wildlife painting,
Serengeti Evening by Stephen Gayford...
nb Google search: gayfordgallery
Find more wildlife poems using Google search
for the search phrase Stephen Gayford poetry.
https://www.google.co.uk/#q=Stephen+Gayford+poetry
Poem shared here:
http://poemhunter.com/poem/serengeti-cheetah/
Printer-friendly text version, nb increase text size:
http://poemhunter.com/best-poems/denis-martindale/serengeti-cheetah/
Shortcut: http://tinyurl.com/serengeti-cheetah
http://denis-martindale.blogspot.com/2014/09/serengeti-cheetah.html
My Poetry website: http://poem.says.it
My Stephen Gayford tribute poems are here:
http://poemhunter.com/poem/stephen-gayford/
http://poemhunter.com/poem/the-prince-of-prints-2/
http://poemhunter.com/poem/a-brush-with-genius/
http://poemhunter.com/poem/gayford-gallery/
The Stephen Gayford Gallery website is here:
http://www.gayfordgallery.com
It was being updated in September 2014!
http://gayfordgallery.com/the-artist/
Youtube video: http://tinyurl.com/gayfordgallery-dot-com-video
Click-a-pic!
http://gayfordgallery.com/original-paintings/
http://gayfordgallery.com/originalwatercolours/
http://gayfordgallery.com/originalpencildrawings/
http://gayfordgallery.com/signedlimitededitionartistproofs/
There's also a Guest Book!
http://users2.smartgb.com/g/g.php?a=s&i=g25-52612-21
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
The Stephen Gayford poems can be viewed here:
poemhunter.com links:
http://tinyurl.com/gayfordpoems or
http://tinyurl.com/gayfordpoems2
(that's for the A to Z title listings)
blog website links:
http://denis-martindale.blogspot.com
http://tinyurl.com/stephen-gayford-poetry
Framed pictures can be bought from UK websites,
NB use zoom-in feature when viewing pictures.
http://search.ebay.co.uk/stephen-gayford
http://www.amazon.co.uk
http://www.preloved.co.uk
https://www.google.co.uk/#q=Stephen+Gayford
http://www.baato.co.uk/stephen%20gayford
(Various website sales of Stephen Gayford prints.)
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MOUNTAIN MAJESTY
Snow leopard's fur, you blend so well,
You match that yonder rock,
I had to stare enough to tell
And then got quite a shock...
Snow leopard, look at you, so fine,
Relaxed like cats can be,
Yet what can match such great design
Or mountain majesty?
Ascending high, descending low,
Both up and down you climb,
It doesn't matter where you go,
You'll always look sublime...
Yes, that's your portion, so it seems,
To melt into each scene,
The gift to vanish 'mid our dreams,
Then lie there so serene...
Surviving Winter's cold embrace,
Its random swirling winds,
You simply meet them face-to-face
As each new one begins...
That touch of class endures them all,
Forever and a day
And that's the reason I'll recall
Your beauty, come what may...
Denis Martindale, copyright, September 2014.
The poem is based on the magnificent painting by
Stephen Gayford, nb Google search gayfordgallery.
Find more wildlife poems using Google search
for the search phrase Stephen Gayford poetry.
https://www.google.co.uk/#q=Stephen+Gayford+poetry
Poem shared here:
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/mountain-majesty/
Printer-friendly text version, nb increase text size:
http://www.poemhunter.com/best-poems/denis-martindale/mountain-majesty/
Shortcut: http://tinyurl.com/mountain-majesty
http://denis-martindale.blogspot.com/2014/09/mountain-majesty.html
My Poetry website: http://poem.says.it
My Stephen Gayford tribute poems are here:
http://poemhunter.com/poem/stephen-gayford/
http://poemhunter.com/poem/the-prince-of-prints-2/
http://poemhunter.com/poem/a-brush-with-genius/
http://poemhunter.com/poem/gayford-gallery/
The Stephen Gayford Gallery website is here:
http://www.gayfordgallery.com
It was being updated in September 2014!
http://gayfordgallery.com/the-artist/
Youtube video: http://tinyurl.com/gayfordgallery-dot-com-video
Click-a-pic!
http://gayfordgallery.com/original-paintings/
http://gayfordgallery.com/originalwatercolours/
http://gayfordgallery.com/originalpencildrawings/
http://gayfordgallery.com/signedlimitededitionartistproofs/
There's also a Guest Book!
http://users2.smartgb.com/g/g.php?a=s&i=g25-52612-21
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
The Stephen Gayford poems can be viewed here:
poemhunter.com links:
http://tinyurl.com/gayfordpoems or
http://tinyurl.com/gayfordpoems2
(that's for the A to Z title listings)
blog website links:
http://denis-martindale.blogspot.com
http://tinyurl.com/stephen-gayford-poetry
Framed pictures can be bought from UK websites,
NB use zoom-in feature when viewing pictures.
http://search.ebay.co.uk/stephen-gayford
http://www.amazon.co.uk
http://www.preloved.co.uk
https://www.google.co.uk/#q=Stephen+Gayford
http://www.baato.co.uk/stephen%20gayford
(Various website sales of Stephen Gayford prints.)
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