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07-JUN-2006 Helen Betts

8th
It's the Little Things that Count
by Helen Betts

Ankara, Turkey

Turkish has some unusual letters in it, most of them captured here. The worst, when using this keyboard, is the capital "I" with a dot on top, which I hit without fail instead of the one in English without the dot. However, Turkish also has an "I" that has no dot, in either upper or lower case. It drives me crazy when editing!

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Helen Betts12-Jun-2006 15:57
Thanks all for the comments. I just took the picture in a dark room and illuminated the keys with an LED flashlight. I liked the resulting effect, especially since the letters themselves were quite prominent. No, I don't have to edit in Turkish, but as you can imagine all the proper names, place names, companies, etc., are in Turkish so we are able to correct or insert those with this kind of keyboard. I realized after I shot it that I had cut the "I" without a dot out of the picture, but since it looks like a normal "I" (except when it's lower case) I didn't think it would really have much meaning, anyway. Helen
Katherine Stanback's Photos12-Jun-2006 15:00
Cool shot - very interesting! Do you have to do some editing and writing in Turkish for the newspaper?
Konica Minolta Users12-Jun-2006 00:33
Creative. How you shots this Helen..? Was it in a dark room & b&w..? [Tabrizi]
Karen 08-Jun-2006 00:18
This looks like a tool I'd struggle with! I have enough trouble typing in English on a standard keyboard. I like the shadows and bright highlights, as well as the bright white letters, in this shot.