Re: GESO - Mister C. Goes to Washington
From: Steven Desjardins I like them. The public buildings in DC are not know for their warm tones. I like to refer to the architectural style as Federal Massive On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: I had to stay the weekend in D.C. for a work seminar several weeks ago and had a free day to stroll around the National Mall. Taken with the Sony NEX5. http://photo.net/photodb/presentation?presentation_id=514298 The original style - Capitol Building, Supreme Court Building, White House - was Greek Revival. The other later buildings are a conscious imitation of the Greek Revival style. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - Mister C. Goes to Washington
I like them. The public buildings in DC are not know for their warm tones. I like to refer to the architectural style as Federal Massive On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: I had to stay the weekend in D.C. for a work seminar several weeks ago and had a free day to stroll around the National Mall. Taken with the Sony NEX5. http://photo.net/photodb/presentation?presentation_id=514298 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Michelangelo is responsible for that style. He was the first architect to take the classical order beyond a single storey and opened the doors, so to speak, to Mannerism. B I like them. The public buildings in DC are not know for their warm tones. I like to refer to the architectural style as Federal Massive http://photo.net/photodb/presentation?presentation_id=514298 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - Mister C. Goes to Washington
On 10/6/2010 10:16 PM, Tom C wrote: I had to stay the weekend in D.C. for a work seminar several weeks ago and had a free day to stroll around the National Mall. Taken with the Sony NEX5. http://photo.net/photodb/presentation?presentation_id=514298 Tom, I don't think I am as happy/ecstatic about these pubic (wink wink, Bob S) places or actually the pictures thereof. The colors seem to be generally on the cold side. Could be it is true to life representation, but I visited DC at least twice and I don't remember it so cold in color. Also it feels that you're almost apprehensive about taking these pictures. It is hard to put in words, but your previous work, Tom, seems to show much more of your character while here it is simpler, more common, less individualistic if you know what I mean. It is a solid effort nonetheless, but without disrespect it seems to me that you and your Sony NEX5 have much to learn about each other. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Boris, Your opinions are appreciated, well maybe. :-) Compositions are intended, and to my memory colors are fairly accurate. Many shots taken several hours before noon. I deliberately isolated the architectural elements, in most cases providing little context. because to me it often looked very classical Greco-Roman in style, and that is what I intended to show. I was not apprehensive, why would I be? I think you reading far too much between the pixels. As far as my camera and I learning about one another, I don't understand how you arrive at that judgement. I shoot with the NEX5 just like any other camera, and if I found there was a large learning curve where I had to adjust for the performance of the camera in some way other than I already do, I'd chuck it Tom On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 3:49 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/6/2010 10:16 PM, Tom C wrote: I had to stay the weekend in D.C. for a work seminar several weeks ago and had a free day to stroll around the National Mall. Taken with the Sony NEX5. http://photo.net/photodb/presentation?presentation_id=514298 Tom, I don't think I am as happy/ecstatic about these pubic (wink wink, Bob S) places or actually the pictures thereof. The colors seem to be generally on the cold side. Could be it is true to life representation, but I visited DC at least twice and I don't remember it so cold in color. Also it feels that you're almost apprehensive about taking these pictures. It is hard to put in words, but your previous work, Tom, seems to show much more of your character while here it is simpler, more common, less individualistic if you know what I mean. It is a solid effort nonetheless, but without disrespect it seems to me that you and your Sony NEX5 have much to learn about each other. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On 10/7/2010 2:30 PM, Tom C wrote: Boris, Your opinions are appreciated, well maybe. :-) Compositions are intended, and to my memory colors are fairly accurate. Many shots taken several hours before noon. I deliberately isolated the architectural elements, in most cases providing little context. because to me it often looked very classical Greco-Roman in style, and that is what I intended to show. I was not apprehensive, why would I be? I think you reading far too much between the pixels. As far as my camera and I learning about one another, I don't understand how you arrive at that judgement. I shoot with the NEX5 just like any other camera, and if I found there was a large learning curve where I had to adjust for the performance of the camera in some way other than I already do, I'd chuck it Tom Absolutely, Tom. It was my /impression/ that I made by looking at web size pictures on my (uncalibrated) monitor at work. It is therefore only logical that I might have made a mistake. Your Greco-Roman intent did not come through to me and I went out trying to read between the pixels. Like I said, I am offering you my impression, not my judgment. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Thanks Bob. Despite Boris' opinions. :-) On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Tom, Very pubic and recognizable places, but still a nice collection. Your pictures make the place look very charming and powerful. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: I had to stay the weekend in D.C. for a work seminar several weeks ago and had a free day to stroll around the National Mall. Taken with the Sony NEX5. http://photo.net/photodb/presentation?presentation_id=514298 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Funny, youI wouldn't think that taking photos of national monuments would lead be a /hairy/ situation. On 10/6/2010 9:28 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Tom, Very pubic and recognizable places, but still a nice collection. Your pictures make the place look very charming and powerful. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Tom Ccaka...@gmail.com wrote: I had to stay the weekend in D.C. for a work seminar several weeks ago and had a free day to stroll around the National Mall. Taken with the Sony NEX5. http://photo.net/photodb/presentation?presentation_id=514298 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy. -Woody Allen -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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DC is regularly waxed poetic by the lobbyists. :-) On Oct 7, 2010, at 08:12 , P. J. Alling wrote: Funny, youI wouldn't think that taking photos of national monuments would lead be a /hairy/ situation. On 10/6/2010 9:28 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Tom, Very pubic and recognizable places, but still a nice collection. Your pictures make the place look very charming and powerful. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Tom Ccaka...@gmail.com wrote: I had to stay the weekend in D.C. for a work seminar several weeks ago and had a free day to stroll around the National Mall. Taken with the Sony NEX5. http://photo.net/photodb/presentation?presentation_id=514298 Joseph McAllister Pentaxian http://gallery.me.com/jomac -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Fair enough. My general intent was to show it, hopefully, for the most part, in a different light. If I'd come away with images, that evoked the response, I've seen that before, boring, (yawn) yadayadayada, I'd be disappointed. :-) Thank you for taking the time to look and comment, Tom On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/7/2010 2:30 PM, Tom C wrote: Boris, Your opinions are appreciated, well maybe. :-) Compositions are intended, and to my memory colors are fairly accurate. Many shots taken several hours before noon. I deliberately isolated the architectural elements, in most cases providing little context. because to me it often looked very classical Greco-Roman in style, and that is what I intended to show. I was not apprehensive, why would I be? I think you reading far too much between the pixels. As far as my camera and I learning about one another, I don't understand how you arrive at that judgement. I shoot with the NEX5 just like any other camera, and if I found there was a large learning curve where I had to adjust for the performance of the camera in some way other than I already do, I'd chuck it Tom Absolutely, Tom. It was my /impression/ that I made by looking at web size pictures on my (uncalibrated) monitor at work. It is therefore only logical that I might have made a mistake. Your Greco-Roman intent did not come through to me and I went out trying to read between the pixels. Like I said, I am offering you my impression, not my judgment. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Gentlemen, My intention was to complement Tom on these photos. I did the normal tourist trips to Washington DC, plus many more visiting my daughter there in college. Getting a good picture that doesn't look like a cliche is hard. I think Tom achieved that. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 10:12 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Funny, youI wouldn't think that taking photos of national monuments would lead be a /hairy/ situation. On 10/6/2010 9:28 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Tom, Very pubic and recognizable places, but still a nice collection. Your pictures make the place look very charming and powerful. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Tom Ccaka...@gmail.com wrote: I had to stay the weekend in D.C. for a work seminar several weeks ago and had a free day to stroll around the National Mall. Taken with the Sony NEX5. http://photo.net/photodb/presentation?presentation_id=514298 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy. -Woody Allen -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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I had to stay the weekend in D.C. for a work seminar several weeks ago and had a free day to stroll around the National Mall. Taken with the Sony NEX5. http://photo.net/photodb/presentation?presentation_id=514298 they sure like their Corinthian! Reminds me in parts of Greenwich. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Great set of shots! I particularly like this one: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11754661 Something you don't see every day ... rodents scurrying about Capitol Hill. Wait ... what? But seriously, folks -- I really liked the shot of the Washington Monument with the cirrus clouds in the sky. I've always loved the way cirrus clouds look in photos. -- Walt On 10/6/2010 3:16 PM, Tom C wrote: I had to stay the weekend in D.C. for a work seminar several weeks ago and had a free day to stroll around the National Mall. Taken with the Sony NEX5. http://photo.net/photodb/presentation?presentation_id=514298 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Thanks, there's lots of nuts on Capitol Hill, hence the squirrels. On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Great set of shots! I particularly like this one: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11754661 Something you don't see every day ... rodents scurrying about Capitol Hill. Wait ... what? But seriously, folks -- I really liked the shot of the Washington Monument with the cirrus clouds in the sky. I've always loved the way cirrus clouds look in photos. -- Walt On 10/6/2010 3:16 PM, Tom C wrote: I had to stay the weekend in D.C. for a work seminar several weeks ago and had a free day to stroll around the National Mall. Taken with the Sony NEX5. http://photo.net/photodb/presentation?presentation_id=514298 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Tom, Very pubic and recognizable places, but still a nice collection. Your pictures make the place look very charming and powerful. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: I had to stay the weekend in D.C. for a work seminar several weeks ago and had a free day to stroll around the National Mall. Taken with the Sony NEX5. http://photo.net/photodb/presentation?presentation_id=514298 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Bob Sullivan wrote: Tom, Very pubic and recognizable places, hmmm... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
