Re: PESO: Boston Marathon

2018-06-07 Thread ann sanfedele
It's fun, but maybe 2 exposures too many for me -- it's the blur factor - I used to have nightmares as a kid of things all mushed up so hard for me to look at thisobjectively.  LIke the idea, though ann On 6/6/2018 9:12 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: Here's my impression of this year's Boston

Re: PESO: Boston Marathon

2018-06-07 Thread Alan C
Good! I spent a few years of my life doing it. Alan C On 06/07/2018 3:59 PM, Subash Jeyan wrote: i too used to prefer trail marathons, as opposed to road marathons, when i used to do half and full a few years back. the annual marathon in my city usually attracts just about 15,000 runners.

Re: PESO: Boston Marathon

2018-06-07 Thread John
Cool. I learned a new word. Not one I'll use very often, but still, my horizons continue to expand. On 6/7/2018 09:59, Subash Jeyan wrote: i too used to prefer trail marathons, as opposed to road marathons, when i used to do half and full a few years back. the annual marathon in my city

Re: PESO: Boston Marathon

2018-06-07 Thread Subash Jeyan
i too used to prefer trail marathons, as opposed to road marathons, when i used to do half and full a few years back. the annual marathon in my city usually attracts just about 15,000 runners. definitely not on the scales you mention. after i started randonneuring in 2013 i haven't done any. just

Re: PESO: Boston Marathon

2018-06-07 Thread David Mann
I did the Melbourne Half a few years back which had several tens of thousands of runners. Too many for my liking, it was pandemonium at the drinks stations. It was quite cool to see wall-to-wall runners as far as I could see both in front and behind me. I'm more fond of smaller races on

Re: PESO: Boston Marathon

2018-06-06 Thread Alan C
I was in Durham 4 times at the time of the Great North Run (91, 93, 97 & 99) but they wouldn't give hoi polloi late entries although they did make allowances for elite runners. It was a pity because I was running well in those years - had to be content with the TV transmission. (We were there

Re: PESO: Boston Marathon

2018-06-06 Thread mike wilson
You and Mark should come over for the Great North Run in October. It's "only" a half marathon but had over 60,000 entries last year. > On 07 June 2018 at 04:22 Alan C wrote: > > > Perhaps a bit overdone but it dramatically makes the point. I've run a > few of those (races, that is) - total

Re: PESO: Boston Marathon

2018-06-06 Thread Alan C
Perhaps a bit overdone but it dramatically makes the point. I've run a few of those (races, that is) - total madness. Alan C On 06/06/2018 3:12 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Here's my impression of this year's Boston Marathon - cold, pouring rain and brutal headwinds. One of the most miserable

PESO: Boston Marathon

2018-06-06 Thread Mark Roberts
Here's my impression of this year's Boston Marathon - cold, pouring rain and brutal headwinds. One of the most miserable runnings of the Boston Marathon ever. https://www.behance.net/gallery/66491813/Boston-Marathon-2018 It's seven exposures. Not HDR, but combined in Photoshop using the "mean"

Re: PESO: Boston Public Library

2012-03-19 Thread Miserere
I keep wanting to rotate it to the left! But otherwise, I like it--I don't think it's OVERprocessed, though it is VERYprocessed :-)    —M.     \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com     http://EnticingTheLight.com     A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment On 10 March 2012 13:07, Mark

Re: PESO: Boston Public Library

2012-03-11 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I like it a lot. The contrast level and tonality work well IMO. The only thing I would suggest is a slight rotation so that the ornamental strip on the forward part of the roof at frame right is parallel to the

Re: PESO: Boston Public Library

2012-03-11 Thread Bob Sullivan
-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Boston Public Library http://www.robertstech.com/pages/fotoblog/7da00222.htm I think I like this one. Not certain, but probably. I'm half worried that I overdid the processing but then I think reality is overrated anyway... -- Mark Roberts

PESO: Boston Public Library

2012-03-10 Thread Mark Roberts
http://www.robertstech.com/pages/fotoblog/7da00222.htm I think I like this one. Not certain, but probably. I'm half worried that I overdid the processing but then I think reality is overrated anyway... -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: PESO: Boston Public Library

2012-03-10 Thread Tim Bray
Beautiful textures composition, but my head keeps wanting to tilt right. -T On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/pages/fotoblog/7da00222.htm I think I like this one. Not certain, but probably. I'm half worried that I

Re: PESO: Boston Public Library

2012-03-10 Thread Walt Gilbert
Exactly what I was thinking. It's a gorgeous rendering, but suggests a horizontal perspective to my eye -- like Christina Hendricks. -- Walt On 3/10/2012 12:10 PM, Tim Bray wrote: Beautiful textures composition, but my head keeps wanting to tilt right. -T On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 10:07 AM,

Re: PESO: Boston Public Library

2012-03-10 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Interesting angle of view. I like the detail and sublte shades of color in the architectural details. I believe I just voted for this on the PPG . . . Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:

Re: PESO: Boston Public Library

2012-03-10 Thread Mark Roberts
Tim Bray wrote: Beautiful textures composition, but my head keeps wanting to tilt right. -T A couple of pints of Guinness will take care of that... On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/pages/fotoblog/7da00222.htm I

Re: PESO: Boston Public Library

2012-03-10 Thread Paul Stenquist
I like it a lot. The contrast level and tonality work well IMO. The only thing I would suggest is a slight rotation so that the ornamental strip on the forward part of the roof at frame right is parallel to the edge of the frame. I think that when it's this close to being aligned, it begs to go

Re: PESO: Boston Public Library

2012-03-10 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist wrote: I like it a lot. The contrast level and tonality work well IMO. The only thing I would suggest is a slight rotation so that the ornamental strip on the forward part of the roof at frame right is parallel to the edge of the frame. I think that when it's this close to

RE: PESO: Boston Public Library

2012-03-10 Thread JC O'Connell
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO: Boston Public Library I like it a lot. The contrast level and tonality work well IMO. The only thing I would suggest is a slight rotation so that the ornamental strip on the forward part of the roof at frame right is parallel to the edge of the frame

Re: PESO: Boston Public Library

2012-03-10 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I think it is a tad overprocessed.. but I'm more troubled that I can't see it well enough to really tell that because I cant enlarge it so I'm not able to see fine detail... Like the angle ann On 3/10/2012 13:07, Mark Roberts wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/pages/fotoblog/7da00222.htm I

RE: PESO: Boston Public Library

2012-03-10 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com Sent: March 10, 2012 3/10/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Boston Public Library http://www.robertstech.com/pages/fotoblog/7da00222.htm

Re: Peso: Boston

2010-09-06 Thread mark
Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: Hey, you could'a let us Bostonians know you were coming. Steve and I have met several times at GFM. Hence his decision to pass through Boston in stealth mode now ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Peso: Boston

2010-09-06 Thread Steven Desjardins
Ahem. I was only there for two days, and had dinner plans with an old friend one evening. He was delicious (best Hannibal Letchter laugh.) On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 2:11 PM, m...@robertstech.com wrote: Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: Hey, you could'a let us Bostonians know you were coming.

Re: Peso: Boston

2010-09-03 Thread David J Brooks
-- From: Miserere miser...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 8:43 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Peso: Boston On 2 September 2010 18:36, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I went to meeting in Boston last week.  Pedaling

Re: Peso: Boston

2010-09-03 Thread John Mullan
@pdml.net Subject: Re: Peso: Boston On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 10:05 PM, John Mullan k...@hotmail.com wrote: Then again, the newer Hancock was known as the Plywood Ranch when its windows were falling out. jm Like the Crimson Permanent Assurance.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX61PUZ3xkI Dave

Re: Peso: Boston

2010-09-03 Thread Sam L
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 8:25 AM, John Mullan k...@hotmail.com wrote: Not quite so dramatic.  Or maybe more so if you were walking beneath. Hancock II was designed with a glass façade. While under construction in the early 70's they discovered that the glass used at the higher levels of the

Re: Peso: Boston

2010-09-03 Thread Steven Desjardins
-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Peso: Boston On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 10:05 PM, John Mullan k...@hotmail.com wrote:  Then again, the newer Hancock was known as the Plywood Ranch when its windows were falling out. jm Like the Crimson Permanent Assurance.: http://www.youtube.com

Peso: Boston

2010-09-02 Thread Steven Desjardins
I went to meeting in Boston last week. Pedaling in the fitness room after dinner and saw this view out the window. Got my E-P1 from the room, shut off the lights in the fitness room and shot through the glass.

Re: Peso: Boston

2010-09-02 Thread Miserere
On 2 September 2010 18:36, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I went to meeting in Boston last week.  Pedaling in the fitness room after dinner and saw this view out the window.  Got my E-P1 from the room, shut off the lights in the fitness room and shot through the glass.

Re: Peso: Boston

2010-09-02 Thread John Mullan
-- From: Miserere miser...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 8:43 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Peso: Boston On 2 September 2010 18:36, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I went to meeting in Boston last week. Pedaling in the fitness

Re: Peso: Boston

2010-09-02 Thread drd1135
Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Peso: Boston Which Hancock? I see two of them. And a Prudential. At varying times in my youth and early adulthood each of them was the tallest building in Beantown. Then again, the newer Hancock was known as the Plywood Ranch when its windows were falling

Re: Peso: Boston

2010-09-02 Thread Bruce Dayton
Nice scene there. The exposure looks quite good. The sky seems just a little to dominant. I would crop a little off the top. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I went to meeting in Boston last week. Pedaling in the fitness room after

Re: PESO: Boston Harbor

2005-11-02 Thread frank theriault
On 10/27/05, Gaurav Aggarwal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow! I feel so much more comfortable. So many people remember my post from months ago. I am amazed. Thanks for your welcome. I really appreciate it. I was intending to post another shot until next week but here are two shots I took in

Re: PESO: Boston Harbor

2005-10-29 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I was intending to post another shot until next week but here are two shots I took in Boston: http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-10/1098407/harbor.jpg http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-10/1098407/bostoncommons.jpg Gaurav, there is definitely a common motif in both shots... At least to

Re: PESO: Boston Harbor

2005-10-28 Thread Gaurav Aggarwal
Thanks so much for your feedback. I really appreciate it. I am looking forward to such comments to help me improve as I go along. Regards, Gaurav On 10/27/05, Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gaurav, My slightly-belated welcome! I like your pix. I think the harbor pic could do with some

PESO: Boston Harbor

2005-10-27 Thread Gaurav Aggarwal
Wow! I feel so much more comfortable. So many people remember my post from months ago. I am amazed. Thanks for your welcome. I really appreciate it. I was intending to post another shot until next week but here are two shots I took in Boston:

Re: PESO: Boston Harbor

2005-10-27 Thread P. J. Alling
Gaurav Aggarwal wrote: Wow! I feel so much more comfortable. So many people remember my post from months ago. I am amazed. Thanks for your welcome. I really appreciate it. I was intending to post another shot until next week but here are two shots I took in Boston:

Re: PESO: Boston Harbor

2005-10-27 Thread pnstenquist
Nice work. Well composed. Welcome to the list. Paul Wow! I feel so much more comfortable. So many people remember my post from months ago. I am amazed. Thanks for your welcome. I really appreciate it. I was intending to post another shot until next week but here are two shots I took in

Re: PESO: Boston Harbor

2005-10-27 Thread Rick Womer
Gaurav, My slightly-belated welcome! I like your pix. I think the harbor pic could do with some cropping--it seems bottom-heavy and left-heavy to me. I would crop about 1/4 of the way in from the right, and just above the top of the sailboat's mast. Similarly, I would crop the park pic down