06-MAY-2007
Across the Charles River
This was taken through the window of a moving bus (which was painted to look like a trolly). Not anything special, but it is a nice view of Boston across the Charles River.
06-MAY-2007
Cheers
In the city of the "Old North Church," "Paul Revere's House," the Boston Tea Party and numerous historic buildings, this may be the most recognized symbol of Boston to the modern generation.
28-APR-2007
The River Runs Down ...
I had the chance to visit one of the Mad River tributaries in the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire. At home in Cincinnati it was about 80 degrees and sunny; on the banks of the Mad River it was cold, with ice and snow in a patchwork on the ground. My walk was brief as the rain was threatening, but the peace of being with nature again was overwhelming. I hope you enjoy these four scenes from my stroll along the banks of one of the Mad River tributaries.
28-APR-2007
A Fallen Warrior
In contrast to the birch in the next picture, this reminded me of a valiant, fallen warrior.
28-APR-2007
Son of a Birch
The two white birch stand guard over the river, like parents watching over their child.
28-APR-2007
Mad River
Is the river "mad," as in angry, or "mad," as in crazy. or, perhaps, "mad," as in rushing along in a big, big hurry. At one time or another, all are probably true.
11-MAR-2007
Just Pretty ...
I would love to tell you that I took these pictures, but I did not. The untouched .jpg image- capture was sent to me by a close friend who asked me to see what I could do with them. So I played a bit in Photoshop (Elements 4) and came up with these four scenes. I am posting these here because I think they are great pictures and also to help convince my friend that a new pBase gallery should be in the immediate future. Then pictures like these will get a proper display and proper credit can be given. I hope you like them as much as I do. (g)
22-MAR-2007
Moon Through the Pines
Like me, my friend loves the interplay of the moon and the trees. These two shots of the slivered moon through the pines take ones mind to a crisp fall setting in the north woods. (g)
22-MAR-2007
The Gathering Storm
The interesting cloud formations, interesting play of light and more pine trees couple to hint of a gathering storm. (g)
21-FEB-2007
Moon
The cold weather finally broke followed by rain. Finally there was a clear night with a quarter moon off my rear deck. I took the opportunity to work with the differences between spot and matrix metering -- matrix picks up the surrounding details, but washes out the details of the moon itself, while spot gives a true rendition of the moon and its surface, but the earthly surroundings are lost in the shorter ecxposures. These three shots were all taken wit matrix metering with varring levels of zoom (which can control the time of exposure depending on how much of the fram one can fill with the moon). I don;t know why the longer exposure in the last shot gave a significant sepia case, but I like it. All shots were "processed" with Photoshop Elements 4 by adding a bit of "shadow lightening." This brught out the surrounding trees better to give a very erie feeling to the picture. The middle picture was at maximum zoom (200mm) and the trees were lost to the shorter exposure of filling the frame more with the moon.