On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 3:48 AM, Christine Aguila <cagu...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Hi Everyone: > > It was a $itch of a day out at the construction site: very, very cold, > damp, and flurries. But the drilling continued on the 1st caisson for the > super-structure (indoor parking garage & student services building) as well > as dumping cement and the drilling for the 2nd caisson (last 2 pics in > GESO). They will drill a total of 90 caissons. The construction guys had > some technical glitches, & I couldn't get my 360 Pentax flash to work > right--I was very close to pitching it down that over 50 foot hole (1st > pic). And I didn't check the K10D, so, without knowing it, I ended up > shooting jpegs on that body--ugh. And the light of course was dreadful > given the weather. > > Still, I had a blast. The construction guys were really nice & had no > problem I was there. I was able to get close; & the assist. foreman feels > more comfortable letting me roam a bit freely. At one point he said to me: > "I'm going in the trailer; I'm freezing. Now remember, if you fall down > that hole, Christine, we're not coming after you. We're just gonna dump the > cement right on top of you." To which I replied, "right." > > Anyway, these pics are in color as opposed to black & white like my 1st > construction GESO.
This is an ~excellent~ gallery. I've never worked construction, but I have worked outdoors through 9 winters (as a bike courier), so I know what it's like to spend the better part of all day outside in very cold weather - it ain't easy. I love that you got these on a snowy day - really brings out how tough their job is this time of year. These photos are all very well composed and they all work so well together. It's hard to pick a favourite, but I do like this one a lot: http://faculty.ccc.edu/caguila/caisson/content/caisson_drilling_feb_27_33_large.html It really has "personality"! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
