Thanks, Frank. That's one of my favs too. The guys are great & I
appreciate their work. Cheers, Christine
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From: "frank theriault" <knarftheria...@gmail.com>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net>
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: GESO Construction II
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
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