Re: GESO - Mister C. Goes to Washington

2010-10-11 Thread John Sessoms
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 wrote: I had to stay the weekend in D.C. for a work seminar several weeks ago and had a free d

RE: GESO - Mister C. Goes to Washington

2010-10-09 Thread Bob W
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 sty

Re: GESO - Mister C. Goes to Washington

2010-10-09 Thread 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 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

Re: GESO - Mister C. Goes to Washington

2010-10-07 Thread Bob Sullivan
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 1

Re: GESO - Mister C. Goes to Washington

2010-10-07 Thread Tom C
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 O

Re: GESO - Mister C. Goes to Washington

2010-10-07 Thread Joseph McAllister
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 st

Re: GESO - Mister C. Goes to Washington

2010-10-07 Thread P. J. Alling
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.

Re: GESO - Mister C. Goes to Washington

2010-10-07 Thread Tom C
Thanks Bob. Despite Boris' opinions. :-) On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 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 C wrot

Re: GESO - Mister C. Goes to Washington

2010-10-07 Thread Boris Liberman
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

Re: GESO - Mister C. Goes to Washington

2010-10-07 Thread Tom C
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

Re: GESO - Mister C. Goes to Washington

2010-10-07 Thread Boris Liberman
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 ab

Re: GESO - Mister C. Goes to Washington

2010-10-06 Thread Doug Brewer
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.

Re: GESO - Mister C. Goes to Washington

2010-10-06 Thread Bob Sullivan
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 wrote: > I had to stay the weekend in D.C. for a work seminar several weeks ago > and had a free day to stroll

Re: GESO - Mister C. Goes to Washington

2010-10-06 Thread Tom C
Thanks, there's lots of nuts on Capitol Hill, hence the squirrels. On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Walter Gilbert 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

Re: GESO - Mister C. Goes to Washington

2010-10-06 Thread Walter Gilbert
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

RE: GESO - Mister C. Goes to Washington

2010-10-06 Thread Bob W
> 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.

GESO - Mister C. Goes to Washington

2010-10-06 Thread Tom C
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/pd