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04-13-2012, 04:33 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Moving to San Francisco?
Great place. Lived there 10 yrs, past the far end of your pic.
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04-13-2012, 06:56 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Charleston, SC
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Major Tom, your pictures and perspective are really very cool. I love to see what "real" photographers can do with composition. I especially like the one that includes the StudioDepot building--lovely contrasts.
So Walt, speaking of awesome photographers, can we see some of yours?
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04-13-2012, 07:24 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2010
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04-13-2012, 07:55 AM
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gone traveling
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: DFW
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When we moved here in 93 it was all horse and cow farms, now its pretty built up.
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04-13-2012, 08:21 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: GTA
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Taken this morning of the Toronto skyline across the lake on my iphone (excuse the quality). Live in a suburb of Toronto and that is the view I have every morning as I run or bike before w*rk.
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04-13-2012, 08:41 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: May 2007
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Originally Posted by Huston55
Moving to San Francisco?
Great place. Lived there 10 yrs, past the far end of your pic.
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Yes, I am moving to SF. Did you live around around Nob Hill?
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04-13-2012, 10:48 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SF East Bay
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I like that shot of the tram car in the snow W2R - very nice (makes mental note - "Must visit New Orleans.")
I also need to learn how to properly post images to this forum so they don't take up too much space.
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04-13-2012, 10:53 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Major Tom
I like that shot of the tram car in the snow W2R - very nice (makes mental note - "Must visit New Orleans.")
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Thanks! I like it too, so I copied it from the Times-Picayune (newspaper) website. Probably shouldn't have done that, but it is SO pretty. I would be scared to stand in front of a streetcar here, myself... and yes, you must visit New Orleans. Everyone should, IMO.
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04-13-2012, 12:23 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SF East Bay
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Originally Posted by Sarah in SC
Major Tom, your pictures and perspective are really very cool. I love to see what "real" photographers can do with composition. I especially like the one that includes the StudioDepot building--lovely contrasts.
So Walt, speaking of awesome photographers, can we see some of yours?
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Thank you Sarah - that's very nice of you to say. I used to wonder whether I was any good, but now I think of it in a different way. If the picture comes out the way I envisioned it, and if I can show people what I wanted them to see, then it works for me.
And yes - Walt. That sunset picture you posted a while back was lovely. Anytime you want to post anything else, there are some eager eyes here
PS - please just call me Tom!
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04-13-2012, 02:13 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: The Bay Area
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FIREd
Yes, I am moving to SF. Did you live around around Nob Hill?
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Telegraph Hill, right in North Beach, and loved it. I'd move back in a second if given the chance. But, not sure I'd want to be an old person living in The City.
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04-13-2012, 02:29 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SF East Bay
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A few from my new hometown area of SF:
One of the nice things about SF is that there are hiking trails and woodsy areas in the City:
Just a few blocks from the beach in the Outer Sunset. Even the summer can be pretty chilly here:
Good to take a heater with you when waiting for the train:
I hope you enjoy it here FIREd.
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04-13-2012, 03:05 PM
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Gone but not forgotten
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Location: Sarasota,fl.
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Sarasota ,Florida
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04-14-2012, 08:55 AM
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Gone but not forgotten
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Location: Sarasota,fl.
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and a few more from Sarasota
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04-14-2012, 10:23 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Location: Hooverville
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Quote:
Originally Posted by W2R
New Orleans:
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Such a romantic picture of the trolley in the snow. Did you take it?
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04-14-2012, 10:53 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
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Location: New Orleans
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Quote:
Originally Posted by haha
Such a romantic picture of the trolley in the snow. Did you take it?
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No - - as I told MajorTom last night (six posts up), I did not. During that (rare) snowstorm, I was stuck at w*rk and they wouldn't let us out to play in the snow. Even if they had, I would have been afraid to stand in front of a streetcar like that.
I took the two others, though.
Here are some that I took, including MY photo of a streetcar. Also I included some street music in front of the Cafe Du Monde, and a statue in City Park of General P.G.T. Beauregard that I like.
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04-14-2012, 11:06 AM
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Here are some more that I took:
The inspirational statue of Joan of Arc, one of our cemetaries, and St. Joseph's, our biggest church and a beautiful one IMO.
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04-14-2012, 12:39 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Location: North Oregon Coast
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Here's a few from my current adopted hometown:
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04-14-2012, 12:41 PM
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Oh, and I'd be remiss to not show a shot from a local landmark:
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04-14-2012, 02:06 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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Mayberry, Mayberry
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04-14-2012, 03:46 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
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Location: New Orleans
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ziggy29
Here's a few from my current adopted hometown:
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Nice photos, Ziggy29, and I especially love the bluebonnets!!
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