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Photo of the Day: November, 2010
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Chinese Reconciliation Park
The railroads that made the American West great were built by the backs of immigrant labor, many of them Chinese. When these people settled at the end of the line, it was not always a happy ending.
The Chinese population of Tacoma found themselves isolated in a shanty town out on Ruston Way. On November 3, 1885, a group of civic leaders including the Mayor, a Judge, the Fire Chief and the president of the YMCA organized a mob that forced the 250 Chinese living there on a march to, ironically, the train station where they were run out of town.
To this day, Tacoma remains one of the few West Coast cities without a China Town.
The following is the first in a series of photos of the Tacoma Chinese Garden and Reconciliation Park which will be completed this year. It is being built near the site of the original camp on the Ruston Way waterfront. Last Saturday the city held a reverse march from the train station back to the park.
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Dale
The railroads that made the American West great were built by the backs of immigrant labor, many of them Chinese. When these people settled at the end of the line, it was not always a happy ending.
The Chinese population of Tacoma found themselves isolated in a shanty town out on Ruston Way. On November 3, 1885, a group of civic leaders including the Mayor, a Judge, the Fire Chief and the president of the YMCA organized a mob that forced the 250 Chinese living there on a march to, ironically, the train station where they were run out of town.
To this day, Tacoma remains one of the few West Coast cities without a China Town.
The following is the first in a series of photos of the Tacoma Chinese Garden and Reconciliation Park which will be completed this year. It is being built near the site of the original camp on the Ruston Way waterfront. Last Saturday the city held a reverse march from the train station back to the park.
Dale
I'll leave the critiquing to the experts. I don't even know what i'm doing, let alone be able to give advice. But I am curious about the Smokies as I'll be heading there in a little over a week. Judging from your photo it doesn't look like the leaves have much color. Was it like this everywhere in the park or is it maybe just the way the shot looks? I'll definitely be taking my camera along and try to get some good shots.
Mine for the day:
I was editing in iPhoto and for kicks moved the Shadows slide all the way and it turned out like this. I know this kills image quality, but i kind of like how it turned out. Feels almost like a painting.
The Smokies, where I was, had pretty much lost the leaves in a storm the week before I got there. The trees that had leaves were absolutely beautiful.
Thanks Schtumple, gnd and peskaa for your comments.
Yep, gnd has it at 0.7 seconds.
Whoops, I had it partially zapped in Aperture and forgot to upload it
It's f/27.0 @ ISO100 so I was pushing it for exposure time.
Yep, gnd has it at 0.7 seconds.
Excellent exposure, showing the raging ocean waters attacking the shore with its power.
P.S. Looks like it's about time for some sensor cleaning ...
0.7 seconds according to the EXIF.
Whoops, I had it partially zapped in Aperture and forgot to upload it
Thanks, I didn't have any filters at the time, an ND grad would have definitely helped in preserving the sky.
It's f/27.0 @ ISO100 so I was pushing it for exposure time.
I'm glad someone knows the difference. There were so many girls in bikinis around me i'm lucky to have snapped it at all, and this bi-plane.. It was cool surfing and getting blown away by that F-15 Eagle. Truly amazing. No wonder the world hates us, we kick ass!
Yea, 30 second just pushing it for 18mm, I've found 25 sec @ 18mm and 30 sec @ 15mm seems to the perception limit for exposures w/o real visible motion.
Nice capture of meteorite.
But the real Q: Is that a Timex Ironman or Garmin Forerunner GPS watch she's wearing
Nice shot.
A+ dual capture
Nice capture of meteorite.
(Nikon D60, 18mm, f3.6, 30 sec)
From the August meteor showers. The exposure time was a bit too long - the stars just started to streak. Taking into account the crop factor of the sensor 20 seconds would have been better but the Milky Way wouldn't have been as pronounced.
The silhouette is Wheeler Peak in the distance and pine trees on the edge of the meadow I was in. There wasn't any Moon out and I was at about 9800 feet.
But the real Q: Is that a Timex Ironman or Garmin Forerunner GPS watch she's wearing
Nice shot.
She was merely part of the "dominatrix" costume for a cyclocross bike rider wielding a pseudo-whip... who she helped 'pull' along the course. Even with the rowdy, hipster Portland bike culture crowd, the cheering turned to gasps and cries of disbelief as they passed by and everyone grasped the bondage connection.
D300, 80-200 @ 112mm, 1/4000, f/2.8
A+ dual capture
Fire in the sky Nov 2nd
This morning, Tues 11/2, I was in the driveway leaving for work and saw the most awesome sunrise in a long-long time, stopped, went in and got the DSLR, grabbed a few shots from the porch.
These are the colors, I've not added any saturation/etc, worth being 20 minutes late for work.
T1i, Straight RAW capture - only PP is slight edge sharpening in Apple Aperture 3, 15-85 lens @ 61mm, ISO100, used aperture priority for exposure metered on the sky.
Tues 11/2 8:05:28 am
This morning, Tues 11/2, I was in the driveway leaving for work and saw the most awesome sunrise in a long-long time, stopped, went in and got the DSLR, grabbed a few shots from the porch.
These are the colors, I've not added any saturation/etc, worth being 20 minutes late for work.
T1i, Straight RAW capture - only PP is slight edge sharpening in Apple Aperture 3, 15-85 lens @ 61mm, ISO100, used aperture priority for exposure metered on the sky.
Tues 11/2 8:05:28 am
bike love
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D300, 80-200f/2.8 @ 200mm, 1/1600, f/2.8, ISO800
mtbdudex, thanks for the comment. I don't think it was a garmin, but the hooks were definitely real.
sangosimo, I like your pic of interpol, but I'd like it a lot better if it were a reasonable size... maybe limit your horizontal length to 1024px so it's still big enough for decent viewing, but doesn't give the forum page stretch marks...
D300, 80-200f/2.8 @ 200mm, 1/1600, f/2.8, ISO800
mtbdudex, thanks for the comment. I don't think it was a garmin, but the hooks were definitely real.
sangosimo, I like your pic of interpol, but I'd like it a lot better if it were a reasonable size... maybe limit your horizontal length to 1024px so it's still big enough for decent viewing, but doesn't give the forum page stretch marks...
Fire in the sky Nov 2nd - partII
Nov 2nd 8:02:45 am, 3 minutes earlier than prior post, more reds here.
Nov 2nd 8:02:45 am, 3 minutes earlier than prior post, more reds here.
Dale - thx for the history lesson, I'm looking forward to reading the story unfold day-by-day. My father inlaw is a "Retired" history teacher, I'm sending him link to this thread for his inof as well. (he's so active I hate calling him "retired").
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You truly are gifted, pls keep posting you B&W series.
I can't get the timg to work on your flickr image.....
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Nov 2nd 8:02:45 am, 3 minutes earlier than prior post, more reds here.
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Very dramatic and nice. We get a lot of red skies out west during forest fire season-almost not existent, thank goodness, this past summer. Is this a usual phenomena by you?
EDIT: same prob with the TIMG
Something is Busted
The update of the forum software seems to be having trouble with thumbnail quoting. Images that link to outside sites like Flickr produce thumbnails when
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Dale
The update of the forum software seems to be having trouble with thumbnail quoting. Images that link to outside sites like Flickr produce thumbnails when
Works
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Dale
The update of the forum software seems to be having trouble with thumbnail quoting. Images that link to outside sites like Flickr produce thumbnails when[/URL]. Those that don't end with [/IMG] only. See below.
Works
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Dale
I also noticed that when you to get to the bottom of the page you are on there are only two "hot" keys: Previous and Next Thread. Before there was a hot key for digital photography that would get to back to the main thread page. Hopefully someone in the Know is aware of these changes/problems?