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Mooooooooore Pixxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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It isn't very often you get to see such massive, non-fireproofed columns this late in the game

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And if you haven't gotten your fill of pics, head on over to my Flickr Photostream for about twice as many as you see here.
 
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KZ, I have to ask, do you have any formal photo training or did you just teach yourself?
 
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The closest thing to formal training I ever got was 8th grade technology class...

If you think I'm a good photographer then all I can tell you is to just keep shooting. Gaining an eye for composition, lighting, angles ect. takes time. Also, a lot of my growth happened only once I got back home and was editing them, seeing everything I did wrong. For example, when I first started out (about six years ago) I'd keep one in three shots because the rest were completely unworkable.

Also, this is something I just started doing: when I'm editing and trying to get the colors/saturation/contrast right, I'll keep an amazingly good picture (that isn't mine) with brilliant colors open to constantly compare with. BUT..... it's best to get the colors right when you're there taking the picture, not when you're editing, so getting to know your camera is very, very important.

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Semi-related thought: I've been toying with the contrast settings on my camera this past month to get deeper darks, which look great on the computer I edit on, but are way too dark on another computer I use. So how do these look to you guys? I appreciate the input!
 
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They're very good, didn't realize you put so much time into them.
 
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I like this building. my only two points are i want the "spire" to be taller (whats the point in having one unless it is of sufficient height), and that i think it would look better if the crown slanted the other direction.
 
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Suffolk 83 said:
They're very good, didn't realize you put so much time into them.
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It can take me 3-4 hours a nite to crop, save,ect and then post,A lot of time and work goes into this then not a single comment,I think I'm quitting this site and going back to skyscraperpage.com!
 
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^^NO don't do that!!! Your regular photo-postings are one of the main reasons I keep coming back here.
 
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Boston02124 said:
It can take me 3-4 hours a nite to crop, save,ect and then post,A lot of time and work goes into this then not a single comment,I think I'm quitting this site and going back to skyscraperpage.com!
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dont forget skyscrapercity.com, people comment on everything (and I mean EVERYTHING :p)
 
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Boston02124 said:
It can take me 3-4 hours a nite to crop, save,ect and then post,A lot of time and work goes into this then not a single comment,I think I'm quitting this site and going back to skyscraperpage.com!
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I think anyone who has posted photos on forums has had this feeling of often being overlooked. In your case, I would say that you contribute so often that it's hard for the comments to keep up but that doesn't mean your work isn't very much appreciated (especially by people who don't get to Boston very often to see it for themselves).
 
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Yeah, you are correct that your work and effort is often taken for granted, but I do appreciate it even if I don't comment on it often. Thank you.
 
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I like photos but generally don't comment on them except occasionally to ask a question (such as 'where is this?')
 
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Hey Boston02124, I look at your updates all the time, you get some really good angles that most of us would otherwise never see. I think the best thing to do is once they are all cropped, edited, and ready to post, just basically carpetbomb all the major sites at once (this one, skyscraperpage, and skyscrapercity... did I miss any?). On skyscrapercity this building is called Russia Wharf, which was my bad cause I created the thread!
 
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I find a chorus of "great!" "thx!" "awesome pics!" is nice, but it doesn't really enrich the discussion in any way. I'd rather people only comment if they have something to, you know..... discuss.

And yes, the whole editing-hosting-posting process is a long one. Fools need to recognize!
 
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^^Yes. I agree! Good post!

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Agreed. Speaking as someone who doesn't live in Boston and only gets to visit 2-3 times a year, the frequent photographers on here are the only way I can track the progress of projects in the city.

So, yes I greatly appreciate the photos, even though I'm only an occasional poster on here.

Now, someone get down there and take some nighttime photos! I'm dying to see that thing lit up again. :)
 
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Almost finnish(exterior only)!
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This photo vividly illustrates the hazards of applying colossal order to a building. Atlantic Wharf nearly single-handedly ruins the skyline by superimposing a grid on its facade that unites four weakly defined stories into one.

At very least this reduces the scale of all other buildings in the skyline by making their floor height seem paltry.

The eye reads the grid as the floor-to-floor height of the building. So ... it's just a five-story building ... and all the others are barely more. It?s a world of windows ?holes punched in planes?and here?s a building that provides ?windows? forty feet tall and 25 feet wide. Built for giants, or is the rest of the skyline built for midgets?

Johnson's building on Boylston Street does the same thing with almost equally bad results. And in New York, check out Roche/Dinkeloo?s grotesque structure for the Morgan Bank.

Colossal order should be reserved for monuments such as the Louvre or the old City Hall Annex. In a skyline, it has virtually no legitimate role because it disrupts the scale. Anyway, it?s merely the result of the architect?s inspirational bankruptcy; you can superimpose a meaningless grid onto any plane.

This is my candidate for Boston?s worst recent building.




(Btw, nice pic, 02124.)
 
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I just hate the grids on the north and south sides because they look like the finishes on a lab building.

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From in front of the Courthouse obviously.

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I actually thought this picture came out pretty good.

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