250 W Pratt - Abstract

When it comes to skyscrapers, Baltimore is an architecturally impaired city, but there are a few exceptions. This is one of them, one of my favorites in Baltimore, 250 W Pratt Street.

This 1986-vintage, 24-floor building was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. It's 360 feet tall (110 m), and its half-ziggurat profile and handsome banding make it a real standout any city would be proud the call its own.

Low Tide at Ocean Beach

The beach is very different at low tide.

GorrillaPod View of 250 West Pratt Street at Night...

Warren's encouragement prompted me, on my way back to the Light Rail yesterday evening, to stop and take some photos of one of my favorite buildings in Baltimore.

I used my new little GorrillaPod, wrapping it around a signpost across the street from the building. I set the self-timer on my Canon A620 to 10 seconds, which was enough time to damp out the vibration from me pushing the shutter release.

Rotated and cropped slightly to produce the dark triangles of "negative space" at right and at top.

Contrast slightly adjusted and converted to B&W with Picassa.

Signage Chaos

Nikon D100, Tamron 24-135mm

Seen at Columbus and Grant Ave. near Broadway, the beginning of the "Upper Grant" neighborhood.

--Warren

Old School Barber Shop

Nikon D100, Tamron 24-135mm

A shot of some pipes

While cruising the old military base at Crissy Field, I also got a shot of these old pipes.

Eric

Social Mix

Nikon D100, Tamron 24-135mm

Seen at Union Square, downtown S.F.

--Warren

Old military base near Crissy Field, SF

I was by Crissy Field in SF a couple of weeks back on a sunny Saturday afternoon. Got this shot of an old brick building. I guess it's part of an old military base. Don't know what it was used for, however.

Eric

Rooms for Rent

Nikon D100, Tamron 24-135mm

Sign and Its Shadow

Nikon D100, Tamron 24-135mm

I'm not sure if this shot has any merit. I'm posting it for your comments.

Anyone?

On an administrative note, Blogger.com has been pushing for us to move to the "new" Blogger. When I do so, you may need to create a Google logon before you can continue to use Blogger like before. I think most of you already have Google logons because of the FPCF Google group. I'll be switching the forum to the new Blogger soon.

--Warren

Frame #2:

Powell St. at Union Square, S.F.

Nikon D100, Tamron 24-135mm

The crisp, cold late afternoon winter day made for a snappy, contrasty scene in downtown S.F. The old-fashioned street lights attracted my attention.

--Warren

Obscure Ad, Downtown S.F.

Nikon D100, Tamron 24-135mm

Seen from Union Square, in the heart of San Francisco's shopping district.

--Warren

Berry Bushes

It's nice to see some bright reds outside when everything else seems to have dulled down for the winter months.

Reflections

I have indulged in the coalescence of a Jedi Master and a compact disc.

Light bounces off cd's in weird ways!!!

..Seemed fitting for this sci-fi character ;)

Triple Profile

Nikon D100, Tamron 24-135mm

This was taken last weekend during a family portrait session, in between the formal shots. That's the son, Spencer on the left, and the parents, Tim and Denise, on the right.

--Warren

Side of a Brick Building

Got this shot of a brick building near the Embarcadero in SF. It was in the late afternoon and I thought it shed some nice light on the wall.

Eric

A Graffitti Shot

I took this shot near work. It adds a lot to an otherwise very dull alley.

Eric

Flapping Duck

I shot this on a Canon 10D which I'm trying out.

Japanese Mountainside

This is a scan of a photo I took in Japan in Fall 2003. It is the Koboke Gorge on the island of Shikoku. I saw this area on a rainy day, and I knew then where the old painters got their inspiration.

Eric

It was a Dark and Stormy Night...

Actually, it was really nice out. It was a clear evening around 6 pm. Caught it when I was taking the garbage out. (Just goes to show you never know when you're going to get an interesting shot, right??)

Eric

Caribbean Cats, June 1988

Nikkormat EL, Vivitar 28-105mm Series 1, scanned from 4x6 prints

I was looking through an old album from our 1988 Caribbean Cruise when I saw these photos of cats that we saw on one of the islands.

I may have traded my Nikkormat with Martin a while back for some other piece of equipment, and I gave the Vivitar Series 1 lens to Eric for use on his Nikon FM2.

--Warren

Guitar Face

Nikon D100, Nikkor 85mm f1.8D

I caught this image of a rocker on his last solo of the evening.

Al, I know you're seeing this! Any comments?

:)

--Warren

Life is a Puzzle

While sitting and working on a puzzle with my boyfriend (yeah, we're kinda dorky), I noticed that this area might make for an interesting shot.

I liked that the blue was a slight contrast in colour to the surrounding picture.

And afterwards, I really liked this photo because of that slight lift in the puzzle piece in the centre. It seems to brings something different to the expected flat world of a puzzle. Yay puzzles! :D