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Cynicor wrote:
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> Down at the waterfront, places like Huron, have that "feel unsafe to
> outsiders" thing going, but they'll see "12 shady New Yorkers" instead
> of the four different groups hanging out there with nothing in common.
> Two guys were sitting in their car drinking beer. One guy had brought
> his SUV there to wash the tires. A couple was sitting on a rock looking
> through some papers. A woman was trying to catch a Canada goose in the
> water. Three old Russian ladies were trying to feed birds with a bag
> full of stale bread.

People doing things like that tells my "street smarts" that
it a safe place to be. Having nobody around raises my hackles.

"Cynicor" <> wrote in message
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>I went to see a friend's band last night in Brooklyn. Before I headed over,
>I went down to the waterfront to take a couple of photos of Manhattan. I
>went down a street right at the East River where I saw some people
>congregated, and set up. There were older two guys sitting there drinking
>beer and smoking.
>
> After i took the first batch of photos, one of the guys said to me in
> almost a whisper, "You want better view, go down to Huron. It's two blocks
> over."
>
> I thanked him for the tip. Just then, his friend piped up. "You don't
> wanna go down to Huron. Huron's where the scumbags are." He then
> continued, "Who's this guy Brett Favre, anyway? My Giants beat him in the
> playoffs last year. He's got more gray hair than I do." The two guys then
> started arguing Jets vs. Giants, and I took off for Huron.
>
> http://trupin.smugmug.com/gallery/95...79_gU64t-X2-LB

Nice but the dust bunnies spoil the shot.

"John McWilliams" <> wrote in message
news:. ..
> David J. Littleboy wrote:
>> "Cynicor" <> wrote:
>>> David J. Littleboy wrote:
>>
>>>>>> : :
>>>>>> http://trupin.smugmug.com/gallery/95...79_gU64t-X2-LB
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nice picture,
>>
>>>> With more and more LCDs being widescreen nowadays, portrait orientation
>>>> just
>>>> means that many of your viewers aren't seeing the whole image. Sigh.
>>> That's too bad. I really like some of the effects I can get by using a
>>> super-wide (11-1 held portrait.
>>
>> Yep. It's fun: http://www.pbase.com/davidjl/image/43504181/large
>>
>> Even with my 19" 1290x1024 LCD, I have to go fullscreen to view portrait
>> orientation images (and even then they often go partly offscreen), and a
>> lot of the displays in my price range are widescreen with
>> <gobsandgobs>x1024 pixels. No thanks.
>>
>> At some point, I'll get a 22" 1200x1600 display, but they're pricey, so
>> I'm hesitating.
>>
> Just get an iMac, 1920 x 1200, and comes with state of the art processor.
>
> --
> john mcwilliams

LOL!

On Aug 10, 3:30*pm, "David J. Littleboy" <davi...@gol.com> wrote:
> At some point, I'll get a 22" 1200x1600 display, but they're
pricey, so I'm
> hesitating.
>
I just picked up a 1200x1920 Samsung (SyncMaster 2443) from Costco for
$350, it is very nice.

Scott

Pete D wrote:
> "Cynicor" <> wrote in message
> news:489eea90$0$29517$...
>> I went to see a friend's band last night in Brooklyn. Before I headed over,
>> I went down to the waterfront to take a couple of photos of Manhattan. I
>> went down a street right at the East River where I saw some people
>> congregated, and set up. There were older two guys sitting there drinking
>> beer and smoking.
>>
>> After i took the first batch of photos, one of the guys said to me in
>> almost a whisper, "You want better view, go down to Huron. It's two blocks
>> over."
>>
>> I thanked him for the tip. Just then, his friend piped up. "You don't
>> wanna go down to Huron. Huron's where the scumbags are." He then
>> continued, "Who's this guy Brett Favre, anyway? My Giants beat him in the
>> playoffs last year. He's got more gray hair than I do." The two guys then
>> started arguing Jets vs. Giants, and I took off for Huron.
>>
>> http://trupin.smugmug.com/gallery/95...79_gU64t-X2-LB
>
> Nice but the dust bunnies spoil the shot.

Didn't even see them. They're cleaned off now.

Frank ess wrote:
>
>
> Cynicor wrote:
>> Pete D wrote:
>>> "Cynicor" <> wrote in message
>>> news:489eea90$0$29517$...
>>>> I went to see a friend's band last night in Brooklyn. Before I
>>>> headed over, I went down to the waterfront to take a couple of
>>>> photos of Manhattan. I went down a street right at the East River
>>>> where I saw some people congregated, and set up. There were older
>>>> two guys sitting there drinking beer and smoking.
>>>>
>>>> After i took the first batch of photos, one of the guys said to
>>>> me in almost a whisper, "You want better view, go down to Huron.
>>>> It's two blocks over."
>>>>
>>>> I thanked him for the tip. Just then, his friend piped up. "You
>>>> don't wanna go down to Huron. Huron's where the scumbags are." He
>>>> then continued, "Who's this guy Brett Favre, anyway? My Giants
>>>> beat him in the playoffs last year. He's got more gray hair than
>>>> I do." The two guys then started arguing Jets vs. Giants, and I
>>>> took off for Huron.
>>>> http://trupin.smugmug.com/gallery/95...79_gU64t-X2-LB
>>>
>>> Nice but the dust bunnies spoil the shot.
>>
>> Didn't even see them. They're cleaned off now.
>
> Very, very nice. Plenty of color, plenty of interest and detail, many
> relationships, very clear on the buildings.
>
> I need to get my computer-monitor glasses checked. The tall buildings
> seem atilt to me.

That's the wind, actually. They're built to sway a little bit.