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On 1/29/2013 8:38 PM, gregz wrote:

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> Steeple's often mask cell phone antennas.
>

I thought that was a chain of office supply stores.



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PeterN

On 1/30/2013 5:52 AM, Graham wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:18:51 -0500, PeterN,
> <news:510866e4$0$10815$> expounded
> this theory:
>
>>>> Sobriquet will take you up on that.
>>>
>>> Oh dear
>>>
>>
>> Just took a peak at your spires. Nice collection. It will be
>> interesting to see which ones you put in the SI.
>
> That's the problem, perhaps I should make my first entry into the SI
> with a twist.
>

Its a nice problem to have.
Your street contains some nice captures. I particularly like Cambridge
streets monochrome #6. Your use of HDR with varying degrees of tone
mapping, adds pathos and interest.
This may be just me, but I think you color street images would be much
stronger in monochrome. You

BTW I kept having an issue with your webpage and IE 10. I kept getting a
message that a problem with the webpare has cause IE to close and reopen
the tab.

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PeterN

On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:12:44 -0800, Savageduck
<savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:

>On 2013-01-29 17:50:05 -0800, PeterN <> said:
>
>> On 1/29/2013 8:38 PM, gregz wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>
>>> Steeple's often mask cell phone antennas.
>>>
>>
>> I thought that was a chain of office supply stores.
>
>Naah! You are thinking of a father and four daughters who were a
>gospel, blues & soul singing group.
>< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Staples_Singers >

I thought it was where the Lakers underperform.

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Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:56:19 -0500, Bowser <> wrote:
: On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:20:37 -0500, Robert Coe <> wrote:
:
: >On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:39:56 -0800, Savageduck
: ><savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
: >: On 2013-01-28 13:24:18 -0800, Tony Cooper <> said:
: >:
: >: > When's "Steeples" due?
: >:
: >: February 10, 2013
: >:
: >: > Here's one that isn't going to make the cut. It's simple, with good
: >: > color, but rather uninteresting. Non-traditional steeple on a
: >: > Catholic church.
: >:
: >: With most everything around here being "mission" style, and very
: >: unsteeple like, we don't have too much in terms of phallic steeples to
: >: be found. Unless I can dig up some steeple analogs I might not have any
: >: suitable images to contribute this time around.
: >
: >Let's face it, Duck: for this mandate, ya gotta live in New England. ;^)
:
: Man, this is one of my more myopic mandates, isn't it? I'm heading for
: Copley Sq on Saturday, if you're interested. I hear there's an old
: church that reflects in the glass of a certain skyscraper. I want to
: get a shot before the windows fall out again.

A classic subject with excellent angles available if you go at the right times
of the day. And I plan to head over to Old North Church on the next good day
for a similarly classic shot. (While you're in the area, see what you can do
with Back Bay Station and the BPL.)

My other two pix were shot in Cambridge, and Martha took all three of hers in
Sudbury. So there doesn't figure to be any duplication in the submissions of
the Boston contingent. :^)

Bob

On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:46:48 -0500, Tony Cooper <>
wrote:
: On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:55:57 -0500, Tony Cooper
: <> wrote:
:
: >On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:39:56 -0800, Savageduck
: ><savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
: >
: >>On 2013-01-28 13:24:18 -0800, Tony Cooper <> said:
: >>
: >>> When's "Steeples" due?
: >>
: >>February 10, 2013
: >>
: >>> Here's one that isn't going to make the cut. It's simple, with good
: >>> color, but rather uninteresting. Non-traditional steeple on a
: >>> Catholic church.
: >>
: >>With most everything around here being "mission" style, and very
: >>unsteeple like, we don't have too much in terms of phallic steeples to
: >>be found. Unless I can dig up some steeple analogs I might not have any
: >>suitable images to contribute this time around.
: >
: >My submissions will be traditional steeple with spires, but I would
: >include bell towers and mission towers in the mandate. Actually, a
: >"steeple" is a tall tower and what we picture as a steeple is the
: >tower plus the spire. It's still a steeple without the spire. Many
: >steeples don't have spires.
: >
: >The word itself is from the Old English for "tower".
:
:
: Just to add to this, here's another reject:
:
: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/64147677/Mt%...Est%201856.jpg
:
: This is the Mount Zion Primitive Baptist Church built in 1896 near Mt
: Dora, Florida. It's a steeple - a tower - but no spire. I don't
: think a spire is a requirement at all. A Greek Orthodox church in
: downtown Orlando has a tower with dome atop, and not a spire, and
: that's a steeple.
:
: One of the most famous movie scenes ("Vertigo")involved Jimmy Stewart
: in the tower, or steeple, at Mission San Juan Bautista south of San
: Francisco. Stewart played the role of a retired cop, too. It
: should be right up your alley.
:
: There is no spire at Mission San Juan Bautista.

Well... we hear you, Tony. And that is a nice picture.

Bob

On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:35:09 -0500, Robert Coe <> wrote:
: On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:56:19 -0500, Bowser <> wrote:
: : On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:20:37 -0500, Robert Coe <> wrote:
: :
: : >On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:39:56 -0800, Savageduck
: : ><savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
: : >: On 2013-01-28 13:24:18 -0800, Tony Cooper <> said:
: : >:
: : >: > When's "Steeples" due?
: : >:
: : >: February 10, 2013
: : >:
: : >: > Here's one that isn't going to make the cut. It's simple, with good
: : >: > color, but rather uninteresting. Non-traditional steeple on a
: : >: > Catholic church.
: : >:
: : >: With most everything around here being "mission" style, and very
: : >: unsteeple like, we don't have too much in terms of phallic steeples to
: : >: be found. Unless I can dig up some steeple analogs I might not have any
: : >: suitable images to contribute this time around.
: : >
: : >Let's face it, Duck: for this mandate, ya gotta live in New England. ;^)
: :
: : Man, this is one of my more myopic mandates, isn't it? I'm heading for
: : Copley Sq on Saturday, if you're interested. I hear there's an old
: : church that reflects in the glass of a certain skyscraper. I want to
: : get a shot before the windows fall out again.
:
: A classic subject with excellent angles available if you go at the right times
: of the day. And I plan to head over to Old North Church on the next good day
: for a similarly classic shot. (While you're in the area, see what you can do
: with Back Bay Station and the BPL.)
:
: My other two pix were shot in Cambridge, and Martha took all three of hers in
: Sudbury. So there doesn't figure to be any duplication in the submissions of
: the Boston contingent. :^)

I am sorry to hear that some participants can't find steeples for this
Shoot-In.

I am lucky. Our town center was chosen to be in a movie because it is such a
typical New England town. I photographed three steeples in our town center
historic district and was very pleased with them until I saw the pictures that
others say didn't make their top three shots.

If those shots are not their best three, I can't wait to see their shots that
are!

I had another experience with a book that had a "Guess the denomination" game.
It had pages of steeples from "Little Town on the Prairie" churches in the
American Mid-West. The point of the collection was that you could identify the
denomination of a church by its steeple, and the challenge was to see whether
the reader could identify the denominations of the churches in the pictures.
All of the steeples were unique; most were interesting; and some had
structures that we don't often see around here.

My collection from the Sudbury town center had two interesting steeples and
one plain but elegant white spire. When I saw the reject pictures I realized
that the plain farm town spire was not as interesting as the wedding cake
steeple in a neighboring town, so I photographed the wedding cake steeple for
my entry instead.

But here is what is interesting. The denomination of the church with the
wedding cake steeple and the denomination of one of my picturesque Sudbury
steeples is the same!

So if you are having trouble finding a good steeple to photograph, look at the
steeples that are more than 50 years old in your community and see which
denominations have the best ones. Then go to the churches of those
denominations in nearby towns and see what their steeples look like. You
should find some steeples that are worth photographing.

Martha

On 2/7/2013 10:00 PM, Martha Coe wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:35:09 -0500, Robert Coe <> wrote:
> : On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:56:19 -0500, Bowser <> wrote:
> : : On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:20:37 -0500, Robert Coe <> wrote:
> : :
> : : >On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:39:56 -0800, Savageduck
> : : ><savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
> : : >: On 2013-01-28 13:24:18 -0800, Tony Cooper <> said:
> : : >:
> : : >: > When's "Steeples" due?
> : : >:
> : : >: February 10, 2013
> : : >:
> : : >: > Here's one that isn't going to make the cut. It's simple, with good
> : : >: > color, but rather uninteresting. Non-traditional steeple on a
> : : >: > Catholic church.
> : : >:
> : : >: With most everything around here being "mission" style, and very
> : : >: unsteeple like, we don't have too much in terms of phallic steeples to
> : : >: be found. Unless I can dig up some steeple analogs I might not have any
> : : >: suitable images to contribute this time around.
> : : >
> : : >Let's face it, Duck: for this mandate, ya gotta live in New England. ;^)
> : :
> : : Man, this is one of my more myopic mandates, isn't it? I'm heading for
> : : Copley Sq on Saturday, if you're interested. I hear there's an old
> : : church that reflects in the glass of a certain skyscraper. I want to
> : : get a shot before the windows fall out again.
> :
> : A classic subject with excellent angles available if you go at the right times
> : of the day. And I plan to head over to Old North Church on the next good day
> : for a similarly classic shot. (While you're in the area, see what you can do
> : with Back Bay Station and the BPL.)
> :
> : My other two pix were shot in Cambridge, and Martha took all three of hers in
> : Sudbury. So there doesn't figure to be any duplication in the submissions of
> : the Boston contingent. :^)
>
> I am sorry to hear that some participants can't find steeples for this
> Shoot-In.
>
> I am lucky. Our town center was chosen to be in a movie because it is such a
> typical New England town. I photographed three steeples in our town center
> historic district and was very pleased with them until I saw the pictures that
> others say didn't make their top three shots.
>
> If those shots are not their best three, I can't wait to see their shots that
> are!
>
> I had another experience with a book that had a "Guess the denomination" game.
> It had pages of steeples from "Little Town on the Prairie" churches in the
> American Mid-West. The point of the collection was that you could identify the
> denomination of a church by its steeple, and the challenge was to see whether
> the reader could identify the denominations of the churches in the pictures.
> All of the steeples were unique; most were interesting; and some had
> structures that we don't often see around here.
>
> My collection from the Sudbury town center had two interesting steeples and
> one plain but elegant white spire. When I saw the reject pictures I realized
> that the plain farm town spire was not as interesting as the wedding cake
> steeple in a neighboring town, so I photographed the wedding cake steeple for
> my entry instead.
>
> But here is what is interesting. The denomination of the church with the
> wedding cake steeple and the denomination of one of my picturesque Sudbury
> steeples is the same!
>
> So if you are having trouble finding a good steeple to photograph, look at the
> steeples that are more than 50 years old in your community and see which
> denominations have the best ones. Then go to the churches of those
> denominations in nearby towns and see what their steeples look like. You
> should find some steeples that are worth photographing.
>
> Martha
>

I only have one, possibly two from my archives, that I would consider.
But, thanks to the impending storm, I will have time to look for more.
Hope you stay warm and dry.


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PeterN