Synopshots

Pont de la Machine, Geneva, Switzerland, originally uploaded by TimDD.

This is where Lac Leman, or Lake Geneva, feeds into the Rhone River... just outside the door the the Hotel Ambassador, where I usually stay.

"The Machine" is the lock mechanism used to control the flow... which you can see just left of the right edge of the image.

This happens to be 21 shots (7 each times 3) to create the pano. Alight adjustments in Photomatix, sky cleanup in Photoshop, and a bit of texture from LucisArt Exposure.

Mulligans Irish Pub, Geneva, Switzerland, July 2008, originally uploaded by TimDD.

I just returned from another trip to Geneva -- which included a climb up into the Jura mountains to take a look back toward the French Alps and Mont Blanc. After that climb, I stopped in at this place -- just around the corner from my hotel, but a much needed refreshment. The weather was beautiful -- but humid -- and that 1664 tasted great!

Shady Rest by the Merrimack, Lawrence, MA, May 2008, originally uploaded by TimDD.

Working with the 10.5mm f/2.8 is tricky. I took this months ago but only recently did it leap out of Bridge and ask for some processing. I guess is some ways the roof of this structure feels like the inside of a boat hull -- right here alongside the river.

Go! Speed Racer, originally uploaded by TimDD.

Saw this on a trip to NYC a couple of months ago.

Adjustments: I used a LucisArt exposure filter on the buildings, which as expected creates that chewy texture which so loves stone and brick. I masked the mural and boosted the saturation just a tad, and used the "multiply" mode to give it some POP.

Don't know if the movie was any good... but the outdoor was!

Nephew William, originally uploaded by TimDD.

Another face picture from my trip a couple of weeks ago to New York City to see my niece Sarah in "The Mikado."

As I mentioned when I posted this on Flickr, the camera just loves this boy's face!

Sister Dee 2, originally uploaded by TimDD.

My sister Deirdre, just before her daughter Sarah took the stage as Yum Yum at Laguardia Arts' production of "The Mikado" by Gilbert & Sullivan.

Kevin Garnett published in Tennessee Journalist story on Celtics-Lakers in NBA Final, originally uploaded by TimDD.

Thanks to Flickr, I've had another photo published -- this time a picture of the Celtics / Lakers showdown to support a story about the NBA Finals.

Yee Haw!

Yum Yum, Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado, Laguardia Arts, New York, NY, originally uploaded by TimDD.

My niece, Sarah Keljikian, as Yum Yum, in Laguardia Arts' production of "The Mikado." She was absolutely brilliant, and obviously absolutely beautiful!

Lawrence RR Bridge, originally uploaded by TimDD.

Mother's Day walk took us into Lawrence, and to see the newly rehab'ed parks. We found a way under the two bridges which are just downstream of Lawrence Dam. Awesome sound, and these awesomely mid-century (earlier, perhaps) structures.

Tree Baby, originally uploaded by TimDD.

I believe this baby doll was trapped in this riverside tree at the time of an extremely high tide this spring. It stopped me in my tracks.