Uploads from writRHET, tagged writrhet

Time travels with the trains

nobody@flickr.com (writRHET) — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:10:31 -0700

writRHET posted a photo:

The interior of Union Station, Wynkoop Street, between 16th and 18th, Denver, CO.

During the early part of the 20th century, as many as eighty trains a day stopped here. Now, there's only one that passes through. But construction is underway to turn the station into the central hub for FasTracks, a massive public transportation expansion plan for the Denver and Boulder metropolitan areas.

Running through Union Station is the 105th meridian west, by which Mountain Standard Time is reckoned.

Best viewed large.

#10 Collage: my first video

nobody@flickr.com (writRHET) — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 02:57:26 -0700

writRHET posted a photo:

Click here to watch my first foray into video, taken aboard the #10 bus in Denver, CO.

Denver streets got soul. . . .

Watch this video on Vimeo. Video created by writRHET.

The song is "Hancho Pancho," from the album Quardboard Flavored Fiber, by Slumgum.

Back in the Saddle Again

nobody@flickr.com (writRHET) — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 01:30:23 -0700

writRHET posted a photo:

I've been gone for way too long -- but it's good to be back. . . . Please check out my first attempt at filmmaking, if you get a chance.

The photo above is of On the War Trail, by Alexander Phimister Proctor; it's in Civic Center Park, Denver, CO.

Time runs with the river

nobody@flickr.com (writRHET) — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:37:54 -0700

writRHET posted a photo:

The confluence of the South Platte River and Cherry Creek, Denver, CO. View larger.

The city of Denver was founded at this confluence in 1858, on the site of Cheyenne and Arapaho seasonal encampments, when General William Larimer staked out a square-mile townsite after the first substantial discovery of gold in the Rocky Mountains was made just a few miles downriver, sparking the Colorado Gold Rush. It turned out that there wasn’t a great deal of gold to be had along the banks of the South Platte. But the little mining town grew in the meantime, and when major lodes were discovered further up in the mountains, Denver became the supply hub for the region, and then its center of vice and of banking. Nowadays, the confluence of the South Platte and Cherry Creek hosts a number of pubic parks and upscale condo developments.

In Larimer’s time, gold was typically gotten from the earth through a process called placer mining: that is, by panning or sluicing for surface deposits, in the manner familiar from countless Western films. There’s no more gold to be found in the South Platte. But some of the people in this photo look as though they’re panning for it nevertheless. . . .

King's Gambit

nobody@flickr.com (writRHET) — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:52:49 -0700

writRHET posted a photo:

16th Street, between Arapahoe and Curtis, Denver, CO.

What Marx might have called "the primitive accumulation of capitol"

nobody@flickr.com (writRHET) — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:46:44 -0700

writRHET posted a photo:

An enormous cumulus cloud formation, miles east of Denver, appears to envelop the state capitol building. A stunning site from a distance, these clouds, but I'm glad I wasn't under them.

Hit Man

nobody@flickr.com (writRHET) — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 17:02:57 -0700

writRHET posted a photo:

Curtis and 16th Streets, Denver, CO.

Heels

nobody@flickr.com (writRHET) — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:11:10 -0700

writRHET posted a photo:

Curtis and 16th Streets, Denver, CO.

Gideon's Hands

nobody@flickr.com (writRHET) — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:53:11 -0700

writRHET posted a photo:

16th and Stout Streets, Denver, CO.

13th and Macintosh: Or, A Question for My Fellow Flickr-ers

nobody@flickr.com (writRHET) — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:17:57 -0700

writRHET posted a photo:

Dear Flickr Frnds:

I just switched over from PC to Mac (from a Dell laptop to a MacBook Pro), and I’m noticing a pretty significant difference in the appearance of my Flickr photos. On the MacBook, both B&W and color images are darker (i.e., the grays fall more quickly into black) and the color images seem warmer, more saturated, and more vibrant. In some cases, the differences are an improvement; in others, not so much: in fact, some of the cross-processed photos look a bit garish to me now.

I realize that image appearances vary from computer to computer, monitor to monitor, even browser to browser, and that there’s no controlling how your photos will look for every single viewer. But I’m wondering: Do any of you Mac users have a preferred display calibration? Does anyone have any tips for insuring something resembling consistency of color and tone across makes, models, etc?

I’m sure there’s plenty on this topic to be found on the web. But I thought I’d first put the question to you all, since you’re the ones whose work I enjoy so much.

Thanks!
writRHET

Shades

nobody@flickr.com (writRHET) — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:44:25 -0700

writRHET posted a photo:

16th and Champa Streets, Denver, CO.

three three four | seven three three

nobody@flickr.com (writRHET) — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:23:20 -0700

writRHET posted a photo:

17th and Broadway, Denver, CO.

The Mild, Mild West

nobody@flickr.com (writRHET) — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:02:16 -0700

writRHET posted a photo:

A coachman awaits a fare amidst shoppers and tourists on the 16th Street Mall, Denver, CO.

Blue Note

nobody@flickr.com (writRHET) — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 19:26:31 -0800

writRHET posted a photo:

16th and Stout Streets, Denver, CO. Looks best on black.

Beatrice

nobody@flickr.com (writRHET) — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:34:32 -0800

writRHET posted a photo:

15th and California Streets, Denver, CO.

Watching the Detectives

nobody@flickr.com (writRHET) — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:17:18 -0800

writRHET posted a photo:

16th and Araahoe Streets, Denver, CO.

More Streetflakes

nobody@flickr.com (writRHET) — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:48:45 -0800

writRHET posted a photo:

17th and Stout Streets, Denver, CO.

Ogden and Corona

nobody@flickr.com (writRHET) — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:09:15 -0800

writRHET posted a photo:

Alley between Ogden and Corona Streets, at 13th Avenue, Denver, CO.

His head is in the clouds. . . .

nobody@flickr.com (writRHET) — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:51:20 -0800

writRHET posted a photo:

17th Street and Glenarm Place, Denver, CO.

(Thanks to Lovely Like Custard for the title.)

Dark and Tangled

nobody@flickr.com (writRHET) — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:32:38 -0800

writRHET posted a photo:

11th Avenue, between Ogden and Corona Streets, Denver, CO.