Rick Cloran
Robert W. Dalton
Roger Evans
Richard Harper
Rick Cloran
Joyce Bruck
Jim Mayo
Chuck McCollum
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Boston Dawn

Photographer's Notes/Comments - June 08

This image was made slightly before dawn in mid-July of 2007 from the front of the Boston (Logan) airport Hyatt hotel looking back at the city's waterfront. Processing was limited to slight cropping, small adjustments to levels and saturation and a small amount of sharpening. Details

Digital capture withCanon EOS 1D Mark IIN

ISO setting 200

Lens 28-135 EF IS  
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Group Member's Comments
Robert W. Dalton This is an excellent capture. You can capture the entire Boston skyline in one photograph as it is so small. Early dawn is the best time to photograph this type of image. Good color on the sky and because the water is very calm just like glass, the reflection of the skyline in the water is outstanding.
Roger Evans This is an interesting image Rick. You don't mention anything about stitching so am I to assume this is as taken? The sky and the water really appear to be mirror images. The buildings themselves bring up another question. Note the lights on top of the buildings are barely visible but in the reflection they are very prominate. And the reflection of building number four from the left side appears very different than the building. Is this really a simple single image of a skyline at night? By the way regardless of how you produced it, it is a very nice image.
Richard Harper It is not often that you see a plain blue sky for this shot but it suits what you are trying to achieve. Such skies usually tend to pale towards the horizon. I think that the image would be improved by cropping, certainly the dull building on the right, but possibly also the next one, because the bright highlight on the water tends to draw the eye.
Joyce Bruck Perfect time of the day to get detail, but have the charm of fading light. Beautiful reflection.
Jim Mayo It’s very interesting that this shot was dawn and not dusk. Nice reflections and the blue color add to the impact.
Chuck McCollum
About the Photographer
Rick Cloran - FPSA, MNEC (Master Member, New England Camera Club Council)

I retired just last year after working over 30 years for Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. My early years were spent in Liberty's internal auditing department. I then moved into the investment department where I spent the second half of my career. I had the pleasure, and sometimes aggravation, of watching the Liberty Mutual Group grow from five companies to 53 domestic and 20 plus international companies over that time.

I joined the Greater Lynn Photographic Association (then Camera Club) in 1975 and followed that by joining PSA in 1976. I have held most of the positions in GLPA at one point or another and currently serve as the Treasurer. In PSA, I have held various positions in the Nature and PJ divisions over the years. My two current roles in the Society are as a member of the Endowment Committee that provides oversight to the management of the Society's underlying endowment investments, and, perhaps more recognizably, as a member of the Equipment Committee at the annual Conference (those seemingly crazy people who go running from room to room to try to keep the AV side of things working).

While I cut my photographic eye teeth on action sports, other PJ and nature photography, I have always tended to shoot pretty much anything that won't shoot back. I met my better half, Marilyn, at GLPA and we have shared a love affair in nature and general photography for the past 18 years. I moved into the digital realm a little over a year ago, but still shoot slides as well. Digital has proven to be a dual learning experience as many of the techniques I have used on film don't "translate" exactly in the digital world, and then there is the whole universe of Photoshop and post capture "processing". When I began in PSA I found the study circuits to be of significant benefit from a learning and growing perspective. I look forward to repeating that journey with my fellow members in this group.