User talk:Parkerdr

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[edit] Photos

Thanks for the photos. They are great. Appreciate them, they are essestial. The Southfield Town Center photographs well, here is another angle,[1] would like to see an inside atrium photo also. Did you say the American Center is not gold? It is very golden, the emporis photo also shows this very well. Did they change the glass recently? One of the noteworthy points of Southfield is its golden appearance. The building articles still need many photos Hyatt Regency in Dearborn, The Henry Ford, etc.Thomas Paine1776 21:44, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

About the American Center - it looks like green glass to me, but it is very reflective. With the sun at a low angle, a photograph from the sunny side would be "golden", but not like the golden reflective surfaces on the town center. I did try to photograph one of the local mall entrances, and was informed that it was private property, and the owners disallow photographs. oh well. Parkerdr 04:15, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Great photos of the Town Center, Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn buildings, Michigan Capitol, etc. Thanks for working on the 'magic photo' of the Town Center. We still don't have photos of the Belle Isle Fountain, the bridge, gardens, the marble light house, the Edsel Ford House, and Henry Ford Hospital. And we could use a good photo of the Cadillac Place, another difficult one to capture the size. Those aerial angles probably come from a floor on the Fisher Building. Thomas Paine1776 (talk) 02:09, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

By the way, you are an excellent photographer. I'm keeping watch on your commons page. Southfield has a gold domed St. John's Armenian Church (22001 Northwestern HWY) that is exquisite, and the former Duns Scotus (Now Word of Faith) at Nine Mile and Evergreen. Would like to have photos metro hospitals and medical schools for the articles. Medical is a strong suit for the regional economy. Two excellent aerial photography websites are Michigan oriented. If you haven't already seen them take a look at aerialpics.com [2] and photography-plus.com [3]. Thomas Paine1776 (talk) 23:24, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
The Chauncey Hurlbut Memorial Gate at Waterworks Park [4] is another major monument for which we have no photo. You probably saw this article Detroit's top ten interiors [5]. Do enjoy my trips to Metro Detroit and Michigan. Amazed by the improvements lately, hope the pace continues. Its bound to get the national attention eventually. Thomas Paine1776 (talk) 21:49, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Photo technique

Can you do this type of montage like London with multiple Detroit photos? Thomas Paine1776 (talk) 00:59, 13 March 2008 (UTC):

London.
London.
It looks Picasa (the best tool I have right now) can do that. I see are also asking Mike too.
I just tried it, and there isn't much control over what goes where...Parkerdr (talk) 01:07, 13 March 2008 (UTC)


Thanks a bunch for the excellent demonstration using a table to make a montage.Thomas Paine1776 (talk) 00:12, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time to fill in the many missing photos, user:Mikerussell asked for a list of photos which I posted on his talk page as well, like the James Scott fountain on Belle Isle, Chauncey Hurlbut Memorial gate on Jefferson, Bishop Gallaher Residence, etc. Note the NRHP for Wayne County [6], there are several pages to advance through at the bottom of the link.Thomas Paine1776 (talk) 01:50, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] New photo commons

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There are new photo commons at the bottom the architecture article to place extra pictures since we have so many good photos.Thomas Paine1776 (talk) 20:37, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

I see that. I haven't been adding pics to the "major" articles (you have been doing a good job at that), but I will add ones to the commons gallery pages, when I get some more. Parkerdr (talk) 22:06, 17 May 2008 (UTC)