***Picture of the Day***

[suburban george3]

Monument from the SAS Soccer Stadium/Complex in Cary, NC.

[kmccloud]

Frankfurt, from the top of Kaufhof, taken 2 weeks ago. The only real skyline in Europe.

[Evergrey]

The view from my apartment in Pittsburgh

[woob]

Shreveport Louisiana looking down Spring Street.

Edited May 6, 2007 by woob

[dgreco]

love the first picture woob.

[richyb83]

Nice pictures yall. Thanks for posting them I always enjoy. Frankfurt has a very nice skyline. I really like the view in Pittsburgh and Shreveport too!

[1ajs]

winnipeg

[Dulcinea]

I love the pittsburgh shots.

[dgreco]

winnipeg

hdr? i like.

[1ajs]

hdr? i like.

nope lol just the retinex filter in gimp

[dgreco]

nope lol just the retinex filter in gimp

either way the shot looks cool.

[Mobuchu]

These have nothing to do with being urban, but I had fun taking them so I'll post anyway. My campfire during a camping trip this past weekend.

[UptownNewOrleans]

-3rd Ward, Houston. Most of this area is middle class but some parts range from working class to extreme ghetto. TSU & UH are located in the heart of 3rd Ward.

[atlrvr]

Here is one of my favorite areas of Boston. It's the South Cove neighborhood, which is a tranquil couple of blocks surrounded by high-rises, the sometimes seedy Theatre district and the MassPike.

[convulso]

The view from my apartment in Pittsburgh

lol - the scenic view from my apartment in auburn:

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and a night shot of some older buildings in birmingham (facing north):

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those first two fire photos up there are pretty sweet.

[gs3]

The fire photos are really cool.

[Charlotteman]

Here is one of my favorite areas of Boston. It's the South Cove neighborhood, which is a tranquil couple of blocks surrounded by high-rises, the sometimes seedy Theatre district and the MassPike.

Oh man is this a cool pic!

[ironchapman]

Here's a refreshing pic for a hot almost-summer day:

Kids Playing in the Fountains in Centennial Olympic Park (in Atlanta)

[dgreco]

^i used to work at a YMCA as a counselor, and we had a waterpark and they are surprisingly refreshing and rather fun.

[NcSc74]

Daytrippin in Zion NP Utah.

[ironchapman]

Beautiful work. Utah is such a beautiful state. The cactus flowers are so pretty.

Here's a photo for from me for today:

Bank of America Plaza Against a Cloudy Sky

^This one was taken back in January.

[dgreco]

nice pictures NcSc of Utah, and ironchapman i lvoe the close up of that at night.

[Neo]

I know that this isn't an urban photo by any means but I took this last night in my garden. It is from a cucumber vine...hopefully we'll see some veggies ready to be picked soon!

[ironchapman]

Excellent perspective, Neo! You must have zoomed in real close to get that.

[Neo]

Excellent perspective, Neo! You must have zoomed in real close to get that.

Used my new Nikon 105mm f/2.8 VR Micro lens. Since it is a 1:1 macro lens I can get pretty close. I've been toying with attaching my 50mm f/1.4 in reverse to gain even greater magnification but it is very hard to get a sharp shot of what you want as the DoF is as thin as paper at that point, not to mention the reduction in the amount of light hitting the sensor.

There is a whole new world in macro photography though and ever since I purchased this lens I've been enthralled by it. You could take shots all day long of things within 10ft. of you with one and that is a photographers dream! Not to mention stuff looks a heck of a lot cooler in macro IMO.