Ram23

This really will be a beautiful building. The rendering animation is one of the best I've ever seen.

I don't think we have a John Hancock (Boston) again. What we see here is poor craftsmanship. The incidents that have happened at BoA Tower aren't design problems. If you have any sources claiming fear of collapse, I'd be interested. As far as I know, the only problems have been with construction crews failing to properly secure materials, that have ultimately fallen off the building.

HDR can be great or it can be disastrous, there is a thin line. Basically, use it only when lighting conditions warrant it. I can only speak for Canon, but there is a setting "AEB (automatic exposure bracketing)" that sets the camera to take 3 pictures for every picture you take; three different exposures for every picture you take. The exposures end up being one underexposed, one overexposed, and one average shot. This is under the main menu on most of their SLR's. These three exposures are combined in order to achieve an HDR. A program called Photomatix is best at constructing HDR's; I used to use Photoshop's built in HDR tool, but never achieved what I was aiming for. Photomatix really is a must. The images I attached are examples, the "average' shot as well as an HDR created with Photomatix from 3 exposures using Canon's "AEB" setting. Standard Exposure: HDR:

I have, but it's my opinion that Cincinnati has a unique set of circumstances that make light rail unfeasible in the immediate future. I should have elaborated a bit more. While a park and ride system would work on one end (the suburban) it would be difficult to find destinations that wouldn't require a car to move around. for instance, if light rail is built up the I-71 corridor, points of interest in Hyde Park, uptown/Clifton area, downtown and the Banks would require a localized transit system, meaning much improved bus routes. This is in addition, of course, to the difficulty of acquiring right-of-ways, and the funding for construction as well as operation. Heck, even the MTA in NYC is running in the red even after hiking their rates recently, and they fill the trains there like sardine cans.

I love the bigotry exhibited by the same people claiming that it's bigotry that decided prop 8. There's as much bigotry and intolerance on one side of this issue as the other.

I would guess Kenwood Towne Center in and of itself is quite profitable - being the premier mall in Cincy. No matter what happens, I don't think it's in for any trouble.

I can't imagine light rail will ever be built in Cincinnati. Simple, there's not enough people who want to move from point A to point B, or the stops along the way. The population and places of employment, points of interest, etc. are too dispersed.

Yeah, especially with the recent re-do of that intersection. Nothing will change there for awhile, I would think. The master plans you can look up at UC's library have some interesting concepts, though.

I've been following this project for awhile, I've always had quite an interest in the Glencoe complex. If anyone's interested, I composed a history of the place for a class at UC earlier this year, it's available here: http://daapspace4.daap.uc.edu/~feinze/galleries/miscprojects2/miscprojects2.html