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I use Adobe Lightroom as my primary image management software on both the PC and Macintosh. One of my persistent frustrations has been the “creeping slowness” issue, especially on an extended shoot. For instance, on day one of my trip to Africa last year, my catalog had about 8000 images and was nice and speedy. [...]

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jgilbert on April 13th, 2009

Check out this 360 degree panorama on a clear day from near the top of El Yunque National Rainforest, Puerto Rico. The day I went up there, there were no clouds and no rain, resulting in a view that apparently is very rare to enjoy. Altogether, I ended up with a 116 megapixel image, stitched [...]

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jgilbert on April 1st, 2009

Enjoy!
Full gallery here.
You might be also interested in photos of Meatball, taken on the same trip.

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jgilbert on March 28th, 2009

There is a great plaza in the northwest section of San Juan where skateboarders gather each afternoon to practice challenge each other to perform tricks. On my daily walks through the old part of the city, I made it a point to stop by each day and see if there were any shots to grab.
To [...]

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jgilbert on March 23rd, 2009

Work continues on my photo sorting. Currently I plan a few different collections to share:

A geotagged photo gallery, offering an immersive tour inside the old city of San Juan
A “best of the island” gallery, oriented towards travel
An artistic gallery, slanted to my own perspective on the shapes and colors of Puerto Rico

Here is one photo [...]

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jgilbert on March 22nd, 2009

Now about 80% through my batch of Puerto Rico photos. I’m still hobbling around, but the “splint” is off and the pain is slowly going away. For some ungodly reason, I’m up at 2:00 AM EST. So what better opportunity to share another photo from the trip?

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jgilbert on August 2nd, 2008

I found this plaque on my favorite bridge — the John W. Weeks bridge over the Charles River. 
What strikes me is that this plaque is seen daily by HBS students on their way to the Square.
If only my alma mater would put one in the E51 skybridge. Maybe our this would be a [...]

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jgilbert on July 29th, 2008

I found this a few months ago, near the coop market in Central Square. (Right across the street from Harmonix.)
Interesting, eh?

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