Photography Thread - Page 129

shark · 05-12-2013, 03:27 PM

shark · 05-12-2013, 03:34 PM

Presidential Limos, from Reagan all the way back to FDR

The limo in the foreground was the same limo where Pres. Reagan was hustled into when Hinckley shot him, and the same limo that Pres. Ford took shelter in when Lynette (Squeakey) Fromme, of the Charles Manson gang, pointed a .45 at him.

shark · 05-12-2013, 03:44 PM

This is the same limo in which JFK was riding when he was shot in Dallas...

shark · 05-12-2013, 03:59 PM

shark · 05-12-2013, 04:10 PM

shark · 05-12-2013, 04:12 PM

These were very gentle horses. They loved the attention from people.

shark · 05-12-2013, 04:17 PM

emopunker2004 · 05-13-2013, 04:02 PM

Took a trip to Dames Point Park today:

IMG_5142 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

IMG_5117 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

IMG_5150 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

IMG_5171 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

IMG_5128 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

emopunker2004 · 05-13-2013, 04:04 PM

IMG_5165 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

IMG_5145 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

IMG_5127 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

IMG_5134 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

IMG_5173 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

G G · 05-13-2013, 04:07 PM

I made some of the cable that is in the Dames Point Bridge.

emopunker2004 · 05-13-2013, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by G G

I made some of the cable that is in the Dames Point Bridge.

emopunker2004 · 05-14-2013, 03:36 PM

This came in today. Camera comes in tomorrow.

Untitled by emopunker2004, on Flickr

OLS · 05-15-2013, 07:19 AM

In Audubon Park a few weekends ago......

emopunker2004 · 05-15-2013, 10:07 AM

Ok guys I posted my papas Fritas photo for the troop auction. Lot 25. And 8x12 print.

emopunker2004 · 05-15-2013, 12:53 PM

My new treasure

Untitled by emopunker2004, on Flickr

OLS · 05-16-2013, 07:24 AM

All your old Nikon lenses will fit that, right?
Well, if you HAD any, I guess.

Another of my not quite golden nuggets here. This is the well-known Steamer Natchez
parked at the French Quarter dock with one of New Orleans only real iconic 'skyscrapers',
the International Trade Mart. If you watch JFK, the white-haired dude that Jim Garrison
takes to court to stand trial for conspiracy to ass the prez is said in the script to be the
"guy that owns the Trade Mart". That building behind the steamer is the Trade Mart.
It was the hub of Cental and South American trade through New Orleans. There used to
be a cool rotating bar at the top called The Rain Forest that we always tried to get into
when I was a kid, but walk through it and head to the elevator is all we ever dared to do.
The sun is glinting off of the most recognizable feature of the Aquarium of the Americas
there in the photo as well. This was another dawn photo of this area of town. Might go
back down again this weekend.

emopunker2004 · 05-16-2013, 07:28 AM

No the Nikons won't fit it. It takes minolta lenses. Came with a 50mm f/1.7 lens.
I need to send it to the local shop for a CLA. The mirror sometimes sticks up until I advance the film.

OLS · 05-16-2013, 07:11 PM

Tempted to take my show on the road this weekend, if the weather holds out in NO this weekend,
I think I will. Picked up a 24mm 2.8 manual focus AI lens and think it will be almost perfect for the light
I end up shooting on my late night trips. I think I should have gotten a faster lens, but it gets expensive
fast once you add WIDE to fast. I think my f/3.3 18-55mm does a decent job, but I take two cameras with me.
50mm f/1.8 ends up being a stovepipe at DX crop, and even the 35mm f/1.8 is too tight to do well in the quarter in
the early dawn and dark. So I needed a second, fast, wide alternative. It meters, so that's all I really insist on
in a old-time lens. I needed to test it tonight, hell I still have light, lemme go....

emopunker2004 · 05-16-2013, 07:33 PM

Brad. I love manual focusing on my minolta. Split image AND microprism focusing screen. Makes it oh so easy to mf

OLS · 05-17-2013, 07:10 AM

Not so easy on the D200, but the hardest thing to remember is to focus. When I am out
at 4 am shooting, it's sometimes hard to see the focus, and other times I have left AF lenses
helpless with my BODY on MF and me not even having taken the time to CHECK. I killed 80 pics
like this the other morning, PERFECT dawn and night lighting, wasted. I get so excited
to be on the scene like a fly on the wall, 'wow, look at that", "Wicked light over there",
I just sometimes forget to start right. So we'll see. I HAVE to go to Charlotte and help
my sister move in two weeks, so this weekend is a tough call. Not sure I want to be
driving SO much. Might not have a choice. New Orleans in the late spring and summer,
no es funno.

05-12-2013, 03:27 PM	#2561
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05-12-2013, 03:34 PM	#2562
shark Cigar Smokin' Patriot Join Date: Sep 2009 First Name: Ron Location: Michigan Posts: 3,563 Trading: (0)	Re: Photography Thread Presidential Limos, from Reagan all the way back to FDR The limo in the foreground was the same limo where Pres. Reagan was hustled into when Hinckley shot him, and the same limo that Pres. Ford took shelter in when Lynette (Squeakey) Fromme, of the Charles Manson gang, pointed a .45 at him. __________________ Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery None but ourselves can free our minds Last edited by shark; 05-12-2013 at 03:42 PM.

05-12-2013, 03:44 PM	#2563
shark Cigar Smokin' Patriot Join Date: Sep 2009 First Name: Ron Location: Michigan Posts: 3,563 Trading: (0)	Re: Photography Thread This is the same limo in which JFK was riding when he was shot in Dallas... __________________ Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery None but ourselves can free our minds

05-12-2013, 03:59 PM	#2564
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05-12-2013, 04:10 PM	#2565
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05-12-2013, 04:12 PM	#2566
shark Cigar Smokin' Patriot Join Date: Sep 2009 First Name: Ron Location: Michigan Posts: 3,563 Trading: (0)	Re: Photography Thread These were very gentle horses. They loved the attention from people. __________________ Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery None but ourselves can free our minds

05-12-2013, 04:17 PM	#2567
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05-13-2013, 04:02 PM	#2568
emopunker2004 Central Fla rollin Join Date: Jan 2011 First Name: Justin Location: Winter Springs, FL Posts: 6,171 Trading: (46)	Re: Photography Thread Took a trip to Dames Point Park today: IMG_5142 by emopunker2004, on Flickr IMG_5117 by emopunker2004, on Flickr IMG_5150 by emopunker2004, on Flickr IMG_5171 by emopunker2004, on Flickr IMG_5128 by emopunker2004, on Flickr __________________ Cigar Asylum: Where all are equal, unless you are from CA, then you are more equal.

05-13-2013, 04:04 PM	#2569
emopunker2004 Central Fla rollin Join Date: Jan 2011 First Name: Justin Location: Winter Springs, FL Posts: 6,171 Trading: (46)	Re: Photography Thread IMG_5165 by emopunker2004, on Flickr IMG_5145 by emopunker2004, on Flickr IMG_5127 by emopunker2004, on Flickr IMG_5134 by emopunker2004, on Flickr IMG_5173 by emopunker2004, on Flickr __________________ Cigar Asylum: Where all are equal, unless you are from CA, then you are more equal.

05-13-2013, 04:07 PM	#2570
G G BR549 Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Greg Location: Taylor, FL. Posts: 12,725 Trading: (10)	Re: Photography Thread I made some of the cable that is in the Dames Point Bridge.

05-14-2013, 03:36 PM	#2572
emopunker2004 Central Fla rollin Join Date: Jan 2011 First Name: Justin Location: Winter Springs, FL Posts: 6,171 Trading: (46)	Re: Photography Thread This came in today. Camera comes in tomorrow. Untitled by emopunker2004, on Flickr __________________ Cigar Asylum: Where all are equal, unless you are from CA, then you are more equal.

05-15-2013, 07:19 AM	#2573
OLS Suck It Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Brad Location: TN Posts: 7,912 Trading: (19)	Re: Photography Thread In Audubon Park a few weekends ago......

05-15-2013, 10:07 AM	#2574
emopunker2004 Central Fla rollin Join Date: Jan 2011 First Name: Justin Location: Winter Springs, FL Posts: 6,171 Trading: (46)	Re: Photography Thread Ok guys I posted my papas Fritas photo for the troop auction. Lot 25. And 8x12 print. __________________ Cigar Asylum: Where all are equal, unless you are from CA, then you are more equal.

05-15-2013, 12:53 PM	#2575
emopunker2004 Central Fla rollin Join Date: Jan 2011 First Name: Justin Location: Winter Springs, FL Posts: 6,171 Trading: (46)	Re: Photography Thread My new treasure Untitled by emopunker2004, on Flickr __________________ Cigar Asylum: Where all are equal, unless you are from CA, then you are more equal.

05-16-2013, 07:24 AM	#2576
OLS Suck It Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Brad Location: TN Posts: 7,912 Trading: (19)	Re: Photography Thread All your old Nikon lenses will fit that, right? Well, if you HAD any, I guess. Another of my not quite golden nuggets here. This is the well-known Steamer Natchez parked at the French Quarter dock with one of New Orleans only real iconic 'skyscrapers', the International Trade Mart. If you watch JFK, the white-haired dude that Jim Garrison takes to court to stand trial for conspiracy to ass the prez is said in the script to be the "guy that owns the Trade Mart". That building behind the steamer is the Trade Mart. It was the hub of Cental and South American trade through New Orleans. There used to be a cool rotating bar at the top called The Rain Forest that we always tried to get into when I was a kid, but walk through it and head to the elevator is all we ever dared to do. The sun is glinting off of the most recognizable feature of the Aquarium of the Americas there in the photo as well. This was another dawn photo of this area of town. Might go back down again this weekend.

05-16-2013, 07:28 AM	#2577
emopunker2004 Central Fla rollin Join Date: Jan 2011 First Name: Justin Location: Winter Springs, FL Posts: 6,171 Trading: (46)	Re: Photography Thread No the Nikons won't fit it. It takes minolta lenses. Came with a 50mm f/1.7 lens. I need to send it to the local shop for a CLA. The mirror sometimes sticks up until I advance the film. __________________ Cigar Asylum: Where all are equal, unless you are from CA, then you are more equal.

05-16-2013, 07:11 PM	#2578
OLS Suck It Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Brad Location: TN Posts: 7,912 Trading: (19)	Re: Photography Thread Tempted to take my show on the road this weekend, if the weather holds out in NO this weekend, I think I will. Picked up a 24mm 2.8 manual focus AI lens and think it will be almost perfect for the light I end up shooting on my late night trips. I think I should have gotten a faster lens, but it gets expensive fast once you add WIDE to fast. I think my f/3.3 18-55mm does a decent job, but I take two cameras with me. 50mm f/1.8 ends up being a stovepipe at DX crop, and even the 35mm f/1.8 is too tight to do well in the quarter in the early dawn and dark. So I needed a second, fast, wide alternative. It meters, so that's all I really insist on in a old-time lens. I needed to test it tonight, hell I still have light, lemme go....

05-16-2013, 07:33 PM	#2579
emopunker2004 Central Fla rollin Join Date: Jan 2011 First Name: Justin Location: Winter Springs, FL Posts: 6,171 Trading: (46)	Re: Photography Thread Brad. I love manual focusing on my minolta. Split image AND microprism focusing screen. Makes it oh so easy to mf __________________ Cigar Asylum: Where all are equal, unless you are from CA, then you are more equal.

05-17-2013, 07:10 AM	#2580
OLS Suck It Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Brad Location: TN Posts: 7,912 Trading: (19)	Re: Photography Thread Not so easy on the D200, but the hardest thing to remember is to focus. When I am out at 4 am shooting, it's sometimes hard to see the focus, and other times I have left AF lenses helpless with my BODY on MF and me not even having taken the time to CHECK. I killed 80 pics like this the other morning, PERFECT dawn and night lighting, wasted. I get so excited to be on the scene like a fly on the wall, 'wow, look at that", "Wicked light over there", I just sometimes forget to start right. So we'll see. I HAVE to go to Charlotte and help my sister move in two weeks, so this weekend is a tough call. Not sure I want to be driving SO much. Might not have a choice. New Orleans in the late spring and summer, no es funno.