That Jersey Shore pic reminded me of the old (at the risk of aging myself) Long Beach Nu Pike.

Here are a couple of scans of an assignment from long ago . . .





Obviously, the film was Tri-X, shot with the same old Nikon FE I'm still using.

 

Nice!


--
Cheese

 

veryy cool...black and whites are always a good way to go...I'm experimenting with photoshop these days.
here's my latest.

 

Sorry Emis, no image is visible . . .

 

ok I fixed them...had to go another route! I'm still learning how to use forums and all that good stuff.

 

That's better.

I like this one . . .

Got any urban shots? MINIs?
Pretty creative.

 

yeah there are only a couple in my gallery, most of them are in Tuls' gallery I only signed up for NAM today. how about these? but wait isn't this the non mini picture thread? I have tons of pictures but only really have galleries of my photoshop stuff...and you?

 

This one is great. :smile: Welcome to the site.

 

No photshopped stuff worth mentioning, most of my pics are straight out- although I did use some of the brush stroke filters on this pic to enhance the already-present fog . . .


You're right about the non-MINI comment. I was just wondering if you had photoshopped MINI pics.

The one above . . . is it a nightshot? (the MINI that is)

 

actually it's a combination of 2 shots, the mini was taken under direct sunlight so the sky was basically whited out by the sun and the smoke is a night shot of a smoke bomb set off on some pavement...amazing how quickly day goes to night.

 

Finally got the Nikon I was salivating over . . .
Shot a few at work to get a feel for the settings.

Here's what I found:

Auto Setting


'A' priority- Sunny/Vivid/Can't remember the rest but I could look it up






Contrast check . . .


Flourescent WB / handheld . . .


No retouch/photoshop other than to resize/rename.
Comments? Helpful hints? Idiosynchrasies?

Still want to get a feel for night time shooting. I'll hopefully get out tomorrow night.
Any ideas on settings for shooting neon? (flourescent or incandescent? i'm thinking the former.)

 

I checked the shooting data on your pics. Someone got a D70. Enjoy

For nighttime I would shoot RAW and then download a trial copy of Nikon Capture and Photoshop CS. See which one you like best. That way you can have complete control over the white balance and such. At night the auto white balance and even the programed (incandecent) white balance just isn't the same as having the flexibility of RAW. You can also adjust you contrast, sharpness, saturation level, color space, etc. etc. etc.

 

Is there a big difference between the less-expensive, Photoshop Elements and budget-busting PS/CS?
Should I rob the MINIUSA bank?

As for Nikon Capture, a trial version tucked itself in the box but I haven't bothered with it yet. I suppose it'd be worth looking at eh?

 

My latest non - MINI shots....nice weekend here in NJ last week....

 

[RANT]

@ Nikon for making us buy RAW editing software when Canon includes it for free!

The $1300 D70 is really more like $1400 with software and not all that far out of 20D territory. [/RANT]


Photoshop CS (the expensive one) does RAW editing. I'm using Nikon Capture ($100) and sticking with photoshop 7. Call it a budget solution, but CS does what I need it to.

 

This one is beautiful.

 

Thanks Dave.

 

I envy you guys because I am a total newby when it comes to photography. I should take a few classes when I get the time. I have a Fuji S5000 which is a pretty cheap camera but it is getting me interested due to all the gadgets and features. I hope to upgrade in the future but this suits my ability (and budget) at this time.

Blacknblue, I loved the old Long Beach Pike. It was the perfect combination of seediness and fun. Where else can you take the family for carnival rides while you get a tatoo and watch peep shows? Have you seen the new "Pike?" Eeeew!

 

Took these a few weeks ago in North Jersey..

 

Another

 

Dan,
I like the depth of field in this one . . .

 

Last one..

 

Lots of good pictures in here tonight. The foot path shot with the running water is nice. Also, I agree with blacknblue about the depth of field.



Here's my contribution. This is from last weekend with my Coolpix 4300. The D70 is in for repair with no good news yet.

 

Rick,
The new "Pike" doesn't quite have the same atmosphere as the old one, I agree.
It does hold new photo possibilities however. (too bad you can't get a decent tattoo there though.)

Your pics make me wish I was back in Chicagoland to see the forest preserves!

 

Very nice Dave--it just goes to show that an inexpensive camera like a 4300 can produce pretty nice stuff in capable hands. But a D70 or 20D definitely yields more confidence in getting "the shot" right the first time.

Richard