#15. Ice Cream!

Before I get to the ice cream... Here are some photos that someone else took from a 5D Mark II with a 102 year old lens! [Photos here]

Mount Vesuvius (Before) from Franklin Fountain in Philadelphia

Mount Vesuvius (After)

CT

#14. Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world

The honeybear walks into mine.

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#13. Got some accessories from Amazon!

My order from Amazon arrived today!

- 1 New Battery

- 2 Vivitar UV Lenses (Great!)

- 2 4gb class 6 memory cards. (So much slower than my 2 gig... I might upgrade to a class 8 or 10. It only does 6 RAW cont. before it stops. It does about 20+ burst in JPeg though.) Low Level Format is your friend.

I also updated my camera's firmware today! Getting things done. Woo hoo!

Here's a picture from the rehearsal room.

ISO 800 ~ 18mm ~ f/4.5 ~ 1/30s

Sidenote: I've been using Av more than M. Av is great for quick shots, when I don't really have that much time to set everything manually.

CT

#12. A Day in the Park

Went to the park on Monday and got to practice quick snaps without looking like a creep.

I wish it didn't cut off the dog's leg...
ISO800 ~ 100mm ~ f/4.5 ~ 1/250s

This is extremely cropped and still adorable.
ISO 800 ~ 55mm ~ f/5.6 ~ 1/60s

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#11. Candid Shot

Here's a candid shot I caught of a little girl crossing the street with her grandfather.

ISO 100 ~ 43mm ~ f/5.0 ~ 1/200s

Here's the horizontal crop.

I'm still figuring out how I want to edit this photo. I've touched it up in Light room, but there's still something missing.

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#10. My 1st attempt at HDR

I used 2 photos at 2 different exposures and combined them in Photoshop. I wanted to make it less realistic. It's extremely over saturated... I'm going to have to try this again.

Here are 3 photos from the same scene.

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#9. NYC pictures as promised!

Here are the photos from my recent NYC escapade. 

A dirty puddle by the sidewalk
ISO 100 ~ 55mm ~ f/5.6 ~ 1/25s

Manhole cover on 48th St. Used my telezoom lens (no IS)
ISO 200~ 300mm ~ f/5.6 ~ 1/320s

I secretly love this shot, even though it's blurry.
I didn't have time to focus, cause they were rushing by.
ISO 400 ~ 160mm ~ f/5.6 ~ 1/60s

More photo adventures tomorrow!

CT