FINAL WEEK: DC Night Tour 2005 'NotaCon' (July 29-31)

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

07/07/2005 10:02:31 AM · #226

oh, well.... then i'm not going.

scalvert

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

07/07/2005 10:05:44 AM · #227

(Muck doesn't wanna di)

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

07/07/2005 10:11:14 AM · #228

::sits and cries:: Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-a-a-a-a-a-a-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-a-a-a-a-a-a-HHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhh
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Originally posted by muckpond:

oh, well.... then i'm not going.

Message edited by muckpond - added some line breaks.

scalvert

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

07/07/2005 10:12:59 AM · #229

Add a waterproof camera housing to your equipment checklist...

07/07/2005 10:19:24 AM · #230

07/07/2005 10:23:07 AM · #231

and if your shorter than 5'8" an umbrella

Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Nikon

07/07/2005 10:55:36 AM · #232

I'll be there!

__umbrella
__box of tissues
__cattle prod for rabble rousers

khdoss

Nikon D300

07/07/2005 10:56:14 AM · #233

just a reminder, DC is HOT AND HUMID in the summer. Temps can get in the high 90's with 80% humidity so dress accordingly. The nights are generally decent high 70's, so perfect for the evening shoots.

07/07/2005 10:58:13 AM · #234

__water bottle
__extra deoderant

jenesis

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

07/07/2005 11:35:06 AM · #235

Originally posted by khdoss:

just a reminder, DC is HOT AND HUMID in the summer. Temps can get in the high 90's with 80% humidity so dress accordingly. The nights are generally decent high 70's, so perfect for the evening shoots.

Dang it!! Thought I might be getting a break from all the yucky muck down here in the south. :-) Oh well, at least I'm used to it. Thanks for the heads up.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

07/07/2005 11:45:54 AM · #236

Just in case you don't believe anything without statistical support, here's Weather Underground's report from their Trip Advisor: Hot, Hot, Hot!

scalvert

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

07/07/2005 11:49:07 AM · #237

Originally posted by jenesis:

Dang it!! Thought I might be getting a break from all the yucky muck down here in the south. :-)

I thought he said he wasn't coming. ;-)

07/07/2005 12:34:05 PM · #238

yeah! yucky muck? i'm ever-so-slightly offended.

jenesis

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

07/07/2005 01:23:46 PM · #239

Yes, well perhaps I should rephrase. How about squalid cesspool?? We have no cesspool on the site do we? Good, squalid cesspool it is.

Let me please state that our Muckpond is NOT yucky. At least I'm pretty sure he's not, as I've never personally met him. Perhaps I should leave it up for review until after the GTG. No, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that he is definetly not yucky. Now muck, in general, is quite yucky. Hence, my original statement. :-D

There will be NO yucky muck at the GTG, let me repeat... NO YUCKY MUCK. That is all.... :-) Many apologies, Muckpond. ;-)

07/07/2005 02:40:26 PM · #240

Originally posted by jenesis:

Yes, well perhaps I should rephrase. How about squalid cesspool?? We have no cesspool on the site do we? Good, squalid cesspool it is.

SqualidCesspool--now there's a username!

(Mucky: You have finished those renovations for the time being, haven't you?)

07/07/2005 04:12:30 PM · #241

Ok, for those who are not flying in...

PLEASE, pm or email pm or email me with when you are arrivign in DC, and a contact number so that Clara and Terry can contact you in DC.\
If you are staying in a hotel, please let me know which one :)

All phone numbers will be put in a small list for Clara's use only.

07/07/2005 04:12:56 PM · #242

For DPCers flying in to the Notacon!

Ok... So we dont accidently leave anyone in the airport waiting... Can you PLEASE pm or email me with your flight numbers and arrival and departure dates and times so that Clara and Terry can make sure that you aren't left in the Airport Bar?? Well... at least for too long... ::WINK::

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Nikon

07/08/2005 08:40:47 AM · #243

bump

blemt

Nikon D70

07/09/2005 07:48:09 AM · #244

Okay- the long awaited schedule. :) Due to the number of people being unable to firmly commit, I had to drop several ideas that required specific permits.

Friday: Arrival Day. No specific shooting plans for the day. Dinner at Steve's at 6pm. I strongly urge everyone get there earlier. Driving 270 at rush is just not fun. Dinner concludes at 9. This is because the Terry contingent has a 2 hour drive back to PA, and we have a ton planned for Saturday.

Saturday: We have three planned AM events starting at 9am.

1) National Zoo
2) National Mall area (Smithsonian, Monuments durning Day)
3) Downtown DC (A walkaround the DC metro area exploring various nooks and crannies. Includes the Navy Memorial, White House, Ford's Theater)

Everyone gets to pick one from the menu. :) Remember that Saturday is going to be a very, very long day. The AM event will end by 2pm. From 2 until 5:30 I STRONGLY urge naptime. If you miss naptime I'm gonna have no sympathy for you at 3am. :)

Meet back up at 6:00 PM at Metro Center station. Walk down to the Mall area for twilight/later afternoon shooting.

Dinner at Union Station at 9:00 PM at Uno.

Night shoot starting at 11:00pm. We will break back into our three groups- this allows us to rotate through all memorials without having 40 of us with tripods around to annoy Park Police.

1) Jefferson Memorial
2) World War 2 Memorial
3) FDR Memorial

These are the ones we are hitting first. All three turn lights off around 1am. After 1am, we will rotate down to Vietnam, Lincoln, and Korea.

Then sunrise at the memorial of your choice.

Stagger back to hotels/lodgings for sleep. :)

Sunday- Arlington National at 1pm. Cause we are all going to be tired!
We should finish up at Arlington around 3ish.

Sunday night- Clara collapses into a small ball of goo. ;)

As you can see- the schedule is pretty organic. This is done to allow people the chance to explore as they wish. There's also a good bit of downtime built in on purpose. Shooting overnight is hard on the old body. Take advantage of scheduled rest time to do just that. Don't forget it gets beastly hot in DC this time of year.