First batch of photos from LA DPC meet

06/15/2004 06:01:08 PM · #1

I posted the first round of pics from Olvera Street and the nearby area that we walked to.

Here's the link: //www.owwdee.com/dpchallenge/olvera

Let me know what you think. I suppose I could also post them to my portfolio so people can leave comments or just feel free to post them to this thread.

DOH! I just saw the typo in the thread title and I don't know how to change that. Oh well.

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bledford

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

06/15/2004 06:05:00 PM · #2

The guitar shot is gorgeous. Looks like you had a fun day. Living in a big city must be a delight for photography. Up here in Chico, there's mostly just college students tubing down the Sacramento River. ;)

Kylie

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35

06/15/2004 06:08:02 PM · #3

Terrific shots! And Bledford -- I can relate. I am in Sacramento and find it complete UN-inspiring. It isn't my home town, so I do know how interesting the world can be! LOL

Although a better photographer than I can do great work in Sacramento -- the ribbon winner, Chris, in DDOF!!!!

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frisca

Nikon D70

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

06/15/2004 08:11:10 PM · #4

cool shots! And sorted out your title mishap too! ;)

06/15/2004 08:30:19 PM · #5

I'm glad you guys like the photos! I'm going to make some available as prints very soon starting with the guitars. I need to search for help on upsizing my photos from 180 dpi to 300.

And thank you for correcting my thread title typo, frisca! :)

Kylie

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35

06/15/2004 08:33:02 PM · #6

My favorites are the pastel colored flowers or petals (?). They would make very good looking prints also.

06/16/2004 01:13:04 AM · #7

Those are paper mache flowers and I believe they are anthuriums but my limited knowledge of flowers isn't helping me. I will work on those after the guitars.

garrywhite2

Canon EOS-7D

06/16/2004 02:04:36 AM · #8

Great shots Greg!!

I was surprised by the blue sky, here in Corona it has been mostly June gloom since January lol.

kp320

Fujifilm FinePix S3000

06/16/2004 02:36:38 AM · #9

photos are great. really love the guitar photo.....but what do i know? kp

bledford

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

06/16/2004 01:20:45 PM · #10

The more I look at it, the more I'm beginning to like this one most of all. Good stuff.

Kylie, I've always enjoyed the Blues/Jazz festivals they have in Old Town Sac. Might be an interesting venue. Also, if you have the right equipment (long zooms), you could drive north for the Snow Goose festival we have every winter.

06/16/2004 02:09:30 PM · #11

Originally posted by bledford:

The more I look at it, the more I'm beginning to like this one most of all. Good stuff.

Oh yeah, That was one of my favorites, too. There were some red lanterns strung across the two buildings and I was directly under them for that shot. Too bad I didn't have my lens hood with me that day. I had to smudge out a HUGE splotch (lens flare) on the left side before I felt it was not embarassing to post. :)

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bledford

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

06/16/2004 06:45:36 PM · #12

Originally posted by MrAkamai:

Originally posted by bledford:
The more I look at it, the more I'm beginning to like this one most of all. Good stuff.

Oh yeah, That was one of my favorites, too. There were some red lanterns strung across the two buildings and I was directly under them for that shot. Too bad I didn't have my lens hood with me that day. I had to smudge out a HUGE splotch (lens flare) on the left side before I felt it was not embarassing to post. :)

Don't get rid of anymore of the flare though...it's what makes that image interesting to me.

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED

06/16/2004 08:16:53 PM · #13

OK, will do! I can send you, or post to my portfolio later, the original image complete with ugly splotch. I do like the current amount of flare as it's just enough. Personally, I like a bit of flare as long as it doesn't detract from the total image. The splotch from hell certainly detracted. :)

(fixed typo)

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qmdi

Nikon D810

06/16/2004 10:26:57 PM · #14

Sorry it took so long for me to post these pictures. Greg and I had a great time on Sunday!

I hope this link works.

"typo"

Our Trip

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Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

06/17/2004 03:04:58 AM · #15

Eric, those are some great shots! I really like your Walt Disney picture in b/w. Yeah, I hope that next time we have more people join us.

tolovemoon

Canon EOS Rebel SL1

06/17/2004 06:21:21 AM · #16

Great Guitar photo! My favorite for sure!

I like Erics too!

All of the photos really fun to look at! Thanks for sharing!

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drewmedia

Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM

06/17/2004 09:23:15 AM · #17

Moving this thread to "Out and About" :)

06/17/2004 11:29:12 AM · #18

Sorry, Drew! I guess I should have posted it there in the first place. Next LA meet will have photos/threads posted here. :)

06/17/2004 11:34:47 AM · #19

Originally posted by bledford:

The more I look at it, the more I'm beginning to like this one most of all. Good stuff.

OK, I posted the original in my portfolio so you can see the lens flare splotch: //www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=84276. It's an extracted jpg from a RAW file and all I did was resize and save for web.

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mirdonamy

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

06/17/2004 11:22:27 PM · #20

Man, I wish I were there! Great job. I love all the colors!!!!

I still haven't been to Olivera St and I live soooo close to it! Did you find parking okay, everyone?

Do you want to go to Little Tokyo on the 27th?

06/18/2004 02:13:41 PM · #21

Arie-

You really missed out on a lot of good photos! Eric was thinking about going to a beach like Venice or Newport but I think the eye candy (read: photo opportunities) might be better at Venice just because there are so many "interesting" people there. Other places we could visit: 3rd street in Santa Monica, The Grove in LA or one of the gardens like Huntington. I honestly didn't see much in Little Tokyo worth revisiting but then again maybe you know of better places than Eric and I saw. :)

My guitars pic is almost ready to submit to dpcprints, yay! :)

mirdonamy

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

06/18/2004 02:22:52 PM · #22

I am always up for a trip to the beach!!! We'll need to take model releases with us though. It's hard NOT to get people in our photos if we go to Venice or SM. Never been to Newport. I love gardends as well. Never been to the grove either. Are there places to take photos there?

Where do you all want to go? Is the 27th okay? I have NO other plans that day!!!

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED

06/18/2004 04:07:53 PM · #23

To answer your previous question, we both found parking just fine. In fact, I don't know about Eric but we both left at the same time and I think we used the same exit and my parking was free! There was no attendant and the arm thingy was up so I just drove out.

I vote for the beach and maybe we can return to Little Tokyo at a different date. I'm going to print a bunch of those releases today to have around for all of us.

The Grove is an amazing place. It's a mostly outdoors mall with fountains and all sorts of cool stuff (even an Apple Store, in case you like Macs as I do). Lots of photo opportunities with architecture and people. And next door to The Grove is the Farmer's Market. The 27th should be just fine with me!

qmdi

Nikon D810

06/18/2004 10:02:21 PM · #24

I�m down for the 27th if I'm not working. I will find out on Monday.

mirdonamy

Canon EOS-5D Mark II