I'm Back from Key West ... - DPChallenge Forums

03/15/2007 03:10:58 PM · #1

I just wanted to share pics of my Key West vacation. I made a simple Flash page with somewhere around 196 photos ... thanks to the advice of members regarding the Keys also!

vaca-pics

PS: the underwater shots are from Dry Tortugas National Park (Fort Jefferson), the pano shot is of the Casa Marina hotel (not necessarilly recommended), the blah blah blah ... questions or comments welcome! thanks.

PSs: if one of these shows up in a challenge don't slam me!

Message edited by author 2007-03-15 15:16:09.

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 24-85mm f2.8-4.0D

03/15/2007 03:28:37 PM · #2

Can I slam you for the loud, obnoxious music, that I can't seem to turn off... or the fact that once the page loads I can't scroll to navigate through the shots...? :)

I WOULD like to see the shots, especially since we visited the Keys last summer, but I'm finding it awfully hard to navigate.

Message edited by author 2007-03-15 15:29:12.

Nikolai1024

Nikon D300

03/15/2007 03:34:43 PM · #3

let me know when you take music off and I may actually look at the shots...

03/15/2007 03:35:27 PM · #4

At the bottom right you can hit slide show or skip through manually. I realize the hokey quality of the site - I usually just turn down the volume to get rid of the Gorillaz (music) !

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

03/15/2007 03:36:55 PM · #5

tough crowd ... music is gone now ... navigation issues?
Do you guys not have a volume on your computers ;P ?

Message edited by author 2007-03-15 15:38:03.

Gordon

RIM BlackBerry Curve

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

03/15/2007 03:37:40 PM · #6

I had the same problem with navigation - if you open an image that's larger than your screen, you lose all control, thumbnails etc.

I was interested to see them too having recently been to Key West, but couldn't get beyond the third image due to the navigation (or it not working my browser)

Sound is off on the machine so couldn't hear the music (I like the Gorillaz though!)

BlackDot

Canon EOS-20D

03/15/2007 03:38:42 PM · #7

//jalbum.net/download/

Give this a try.

Looks like this, and is a whole lot faster too.

Nice first pic by the way.

03/15/2007 03:39:26 PM · #8

Should I make the images smaller?

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

03/15/2007 03:42:08 PM · #9

PS: this page was made in Photoshop CS2 (not the best web page program I realize).

dahkota

Canon EOS-7D

03/15/2007 03:43:11 PM · #10

I can't see the bottom of the pics on the screen here at work. Was really interested in seeing those first few 'abstracts' at least. Not sure I like the way the site is set up but the pics I got a chance to see were great. :)

03/15/2007 03:44:58 PM · #11

Believe it or not I used to use that to create pages ;] !!! Thanks for the reminder - it looks like the airplane logo has been replaced by a frog .... that's gotta be better ;P

I'm downloading it now - I'll let you guys know when i have something decent.

Originally posted by BlackDot:

//jalbum.net/download/

Give this a try.

Looks like this, and is a whole lot faster too.

Nice first pic by the way.

Message edited by author 2007-03-15 15:54:55.

03/15/2007 03:45:30 PM · #12

GIve me a little whie and I'll fixy

03/15/2007 03:45:31 PM · #13

The problem is that any of the images that are tall enough to cause the screen to scroll end up taking away the bottom navigation. There are no scroll bars to get down there, and then you're screwed as far as viewing anything else.

Why not do it in something other than Flash?

03/15/2007 04:12:02 PM · #14

silly me -- I made mostly 16 bit TIFs on all this and jalbum only likes ... well NOT TIFs ... JPGS! ...
I'll be back . ..

03/20/2007 03:28:48 PM · #15

OK -- slight improvement to the page:

Updated Key West image page �

THere's a few whings I'll change - like adding an area for comments and changing the title to something other than "JPGs"

Message edited by author 2007-03-20 15:35:11.

03/20/2007 04:10:17 PM · #16

Much better! :)

Thanks for taking the time to repost them... I enjoyed looking through them. The underwater ones are pretty slick!

Did you see the Cat Man at Mallory Square?

03/20/2007 04:16:50 PM · #17

No but I saw some guy dressed as a clown and he had two pastel-colored poodles.

Originally posted by alanfreed:

Did you see the Cat Man at Mallory Square?

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

03/20/2007 04:39:25 PM · #18

Doesn't everyone?

Originally posted by metatate:

No but I saw some guy dressed as a clown and he had two pastel-colored poodles.

Originally posted by alanfreed:
Did you see the Cat Man at Mallory Square?

shelw128

Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro

03/20/2007 06:09:12 PM · #19

Great photos Metatate! I will be going to the Keys in April. (My first time) Any suggestions? Thanks!

Qwest30

Nikon D300

03/20/2007 06:37:53 PM · #20

Great photo's, what did you do for the underwater? Did you break the bank and get an underwater housing? Or did you go with the ziplock bag thingy or a P&S underwater digital?

When I went to Maui, I ended up getting the Olympus 720sw and the housing that was made for it with an external strobe.

Message edited by author 2007-03-20 18:39:20.

MattO

Nikon D4

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

03/20/2007 06:41:06 PM · #21

I went through the updated photos. Very nice series. WHat did you use to take the underwater shots with? Do you have an underwater housing for the D70?

MattO

dwterry

Canon EOS-1D Mark III

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

03/20/2007 08:57:16 PM · #22

Very nice images there. This one, for how simple it is, just thoroughly amazes me. I love how it looks like a painting.

//metatate.com/kw07/slides/DSC_3370_planey.JPG

Message edited by L2 - Changed large image to link.

03/21/2007 09:29:43 AM · #23

Oh - the underwater stuff was with a friend's camera (Olympus 5050 this - it shoots in RAW ... until you replace the batteries and it goes back to JPG and you don't notice) ... He has a nice underwater housing for that ... those were taken at Fort Jefferson (Dry Tortugas island). I was reminded how slow point and shoots cameras react.