Great set of pics, Christine. The color ones work a lot better than the B&W, given the subjects.
Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Mon, 7/14/08, Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: GESO: It was a Hell-of-a-24 Hours > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, July 14, 2008, 3:32 PM > Hi Everyone: > > The 24 hours before my internet went down were eventful to > say the least. > I've done this in 4 short sets for easier viewing. > > 1) The adventure began with a B-day outing for my > littlest nephew who > just turned 8 at Navy Pier. His name is Akira. Of special > note, he took > the 2nd photo. We cropped it tighter, but he took the shot > with the K10D. > Not too bad, hey? When I saw the 4th photo, I thought: > "Oh my gosh. I've > taken a Dave Savage picture!" Doesn't it look > like a photo Dave Savage > would take? ;-) > > All shots (except the sunrise) were taken with K10D, > 50mm1.4. > > Slideshow: 4 photos > http://photo.net/photodb/slideshow?folder_id=848684 > > > Folder with Thumbnails: 4 photos > http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=848684 > > > > 2) Of course we went on rides--every ride the pier had to > offer. The last > ride was the Wave Swing, which had me screaming the whole > time--though it > was fun--though it left my stomach quite churned. I've > provided a slide > show of the Wave Swing in both color & black & > white. You really must check > out the black & whites. If you have the time you > should really check out > the large still size. > > Slideshow color: 4 photos > http://photo.net/photodb/slideshow?folder_id=848687 > > Slideshow black & white: 4 photos > http://photo.net/photodb/slideshow?folder_id=848692 > > > > 3) After dinner we waited for the fireworks. I don't > think I've ever > photographed fireworks before. If I did, it was with film > & the negatives > are somewhere--who knows where. The 1st one isn't that > interesting; I > included it as the first firework shot I'm pretty sure > I've ever taken--I > went sentimental on that one ;-). But I also did a black > & white > conversion, which I think is really cool. I plan to go > back--do more > fireworks--for a black & white study. > > Slideshow color: 6 photos > http://photo.net/photodb/slideshow?folder_id=848696 > > Slideshow black & white: 6 photos > http://photo.net/photodb/slideshow?folder_id=848699 > > > > 4) After I dropped my nephew at home, I met up with > friends & husband. My > friend Belinda stayed the night, so, we put my husband to > bed, put the > kettle on for a strong pot of tea, gabbed, then dashed out > the door for a > sunrise. I don't know what happened with the color, but > I'll do better next > time. > > Slideshow color: 2 photos > http://photo.net/photodb/slideshow?folder_id=848703 > > So that's my photo story of an incredible 24 hours. > Comments/critique welcome. > > Cheers, Christine > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
