New Orleans - Random Shots

[Widdy]

First time in New Orleans this past weekend. Lots of fun! Awesome food, Cochon by Donald Link is a must! Healthy amount of spirits, French Quarters - enough said. Casino, not Vegas, only Harrahs - I'll take it! Random shots I took wandering around the city... heavily post processed with Lightroom and Topaz Adjust. Feel free to critique...

 

[S1024L]

Nice pics! is this the lens you use with your Nikon D300,AF-S DX NIKKOR 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5G ED? Somepeople don't like the fish eye look but I do, very nice shot. I especially like the one with the guy holding the green can, did you use a lightroom preset for that effect?

 

[JARRETT SHARK]

is that you in the pic?? LOL

 

[Widdy]

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Nice pics! is this the lens you use with your Nikon D300,AF-S DX NIKKOR 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5G ED? Somepeople don't like the fish eye look but I do, very nice shot. I especially like the one with the guy holding the green can, did you use a lightroom preset for that effect?

Thanks! I used a Nikon D300 w/ 28-70mm f/2.8 AFS for the guy with the bucket. The rest was shot with a Tokina 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 borrowed from a friend. I tried to rent a Nikon 10.5mm before I flew, but Adorama didn't have any in stock. No presets, HDR/heavy saturation was done by Topaz Adjust. http://www.topazlabs.com/adjust/

 

[Widdy]

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is that you in the pic?? LOL

Yes, I'm in the reflection :irked: :cheers:

 

[S1024L]

Very cool, I have to try that app.

 

[nick96ss]

great shots .... your pics makes me want to go back again ....

 

[ctxmonitor]

Very nice picture.. Cool perspective on the building. I haven't really use any fisheye lens yet, but someday when i need to take a wide landscape, i will definitely give it a try..

 

[MO~IDOL]

Nice HDR man!

 

[rookie07]

Cool pics...love the first one, like a michalopoulos.....but where was it taken? Does not look familiar to me.

 

[Widdy]

Thanks guys... first one was taken off the side of Embassy Suites in the Warehouse District.

 

[rookie07]

Do you know the cross streets in the Warehouse District?

 

[Widdy]

Do you know the cross streets in the Warehouse District?

S. Peters & Julia Street.

 

[grknyer]

I'm starting to like Topaz more and more lately. Thanks Steve but you have to have more pics. I don't believe for one minute that you carried the camera all the way down there to only snap 3-4 pics :irked:

 

[siond]

I miss home soo MUCH!!!! Thanks the glimpse...havnt been back in a couple of years!! Sorry New York, but once you're born and raised in Nawlins, nowhere can feel like home again!! I cant wait to go back!! what were you doin there?

 

[Widdy]

I'm starting to like Topaz more and more lately. Thanks Steve but you have to have more pics. I don't believe for one minute that you carried the camera all the way down there to only snap 3-4 pics :irked:

Congratulations Harry, I officially turned 100 years old waiting for your pics! :lol2: Just playing...

I have more... but not happy with a lot of them. I hate looking at my own pictures... is it only me?

 

[grknyer]

Congratulations Harry, I officially turned 100 years old waiting for your pics! :lol2: Just playing...

I have more... but not happy with a lot of them. I hate looking at my own pictures... is it only me?

100years old . I'm in the process of putting together some kind of album.
I feel the same way sometimes with pics. What you have to do is just surf Flickr or Nikonians etc... to see what everyone else is uploading and if that doesn't help it's time to give me the D300 :lol2:

 

[Widdy]

I miss home soo MUCH!!!! Thanks the glimpse...havnt been back in a couple of years!! Sorry New York, but once you're born and raised in Nawlins, nowhere can feel like home again!! I cant wait to go back!! what were you doin there?

You're welcome. I'll sift through my other shots to see if any others are worthwhile. Wife and I had friends attending the American Thoracic Society conference, and we just tagged along since we never been to NOLA. Also, I've always wanted to visit the Georgia Aquarium, but didn't know what else to do in Atlanta besides that... so we figured we make a little trip out of it.

Oh quick plug for anyone visiting NOLA for the first time. Definitely recommend these folks. Small and local operation, this guy knows his NOLA history, very personable and funny. You can read more reviews of him and his small business on NYTimes. http://confederacyofcruisers.com/

100years old . I'm in the process of putting together some kind of album.
I feel the same way sometimes with pics. What you have to do is just surf Flickr or Nikonians etc... to see what everyone else is uploading and if that doesn't help it's time to give me the D300 :lol2:

Still waiting friend... still waiting. :tongue1:

Let me score a D700... and the D300 is yours!

 

[Awibrandy]

Great Pix................... More pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[greggnyce]

Great City, I was there two years ago and had an awesome time. It is a real shame that they are going to have a whole new set of problems there, especially since they are still in the process of recovering from Katrina.