Vacation photos

Aug 25 01:15 UTC 1996

Ok, how about a different approach to an item?  

What are some of your more interesting photos you've taken while
on vacation?? Are they typically toursisty photos? Scenery
related?? People related [family/friends/whomever]? What makes
these phto shoots different and more special [if they ARE more
special] than ones around home?  

response 2 of 40:

Aug 25 01:22 UTC 1996

This is item 40 in the photo conf. where it originated from and
linked to travel #58.

response 4 of 40:

Aug 25 15:13 UTC 1996

As our photography should be... special!!  I'm hoping that some or at
least one of my sunrise over the Atlantic pictures that I took yesterday
morning will be worth enlarging, matting, framing, and hanging up somewhere!

response 6 of 40:

Aug 25 20:51 UTC 1996

Ok--fair enough, Omni!!  I plan on taking this film in sometime
tomorrow after my nephews leave...  [And speaking of photos that
we're proud of and that we'd want to make into posters--I gave
Freida a couple photos that she's going to paint for me! They're
both vacation pictures, too... One is at the Outer Banks of NC--just
a typical beach/sand dune/gull sort of picture -but to me is
very RELAXING, and the other one is a sunset over Lake MI
which includes some sailboats and such. And pretty shades of purples
and pinks.]

response 8 of 40:

Aug 28 01:05 UTC 1996

Ok, I got my pictures back... It was intreesting that with my pictures
of the sunrise, what a variance there is in color intensity using
the same camera--especially it being an autofocus.  Overall, there are
several that I do like a lot--I dunno that I'd call them SUPER but
even though the colors aren't the ACTUAL colors that I saw, I still like
them.  Am trying to decide which print or prints to enlarge [and then
either mat and fram or something...  I want something differnt.  But
then, I may wait til I move--I have to find a new place to live this
fall sometime.

response 10 of 40:

Aug 28 22:32 UTC 1996

I try to get a feel for the location when I do vacation shots.  I put family
and friends in the shot with the composition background of the location.  That
way we can remember where we were when that shot was taken.

Another thing I love to do, but you need to have pretty good nerves, is find
a small airport that offers those 15 minute airplane rides for $10-$20 bucks.
Then I give the guy double and go up for half an hour or so in a small plane,
with my camera hanging out of the window, shooting away (high-speed film, fast
shutter, tight apperature).  Sometimes I can get the pilot to fly real low
(I think 400' is legal low limit most places).  I also study the geography
of the area and maps, including historical sites and of course, the site I'm
staying, for fly-by aireal shots of my vacation spot and surrounding area.

response 12 of 40:

Aug 31 12:57 UTC 1996

Hmm, the pictures from the plane sound very interesting and different!!
I'd love to try something like that--but it won't ever
happen since I can't fly in small planes [I get VERY sick...].

Marc--your boat/storm shots sound great--I'd like to see them sometime!
And have fun in Europe--let us know how it goes!! How long will you be
there??

response 14 of 40:

Sep 1 14:09 UTC 1996

Hmm, I haven't tried scanned files, is that something I can read with
a gif viewer?

Hmm, have you had any problems with Fuji film?? Seems that there's been
several times when I've used fuji, the film rewinds prematurely 
before the roll has been completely shot.... Very Frustrating!!

response 16 of 40:

Sep 2 19:30 UTC 1996

Cool.  Good luck marc.

I just got back from a last-minute 2 days in South Haven.  Didn't take many
photos, this was a mental-health break.  But last night I went down to shoot
the sunset with the S. Haven lighthouse (I do this every couple of years. 
There are lots of good 'standard' shots of this structure around...very
popular and very recognizable).  Unfortunately the sun ducked behind clouds
before it ever got near the horizon line, but I got a couple of quick pictures
anyway.  Later, while the sky was still a little light I took 2 or 3 more of
the breakwater.  Then, just before I left the lights came on.  I took 2 from
the same view as the sunset shots, with the lights on.  Then I went up on the
bluff and took a couple of long shots of the thing with the lights on. 
Exposures were up to 3 or 4 seconds by now (100ASA Kodak Gold).  In one of
the long shots there were three boats coming in off the lake into the channel.
In the other one, no boats came by during the exposure.  Should be interesting
to compare the "still" shot to the one with motion.

response 18 of 40:

Sep 6 03:07 UTC 1996

You can get your film developed and scanned onto Photo CDs, mcpoz. It costs
some money, but the scans are excellent. You get negatives too. Then you can
convert the pictures off the CD into gifs with some shareware, probly.

The only significant disadvantage (IMO)of Photo CD is that it takes a 
long time to process.

response 20 of 40:

Sep 10 00:05 UTC 1996

Wow, the moon shot sounds cool, ricky!! How do YOU like it??

response 22 of 40:

Sep 13 14:04 UTC 1996

#20:    One of my best shots.  Only one I ever entered in a contest.  I think
        it didn't win because, in those days, zoom lenses were new, and my
        Nikon zoom, however good, did give a bit of "barrel distortion",
        even though you'd have to be a professional with a magnifying glass
        to see it.

        I had it printed but the paper photo is nowhere as brilliant as the
        slide.  Subject is dark and needs the power of the projector lamp
        to really make an impact.

Oh yeah...got my south haven shots back.  a few good ones of the lighthouse.
i got real lucky with the last one taken from the top of the hill.  The sky
is still a bit dusky, and the lights on, with calm water.  The long exposure
made it look really good, but the boats are indistinguishable red and green
streaks.  The second one I got had no boats and is _great_ <patting myself
on the back>.  There is enough reflected light in the long exposure to have
a good reflection of the scene in the calm water, and even light up the
shadowed side of the red lighthouse (east side...I was shooting to the west,
just after sunset) so you can see it is red with black trim.  Can even make
out the silhouettes of the people on the pier and the whole shot is framed
by shadows of trees in the foreground.  this one is a keeper!

response 24 of 40:

Sep 20 00:47 UTC 1996

I just got back from Budapest and London - 2 weeks.  Took 5 rolls of 36 ea.
I'll get them printed this weekend and I'll see if any are worth discussing.

Also, don't forget the parks & recreation photo contest this year.  They have
a local judging and the top 3 go to state for another judging.