NYC: Lower Manhattan

DezM · Feb 17, 2008

These were taken in Lower Manhattan on a bright sunny day. ISO 200 at f/4 using aperture mode.

f/4 and f/5.6 seems to be the sharpest aperture(s) on the 17-55mm lens.

Front Street [1/1600 at f/4]

Front Street [1/4000 at f/4]

Fulton Street [1/3200 at f/4]

Fulton Street [1/2500 at f/4]

Water Street / Brooklyn Bridge Reflection [1/250 at f/4]

City Hall Park Fountain Bronze Fixture, selective coloring [1/2500 at f/3.2]

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uncleskull · Feb 17, 2008

You have done a great job dialing in the camera. Colors / saturation are great.

Did you do any perspective control on these?

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unc

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T Gelgen · Feb 17, 2008

Nice pictures Dez. Ilooks like it was a nice day alright.
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youngerthanyesterday · Feb 17, 2008

your street scenes and captures are amazing as usual. Excellent photography. Thanks for all your posts and helpful information along the way.
Sincerely,
youngerthanyesterday

DezM · Feb 17, 2008

uncleskull said:
You have done a great job dialing in the camera. Colors / saturation
are great.

Did you do any perspective control on these?

Thanks Unc

To answer your question, yes I did. I used CS3's Lens Correction tool to fix the obvious perspective in looking up at buildings.
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fdevyatkin · Feb 17, 2008

I like the 1st and the last best.
Nice composition, tough light well handled.
Did you use curves and levels in capture nx?
Fred
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DezM · Feb 17, 2008

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DezM · Feb 17, 2008

fdevyatkin said:
I like the 1st and the last best.
Nice composition, tough light well handled.
Did you use curves and levels in capture nx?
Fred

Thank you Fred.

Yes, during batch conversion from raw to jpeg, NX 1.3 takes the settings from the camera and applies to the final image as well as an automatic Levels adjustment to each image.

I do my finally tweaking using PhotoShop CS3.
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cosilver · Feb 17, 2008

Nice ones Dez - I feel like I'm there. I like the natural colors, Capture NX does a great job in that department, and a good eye for it helps a lot too ;-).

Thanks,

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DezM · Feb 17, 2008

cosilver said:
Nice ones Dez - I feel like I'm there. I like the natural colors,
Capture NX does a great job in that department, and a good eye for it
helps a lot too ;-).

Thanks,
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Albert-O

Thank you Albert-O.

Capture NX 1.3 does a fine job of conversions. I found that out a couple of months ago. It's a capable editor but lacks in what PhotoShop offers.

Thanks again for the comments.
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Deecy · Feb 17, 2008

--Gad, Dez! You make me homesick for old New York! I love the B&W storefront! Makes me want to move downtown. They're all great. Boy, that D300 has some clarity eh?
Tom

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dapya · Feb 17, 2008

nice shots!!!...tnx for sharing

Heinz · Feb 17, 2008

Ah, that's the reason, Dez. I already wondered why you use so high shutter speed an low aperture. Nice series by the way. Like the BW's
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DezM · Feb 17, 2008

Deecy said:
--Gad, Dez! You make me homesick for old New York! I love the B&W
storefront! Makes me want to move downtown. They're all great. Boy,
that D300 has some clarity eh?
Tom

Sure does Tom

The 17-55mm lens makes the difference. Thanks.

That area Downtown is expensive by the way!
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DezM · Feb 17, 2008

Heinz said:
Ah, that's the reason, Dez. I already wondered why you use so high
shutter speed an low aperture. Nice series by the way. Like the BW's
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Heinz

Yes, I remember you asking me why the high shutter speed on stationary subjects. I like to shoot in Aperture mode and at that larger aperture (f/4), more light will get in on.

Thanks!
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DezM · Feb 17, 2008

Thank you
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Deecy · Feb 17, 2008

DezM said:
Deecy said:

--Gad, Dez! You make me homesick for old New York! I love the B&W
storefront! Makes me want to move downtown. They're all great. Boy,
that D300 has some clarity eh?
Tom

Click to expand...

Sure does Tom The 17-55mm lens makes the difference. Thanks.

That area Downtown is expensive by the way!
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Dez

--I just checked the price of that 17 -55 f/2.8. Sounds like you have enough money to move down there, Dez!
Tom

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http://storiesontheweb.blogspot.com/

GUER03 · Feb 17, 2008

Man you're getting some great shots with that 300. Is that an industrial district, food district of some kind? Looks nice and clean. I'm still wondering if I'm going to NY this spring but if I do I can't wait to see some of those spots.

Thanx for bringing the beauty of NY to Dallas!

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Albert

DezM · Feb 17, 2008

Deecy said:
DezM said:

Deecy said:

--Gad, Dez! You make me homesick for old New York! I love the B&W
storefront! Makes me want to move downtown. They're all great. Boy,
that D300 has some clarity eh?
Tom

Click to expand...

Sure does Tom The 17-55mm lens makes the difference. Thanks.

That area Downtown is expensive by the way!
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Dez

Click to expand...

--I just checked the price of that 17 -55 f/2.8. Sounds like you have
enough money to move down there, Dez!
Tom

Not really. I prefer the rent in Queens

As for the lens, you only live once...........
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Dez

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DezM · Feb 17, 2008

GUER03 said:
Man you're getting some great shots with that 300. Is that an
industrial district, food district of some kind? Looks nice and
clean. I'm still wondering if I'm going to NY this spring but if I do
I can't wait to see some of those spots.

Thanx for bringing the beauty of NY to Dallas!

Albert

Thank you Albert.

This area is near the South Street Seaport. Downtown is actually the oldest neighborhood in Manhattan.
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