Road Trip: New Orleans

I was fortunate enough to get to spend last weekend in New Orleans- mostly in and around the French Quarter- and with some actual time just for photography. ; I took about 800 images which I am only partially done processing- I'll post some of my favorites. ; If anyone would like to see more they will be on my Flickr set HERE. ;

Constructive criticism welcome.



Harmonica Player on Jackson Square

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The Angel of Grief monument is located in the crypt of Chapman Hymans in Metairie Cemetery. The blue light comes from three stained glass windows inside the mausoleum.

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My breakfast every morning I was there. Beignets and Cafe Au Lait from Cafe du Monde. ; I'm sure the narrow f1.4 DOF was way overkill here but I like it anyway- and it's the only shot I have since it's the only time I remembered to pick up the camera before digging in. ; ;)

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All I took was 4 prime lenses- 28mm, 50mm, 105mm & 180mm. ; The first of this Street Guitarist was at 28mm- the next was at 180mm. ; It's a lot easier to snap candid people shots from far off and the longer lens- but the musicians don't mind as long as you throw a couple bucks in the hat- or the guitar case.

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And a few from St. Louis Cathedral- inside and out.

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I love the inside of St. Louis Cathedral- unfortunately I only got inside one time the whole weekend- and as you can (maybe) see it was occupied with a wedding rehearsal. Every other time I came back it was occupied with actual weddings and closed to the public. These are kind of selective focus- I have some of the Cathedral ceiling that I will post later.

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The nights are a lot of fun there- kind of hard to manually focus (2 of my 4 lenses) with a drink in your other hand though. ; :D

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At the Cats Meow- Trying to talk her into Karaoke? ; Or out of Karaoke? ;

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Thanks so much everyone for taking the time to look and comment. ; I pretty much finished up processing these last night. ; Out of 800 pictures I brought home I thought 124 of them were good enough to keep & share. ; Here are a few more- probably my last pictures post in this thread. ; If anyone would like to see more- or see the EXIF for any- please take a look on my Flickr Set. ; The sequence there has been reset so they are mostly in chronological order- my two camera’s clocks were not in sync though so not perfect. ;

Gallery: New Orleans - a set on Flickr

Slideshow: New Orleans

(Warning- One or two may be borderline not safe for work.) ; ???

Thanks!

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Great shots Jeff. I am glad you had a Great time. I like the Angel of Grief shots. Also, the side profile of the Guitarist sort of resembles ole Willie! Don't you agree? Bennett's Camera in Metairie where I bought my 40D has weekend photography classes periodocally which usually consist of a class room session on Friday evening & two field sessions over the course of a Saturday. The morning session is at the Metairie Cemetary & the afternoon session is shooting French Quarter architecture. I plan to get in on one of those classes sometime.
 
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