You See The Strangest Things In Florida....

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

03/18/2006 09:14:58 PM · #1

Guess what I saw around my corner of the world today?

DPC Site Council checking up on me? A personal validation request?

Well... sorta.... :D

Had a fun mini-GTG today with Clara and Terry. They are traveling to Miami for A DPC Wedding and stopped to shoot for a few hours.

We met near the beach in St. Augustine and tried a few shots in bad light *giggles* then headed into the old city for some people watching / shooting / shopping / eating :D

They bought chocolate, but I promised not to tell

Terry tried to flatter me by saying he likes my portraits so I tried a few for him:

I think this one is a nice portrait of Clara & me :)

Couple more:

Then we stopped in a great little Irish resturant and had a fun lunch

Terry, stop playing at the table!

Had a fun time guys. Thnaks so much for stopping by. Hope we can do it again when the schedule isn't so tight!! :D

alfresco

Nikon D700

03/18/2006 09:25:19 PM · #2

Looks like a fun time was had!! :)

Hey!! -- Where's the snow?!?

03/18/2006 09:28:29 PM · #3

Originally posted by alfresco:

Looks like a fun time was had!! :)

Hey!! -- Where's the snow?!?

Snow?!?! lol They both got in the water! I won't even do that this time of year. The air is 70ish, but the water is probably 55ish.

And yes, was a really fun time! :D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM

03/18/2006 09:41:09 PM · #4

hmmmmmmmmmm........ thinking about it... I'll bet they were checking to see if my 2 Seconds entry was actually EXACTLLY 2 seconds!!!

Watch out, there might be Site Council watching you too!

karmat

Apple iPhone 7

03/18/2006 09:43:43 PM · #5

yea, I know at least one member that SC watches daily . . .

03/18/2006 09:53:56 PM · #6

Originally posted by karmat:

yea, I know at least one member that SC watches daily . . .

Ack! *closes her curtains* :)

03/18/2006 10:01:16 PM · #7

Originally posted by idnic:

Originally posted by karmat:
yea, I know at least one member that SC watches daily . . .

Ack! *closes her curtains* :)

Dangit... you're ruining all my fun!

~Terry *and she thinks I'm in Miami right now...*

Kamlan 28mm F1.4 MF for APS-C

03/18/2006 10:50:54 PM · #8

C'mon, Terry & Clara... you've had time to download a few... :)

I take it the trip went safely? Glad you arrived well.

You DID go to Miami.... right? heheee

Message edited by author 2006-03-18 22:51:43.

Manic

DJI Air 3

03/18/2006 10:58:18 PM · #9

You know what? The strangest thing has happened here too... Those two turned up on my doorstep! The only way we could find to shake them off was to take them to a restaurant for a few hours, that did the trick ;o)

03/18/2006 11:01:24 PM · #10

Originally posted by Manic:

LOL I'm guessing there was Guiness! Where's the pics?!?!?!

03/18/2006 11:05:47 PM · #11

Originally posted by idnic:

C'mon, Terry & Clara... you've had time to download a few... :)

I take it the trip went safely? Glad you arrived well.

Indeed we did, but I unfortunately don't have Photoshop on the laptop at the moment. I'm working on installing The GIMP though.

Originally posted by idnic:

You DID go to Miami.... right? heheee

I'll never tell!

~Terry

Kamlan 28mm F1.4 MF for APS-C

03/18/2006 11:06:30 PM · #12

Originally posted by Manic:

Been there, done that, got the t-shirts, right?

~Terry

Manic

DJI Air 3

03/18/2006 11:08:58 PM · #13

Originally posted by ClubJuggle:

Been there, done that, got the t-shirts, right?

Aye, 'twas a fair deal... ;o)

03/18/2006 11:11:41 PM · #14

Originally posted by ClubJuggle:

Originally posted by idnic:
You DID go to Miami.... right? heheee

I'll never tell!

~Terry

Don't make me pull out the blackmail shots!

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Nikon

03/19/2006 01:03:28 AM · #15

I'm off to bed. I hope you all enjoy Sunday and share some great shots and that the wedding goes off wonderfully on Monday. Please keep us posted! I can't wait to see!

blemt

Nikon D70

03/19/2006 07:52:47 AM · #16

I've got some up, but they are a little off. The laptop isn't giving me happy pictures. :)

Terry is still struggling to install a RAW converter for GIMP. So his shots are on hold.

nards656

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Tamron SP AF 24-135mm f/3.5-5.6 AD Aspherical IF for Canon

03/19/2006 08:25:00 AM · #17

Can't he use RSE and then open them in GIMP?

blemt

Nikon D70

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Nikon

03/19/2006 08:44:06 AM · #18

He was looking for a plugin for Gimp so he can get rid of Windows. :)

blemt

Nikon D70

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Nikon

03/19/2006 08:47:16 AM · #19

Originally posted by idnic:

Originally posted by Manic:
You know what? The strangest thing has happened here too... Those two turned up on my doorstep! The only way we could find to shake them off was to take them to a restaurant for a few hours, that did the trick ;o)

LOL I'm guessing there was Guiness! Where's the pics?!?!?!

Cuban food. And we even got Terry to try yuca. :)

03/19/2006 08:51:08 AM · #20

Originally posted by blemt:

He was looking for a plugin for Gimp so he can get rid of Windows. :)

I'm using RSE for now, but eventually I do want to find something I can use in Linux. Maybe I'll get lucky and find out that RSE works in WINE.

~Terry

03/19/2006 09:19:45 AM · #21

Clara, your shots look great! I love the blue gazing ball self portrait! :)

I'm jealous about the Cuban food. Miami has the best! We don't have any good Cuban resturants near me :(

Terry - email your RAW to me, I'll convert 'em for ya *LMAO* :P

03/19/2006 10:00:32 AM · #22

Originally posted by idnic:

Come on down and join us!

I got my shots converted in RSE and I'm bringing them into GIMP now for converting and stuff. I'll just need to do a quick crop on them and then upload.

~Terry

03/19/2006 12:17:29 PM · #23

Originally posted by ClubJuggle:

Come on down and join us!

I got my shots converted in RSE and I'm bringing them into GIMP now for converting and stuff. I'll just need to do a quick crop on them and then upload.

~Terry

*taps foot*

03/19/2006 12:40:07 PM · #24

I apologize in advance if the color is off on these; I'm editing on a laptop.

Here's my first half-dozen from my day with three beautiful girls:

Clara, looking all buff and muscular:

The slightly camera-shy Lexi:

I got several really great shots of Cindi, but she's so photogenic that I think it would take some really serious effort to get a bad picture of her.

Cindi taking a picture (I think she was taking the first one she posted here):

Cindi walking:

Cindi smiling:

More to follow...

~Terry

Message edited by author 2006-03-19 12:41:12.