NYC Snaps and Panoramas (Broadband)

RFCGRAPHICS · Jul 15, 2008

Its been awhile since my last picture post. Hope everyone is having a fun and rewarding summer. Still using my D200 and looking forward to the D700 by Xmas

Please Shoot Me - nikkor 35-70

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A Summer Street Fair - nikkor 35-70

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A Tree Grows in Manhattan - nikkor 35-70

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A Summer Sunset on Manhattan - nikkor 70-200, 19 image panorama (click for larger image)

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A Sunday Afternoon at Grand Central - nikkor 35-70, 4 row 24 image panorama (click for larger image)

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Waiting on Line for an iPhone - nikkor 35-70, 10 image panorama. (The line streched around the block) (click for larger image)
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Waiting on LIne for an iPhone 2 - nikkor 35-70, 2 row 28 image (click for larger image)
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Japanese Obon Dance Festival Bryant Park - nikkor 35-70, 8 image panorama (click for larger image)

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Japanese Obon Dance Festival Bryant Park 2 - nikkor 35-70, 4 image panorama (click for larger image)

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Takashi Murakami's Oval Buddha (click for larger image)

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Bergdorf Goodman 5th Avenue - nikkor 35-70, 2 row 10 image panorama (click for larger image)

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42nd and Madison Avenue (click for larger image)

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mood · Jul 15, 2008

great series once again RFC
glad to see you out there

going thru some of my images from a long summer walk on Sunday past
will be posting again soon......

Bunic · Jul 15, 2008

WOW! These are spectacular! The Manhattan sunset is incredible! From where did you shoot? Do you sell these and how?

That first one is hilarious! Probably a funny story behind it!

42nd and Madison - handheld or tripod? I love this one!

Mike

leungphotography · Jul 15, 2008

Excellent, WOW!

BarryD3 · Jul 15, 2008

Outstanding RFC!

Regards,

kgilby · Jul 15, 2008

Just unbelievable shots RFC!

Dez Santana · Jul 15, 2008

I second the "WOW". You are still the man RFC :wink:

Sanford504 · Jul 16, 2008

Wow is to tame an exclamation for these superb shots. Now, this is what Photography is all about!!!!!!

Mr. Graceful · Jul 16, 2008

Wow.*

*sorry. can't think of anything original to say tonight, so I'm copying from the others.

JPS · Jul 17, 2008

Amazing shots, as usual, Robert !

...i just still wonder HOW on earth you manage to shoot those panoramas with so many -moving- people in it

?!?!?!

:smile:
J-P.

rickyg · Jul 17, 2008

JPS said:
...i just still wonder HOW on earth you manage to shoot those panoramas with so many -moving- people in it ?!?!?!

:smile:
J-P.

I was wondering the same thing....for a while I was beginning to question my understanding of how panoramas are shot. I'm pretty sure it didn't involve something like "Hey everyone, there's a hundred bucks* each for ya if you stand still for a couple of minutes"

Absolutely amazing!

*We are after all talking about new york city....

ronnies · Jul 17, 2008

Ah, Robert. You've taken me back to NYC again.

You've got me this time though. I have no idea where the "Oval Buddah" is. :redface:

Ronnie

tblazi · Jul 17, 2008

Great images ! Great panoramas ! :smile:
As JPS, wondering about merging photos into panorama with so many moving people ?

How is nikon 35-70 f2.8 in companion with d200 ? Fully satisfied ? I'm planning to buy that lens so your advice would be appreciated ...

guc32 · Jul 17, 2008

Those are some terrific shots. Keep them coming.

RFCGRAPHICS · Jul 18, 2008

mood said:
great series once again RFC
glad to see you out there

going thru some of my images from a long summer walk on Sunday past
will be posting again soon......

Hi Mood,
Thanks for the kind comments. Your summer images from your trek were fantastic.

Bunic said:
WOW! These are spectacular! The Manhattan sunset is incredible! From where did you shoot? Do you sell these and how?

That first one is hilarious! Probably a funny story behind it!

42nd and Madison - handheld or tripod? I love this one!

Mike

Hi Mike,

The summer sunset was taken from my condo balcony.

I do commercial licensing of my images.

1st shot...taken at a summer street fair in NYC. The lady was eating a banana while yelling at her 'husband'. I just stumbled upon it and grab a few snaps

The Chrysler building shot was handheld

Thanks for the kind comments

leungphotography said:
Excellent, WOW!

Thank you Leung

BarryD3 said:
Outstanding RFC!

Regards,

Thank you BarryD3

Zee71 said:
Beautiful captures of my favorite city! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Zee71

kgilby said:
Just unbelievable shots RFC!

Thank you Kgilby

DezM said:
I second the "WOW". You are still the man RFC :wink:

Hi Dez,

Yes I'm still the man who hides all of his reject images

Sanford504 said:
Wow is to tame an exclamation for these superb shots. Now, this is what Photography is all about!!!!!!

Thank you Sanford
Finding interesting compositions in NYC is fairly easy

Mr. Graceful said:
Wow.*

*sorry. can't think of anything original to say tonight, so I'm copying from the others.

Thank you Mr. Graceful

RFCGRAPHICS · Jul 18, 2008

G2EWS said:
Hi RFC,

Great photos and very inspirational. Will have to give some thought on how to do similar.

Did you photomerge in CS3?

Many thanks for sharing,

Regards

Chris

Hi Chris,
Thank you for the kind compliments. My default stitching software is PTgui. CS3 has a nice stitching engine but I still prefer PTgui for it level of user control.

JPS said:
Amazing shots, as usual, Robert !

...i just still wonder HOW on earth you manage to shoot those panoramas with so many -moving- people in it ?!?!?!

:smile:
J-P.

Hi JPS,

All the credit goes to the software PTgui. Its stitching engine handles most of the problems with moving objects. The program also can output a stitch in PSD format with layers and masks for additional corrections in CS3.
Here is a link to a simple tutorial I made a while ago ...http://rfcgraphics.com/Ptgui/tutorialptgui.html

Hope your summer is fun and rewarding

rickyg said:
I was wondering the same thing....for a while I was beginning to question my understanding of how panoramas are shot. I'm pretty sure it didn't involve something like "Hey everyone, there's a hundred bucks* each for ya if you stand still for a couple of minutes"

Absolutely amazing!

*We are after all talking about new york city....

Hi RickyG,

The real magic is the software PTgui. You can dl a demo at www.ptgui.com
Bottom line... I shoot fast and let the software worry about the moving objects. Also when necessary, layers and masking corrections are done in CS3. http://rfcgraphics.com/Ptgui/tutorialptgui.html

ronnies said:
Ah, Robert. You've taken me back to NYC again.

You've got me this time though. I have no idea where the "Oval Buddah" is. :redface:

Ronnie

Hi Ronnie...

Finally Gotcha !!!! LOL

The Oval Buddah was at the IBM building at 590 Madison Avenue. It was on display there because it was too large to fit at his exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum. http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/05/too_big_for_bro.php

Hope you and your family are having a wonderful summer

tblazi said:
Great images ! Great panoramas ! :smile:
As JPS, wondering about merging photos into panorama with so many moving people ?

How is nikon 35-70 f2.8 in companion with d200 ? Fully satisfied ? I'm planning to buy that lens so your advice would be appreciated ...

Hi Tblazi

Moving objects and Panoramas....PTgui rules !
I posted a link to a simple tutorial above if you are interested.

The nikkor 35-70 is my default walk around lens. Sharp and light, it fits my needs. I really enjoy street photography and when mounted on a D200 it is very discrete

Thanks for the kinds comments

olddogg said:
Nice series. I've been wanting a 35-70 2.8. You're not helping my NAS sickness any at all. Thanks for posting.

Thanks Olddogg,

The 35-70 is one of nikon's best bargains at this point in time

guc32 said:
Those are some terrific shots. Keep them coming.

Thank you Gu32

ddietiker · Jul 18, 2008

LOL, that first one had me smilling. Great title! Love these...

I'm hoping for a D3x announcement.