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Assume review! Your pics of the ship immediate brought me back to our 2011 cruise. I'm getting relaxed just sitting here thinking about it.
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Yeah, the Tamron is huge, almost similar to the Canon 100mm which is also a great lens, but a bit expensive.
The tamron is very sharp and give us a lot of detailed photos, also great for portraits!!
I'm still thinking if I take it to the cruise :p
I figure if I paid for it, I might as well take it and use it. I brought a 70-200 f/2.8 with me on the Allure and only used it once, but I got great shots of the Aqua Theater show. Was worth it just for those shots.
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A couple of Carnival ships docked that day
Cloud formation and the horizon that day looked so beautiful
A Carnival ship leaving port
I'm just now getting caught up with this thread (been hanging out on the Allure board). Love the pictures! I wasn't initially a fan of HDR shots but they're growing on me. These pictures are a great example of why. Very nicely done.
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Great job Radio! Another fantastic LIVE! report. Now I just need to figure out what to do for the next 7 days before it's my turn on Allure. :D
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Never mind, at first I thought the sign said there were no Cylons, which would be a result of having a Starbuck on board.
Which emoticon do I use to indicate a really, really loud groan?:)
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Absolutely gorgeous picture. One of the best sunsrise shots that I've seen.
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Wikipedia explanation of jerk cooking:
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I spoke to some Contractors (From Orlando) and they suggested that the first 24 stores are scheduled to open in 2 weeks.
Radio - Thanks so much for the Falmouth info. Is that 2 weeks in normal time or Jamaica time? :D Sounds like our cruise in 2 weeks will either have a few shops open, or maybe still have the same arrangement that you experienced. I'm hoping for the former but can live with the later. Previous Falmouth reports had me concerned, but now you have me intrigued.
Anything that you can share about restaurants or local bars that you saw that might be good for tourists? Looking forward to more great pics of the rest of the cruise!
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Love the panos! Very nice.
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OK. .. Everybody know that you have to sign up for the shows on all Oasis Class ships (and soon on Freedom Class). I signed up for many shows throughout the week, so I am OK, right ? Well maybe. . . I need to remember the time of the events to actually go to the shows.
Radio - I thought I read somewhere that you can see all of your reservations on your cabin TV. Is that correct?
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Radio - We're on the Allure Western in 2 weeks. Your LIVE report will definitely help make the wait more enjoyable. Can't wait to see what you have to say about Falmouth.
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Thank you but I cannot take credit. It was mother nature. The only photo shot in B&W is the first pic of the trees and the other`s were not processed at all. That`s the kind of dark and dreary day it was! Believe it or not, the bridge photo is in colour. :p
I agree with the other comments...those are some of the best pics in this thread, no matter what camera you used! Great composition. Reminds me of an interesting quote that someone uses as their signature in another photography discussion forum..."That was an excellent meal. You must have really nice pots and pans!". :D
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A full circle would be difficult and could only be managed near the poles during the winter (24 hrs of darkness needed). The appearance of a full circle can be achieved by pointing the camera at the celestial north or south pole and exposing for 6-8 hours or making multiple shorter exposures and using an image stacking program to combine them. Actually, an exposure or combination of exposures totaling less than an hour can give the impression of circular trails.
Also remember little details like fresh batteries or an AC adapter. I was testing a programmable remote with the image above and am itching to try stacking ten five-minute exposures.
Dave
Dave - What was the exposure time for your shot? The EXIF data says 599 seconds but the star trails would seem to be longer than 10 minutes.
Bob
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Justin - Very nice! Did 1500mm give you that straight out of the camera, or did you still need to crop?
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Said yet another way...
In the text of your posting, you will paste in text from your photo hosting site that looks like:
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For one of my Photobucket pictures, this will look like:
I purposely left off the last "]" so that it wouldn't actually show the picture in this reply, but instead show you what the text looks like. Most picture hosting sites will show you the above link so that you only need to copy the link from the site and then paste it into your CC posting. Photobucket calls it IMG Code and if you click on it, it's automatically copied to your clipboard. Other photo hosting sites may call it BBN Code, or possibly even something else.
If you click on the Preview Post button, CC will replace the confusing text with the picture in the preview window so that you can make sure that everything copied/pasted correctly. Don't worry, it's not as difficult as it sounds.
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A few more zoo shots:
It was almost like the lions were trained to look directly into a camera lens. Either that, or they were really bored. They'd stare directly at me for about 30 seconds so that I could play with several different exposures.
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Went to the local zoo yesterday to play with my new 70-200mm lens. Felt kinda like shooting fish (or birds, or snakes, or ducks) in a barrel. I also learned how much smaller the depth of field is at f/2.8. Using that well will definitely take some practice.
Never did get a good shot if this guy with his tongue out!
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Another of my "zoomed Christmas Trees." We wish you all a great Christmas.
Larry and Maggie (by proxy)
I'd love to give that a try. Just click and zoom at the same time?? Second curtain flash??
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I didn't exactly get "out", but I took a few shots around the house:
Can't you tell that she just loves having me point a lens at her?
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Switched lenses for this one to my Sigma 30mm F1.4...scene from the Pirates of the Caribbean ride in Magic Kingdom (ISO3,200, F1.6, 1/15 - dark ride and movement handheld = high ISO!):
zackiedawg - Very impressive for 3200. Did you do any post clean up or is your camera that noise free at high ISO?
I also like the Mann's Theater shot with the ghosted images at 8 seconds!
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RE: Night shots.
Just curious how you selected the amount of seconds in the shutter speed in relation to your F stops.
TIA.
Johneeo - I'd highly recommend the book "Understanding Exposure" by Bryan Peterson ($25 at a book store, $15 online). It seemed like every photography site that I went to recommended this book, so I picked it up a few months ago. I'd be willing to be that after reading it, you won't be using auto anymore on your camera. You'll instead be doing things like what zackiedawg described. The book makes it pretty easy to understand when to choose which mode and why. I've recommended this book so many times that Bryan Peterson should be giving me a kickback. :D
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Found this thread yesterday and had only read a few postings when it was time for my wife and I to leave for dinner. I brought my camera with me (because of this thread!) and was able to get some shots looking down on the city of Cincinnati:
I definitely need to go back there with a tripod (these were shot with the camera on a rock wall) and a little earlier in the evening so that I can catch that blue post-sunset sky. Maybe catch some reflection shots off the Ohio river.
Both were shot in Aperture Priority mode at f/11 and ISO 100. Shutter speed for the city was 13 seconds and for the bridge, 30 seconds. I'm thinking that f/22 would be better next time.
Thanks Dave for starting this thread. It was a good kick in the butt for me to get out there and I love learning from what other people shoot.
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This bar (with the white tower) was jumpin' when I got there and is still jumpin' as I type. I can hear the music well from my balcony.
Sorry, I can't remember the name of the place...
Trainman - We were on the same itinerary on The Liberty in June and your thread has brought back great memories. The bar at the pier in Cozumel is the 1/2 Senior Frogs. DW and I had an afternoon drink there before re-boarding. Watching the people who had obviously been there all day was quite entertaining. I'm surpised that some of them were even able to make it back the ship! My added thanks for such a great and moving LIVE thread.
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Great review! We're thinking about Oasis next year after having been on Liberty a month ago. Your review is helping me justify the added cost.:)
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Looking for some opinions on our upcoming June 8 5-day cruise on Ex. We're a family of 4...2 parents and 2 teen daughters. We're planning on driving in from OH 3 days early and spend time in NYC. Assuming that I'm able to look at $400/night enough times that it starts to look acceptable, we'll likely stay in a hotel around Times Square. I've considered options like staying in Secaucus and using a bus back and forth to the city. It will be the first time in New York for my daughters so I'd like for them to have the experience of staying in the city, and have the flexibility to more easily return to the room during the day if needed.
Plan A has been to drive into the city, park the car at the hotel (looks like $50-60 a night for parking), use public transportation and taxis while in the city, and then drive to the pier on Saturday morning. I'm now thinking of driving to one of the recommended hotels near the pier on Friday night, and then go to the pier from there on Saturday for the cruise. This would save a few hundred dollars as compared to a Friday night hotel in the city. I didn't think that a stay and park deal near the pier would be worth it for a 5 night cruise since transportation to/from the pier would be more than parking. Reading several of the posts here has me thinking of yet another option. Stop first at the hotel that I'd use on Friday night and drop the car. Take a car service to our NYC hotel and then back again on Friday night. No need for a car in the city and parking willl probably cost us $180+.
Several questions:
Thanks for your thoughts!