Derf's Thread

[Derf]

I have a new 500GB Mirrored Drive unit for safety.... TIME TO FILL IT!.
105DVD's worth of data to upload and now I get to see what I have been missing.

The crappy part is that we start out at the beginning of my photography. While with a higher
mega pixel camera you can crop...with 640X480X256 shades of grey at my start...cropping is
not really an option. I was very lucky as I did not have to ever pay for film again.....but realize
I was only limited to like 16 or so images if I remember correctly.

So here it is...my dirt shots from my beginning.

I will start with some very Early JFK shots from 2004 taken with a logitech photoman......

For Tom!
http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/photos/390622296_xL8hc-XL.jpg

For Phil
http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/photos/390622300_Qn5Hb-XL.jpg

Woops, My Bad
http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/photos/390622327_aWFq2-M.jpg

I really like this shot
http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/photos/390622323_wHW3u-M.jpg

http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/photos/390622286_5J4st-M.jpg

One more
http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/photos/390622279_baLen-M.jpg

Farmingdale
http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/photos/390622312_u8ujU-M.jpg

HOLD ON KIDS....ITS GOING TO BE A BUMPY RIDE!

[mirrodie]

For Tom


For Phil



What am I, chopped liver?!!


:wink:

Seriously, Fred, while I think I speak for us all in saying we are all bummed for you not having a camera right now, I look at the bright side:

You are digging up some oldies but goodies that would have otherwise remained buried. So I look forward to checking this thread periodically.

[moose135]

Great shots, Fred, thanks for sharing!


I will start with some very Early JFK shots from 2004 taken with a logitech photoman......

For Tom!
http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/photos/390622296_xL8hc-XL.jpg

I think you need to recheck the dates on these. First, I don't think you were shooting with a Logitech Photoman in 2004, and TWA had retired their L-1011s several years before being shut down in 2001.

[T-Bird76]

Wow those were the good old days...and to think it wasn't all that long ago. Yes Fred please keep off FAA property now, you should know better to go where you're not allowed...oh wait. LOLOLOLOL ;)

[Lezam]

I think you got the year wrong :)

[Lezam]

I think you got the year wrong :)

[Derf]

Ok, So we will start out the Derf thread with "Freds not the brightest light bulb on the store shelf" so as a peace offering I would like to add 3 more old images

http://derf.smugmug.com/photos/392712348_7PWRD-L.jpg

http://derf.smugmug.com/photos/392712351_6CCr7-L.jpg

http://derf.smugmug.com/photos/392712352_jxprh-M.jpg

and some video of a PAA 747sp taking off from Pan Am Roof top parking
http://www.fromtheflightdeck.com/Spotting/JFK/Video/JFKPA747SPTakeoff.WMV

and some Pan Am Heli Ops
http://www.fromtheflightdeck.com/Spotting/JFK/Video/JFKPAAHelicopters2.WMV

Please remember.... I am good with short numbers...like F-Stops and thousandths of a second shutter.... :D

[Derf]

Ok, So we will start out the Derf thread with "Freds not the brightest light bulb on the store shelf" so as a peace offering I would like to add 3 more old images

http://derf.smugmug.com/photos/392712348_7PWRD-L.jpg

http://derf.smugmug.com/photos/392712351_6CCr7-L.jpg

http://derf.smugmug.com/photos/392712352_jxprh-M.jpg

and some video of a PAA 747sp taking off from Pan Am Roof top parking
http://www.fromtheflightdeck.com/Spotting/JFK/Video/JFKPA747SPTakeoff.WMV

and some Pan Am Heli Ops
http://www.fromtheflightdeck.com/Spotting/JFK/Video/JFKPAAHelicopters2.WMV

Please remember.... I am good with short numbers...like F-Stops and thousandths of a second shutter.... :D

[Derf]

My second Digital was an Olympus 2.1 MP and had a max shutter of .5 sec.
I learned many things about photography but really learned composition with this camera.
http://derf.smugmug.com/photos/392783906_3tjqC-L.jpg
McArthur Airport 2-22-2002

but my first night shots left to much noise to be worthy of much without
a long shutter and no tripod
http://derf.smugmug.com/photos/392783892_onFpW-L.jpg
2-14-2002

(I got my camera December 2001)

[Derf]

My second Digital was an Olympus 2.1 MP and had a max shutter of .5 sec.
I learned many things about photography but really learned composition with this camera.
http://derf.smugmug.com/photos/392783906_3tjqC-L.jpg
McArthur Airport 2-22-2002

but my first night shots left to much noise to be worthy of much without
a long shutter and no tripod
http://derf.smugmug.com/photos/392783892_onFpW-L.jpg
2-14-2002

(I got my camera December 2001)

[Derf]

My first POS (Piece of SiHt) point and shoot was an Oly 2.1mp. And the bad habbits began.....Dragging the shutter
http://derf.smugmug.com/photos/400554790_qBNvQ-L.jpg

I also learned that I am as dumb as the camera when it comes to white balance!
http://derf.smugmug.com/photos/400554772_ZCozB-XL.jpg

Early I learned rule of thirds and worked very hard at composition
http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/photos/400554387_5N5B6-L.jpg

http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/photos/400554744_YaTUr-L.jpg

I learned that if you do not wear socks over your feet in an inlet picuture, some people
go out of their freakin mind!
http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/photos/400554452_QkKFq-XL.jpg

I later learned how to really screu up a lightning shot.
http://derf.smugmug.com/photos/400554963_sEWwm-XL.jpg

http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/photos/400554512_4Nj7D-L.jpg
2-8-2002

And just because I thought this was kick A$s
http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/photos/400554336_PBGt3-L.jpg

More to come as I continue