blog closure and moving

The time came to move this blog somewhere else. The only reason is unsatisfactory quality of this application in publishing pictures.

From now onwards you can find all what I post on soldjem4nola.wordpress.com

link: http://soldjem4nola.wordpress.com

sidenote: blogger is still, I think, the most versatile free web based blog application for the kind of posts I do. I did not choose wordpress because of its popularity but because it is closest to what blogger can do in its functions (but still not equal though).

ok, see you on the new platform

Lukas

Polaroid automatic 100 and 776 film (BW, 3000 iso)

I bought a Polaroid automatic 100 camera and some film to use with. Instant photography is much fun I have to say. Prints themselves are of very good quality. I tried to make scans as close to them as possible but it is never the same. The first pack was more or less for testing and to get to know the camera well.


it was pouring like hell. unfortunately, it is not that obvious from the picture.


Pontchartrain beach





and some...ehm....

Pontchartrain beach (nikon F3hp, 28/2.8, 50/1.8 and arista premium)

One of the days when Zuzana is not working, we decided to make an late afternoon/evening walk on the Pontchartrain beach (used to be an amusement park but is destroyed by huricanes by now).

first shot is editorial pick.


when loading. again, I didn't want to waste those two shots I can take before number 1. So I guesstimated the aperture of 5.6 for 1/80 shutter speed and it came a bit overexposed. Hence, i corrected it while scanning.


what was supposed to be a nice walk turned into not so nice walk because of millions of mosquitos over there. they were so f...ing offensive that they landed on you and bit you even when walking fast. idiots. I still have like hundreds bites. anyway, it did not destroy the afternoon as a whole and we kinda enjoyed it over there.


some people were fishing with cages and nets in the lake. there were jumping fish making rainbow jumps all the time. funny. don't know why but I guess they were "hunting" those f...ing mosquitos above the water level.


some mexicans. they were pretty cautious when we approached them. I had that feeling like they thought they are fishing illegally and/or were illegally in the us. dunno but they stopped, looked at us and when we passed they started again.



there were two guys with dogs. one mexican and one black. both dogs were cute.



especially the black guy's dog. funny little creature.




small dead crab


you can guess what my lovely wife is doing. yes collecting f...ing shells again.





ok, the purpose of this picture is the dragon-fly sitting on the branch. if you can find it, you win :-)


some US garbage




and some Czech treasures :-)


roxy


double portrait


double portrait with sunset :-)


it's not visible well but the guy had kayak and was fishing from it. I'm curious what would happen if some bigger fish got caught. that would be a ride :-)



regret that I did not have a color film.


old grill


the sun was no more tanning.




some sunset shots






well, it is obvious that i did not take this one. hmmm, interesting composition :-)


some more lovely legs and feet

Downtown walk (continuation... , the same gear + canon 50/1.8 on some shots and legacy 400 film)

so when I finished the arista roll, I loaded legacy 400 and just continued.

so many asses :-). Would love it if real :-).


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modern and a bit archaic transportation. what's funny though is that those cops had earplugs and ipods to listen some cool music :-).


shit, shit for breakfast.


waldorf-astoria



she saw me shooting her and she got frozen. before, she was navigating her hubby (or whoever he was) to park correctly.


nice bavarian socks



taken from waist level - kinda off


fedex


she was a bit old but looked gorgeous for her age (and had nice dress).


even he appreciated it.


one more



and the last one. I tried to capture them together but "gorgeous" suddenly turned and I missed the shot. You can still see her but the contrast is gone.


looked good


weirdo's area on jackson square


new kind of turism. guide, helmet and segway



he looked more interesting from the front but I wasn't able to shoot quickly.


I (and my wife) love this and the next shot a lot. Even though, the camera and lens got pretty wet while shooting this.



the bud - one of the better from bad US beers


shot with 50/1.8. love it too.


and the ever present "hotel monteleone". Once, I'll have to buy a night over there :-)





oops



he looked friendly and did not mind to be photographed. wish, more people would be that way.


siesta


back on campus. some am football training


harley guy, but then he sat on some super trooper suzuki or whatever japanese bike.