Re: [photo-3d] Re: New Orleans Trip looking for Photo Ops and Light Meter Store.

[Kevin & Terri Wade <k_t_wade@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you.

I have forgotten about the cemeteries and durring a conference that is the
perfect counterpoint and will probably become me new orleans reason to return.












On Thu, 25 Jan 2001 17:04:13 -0000, you wrote:

>--- In photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxx, k_t_wade@xxxx wrote:
>> This entire weekend the Wade Family South will be headed to New 
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>There is tons of photo ops in New Orleans. I think people either love 
>the city or hate it, but I love it. And that's from someone who 
>doesn't drink hardly at all and has never been to Mardi Gras. You can 
>get anywhere you want on foot and by trolley.
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>Hit the french quarter and Jackson square (very near the Aquarium).
>I actually didn't get many stereo shots at the aquarium because of 
>extreme low light, murky water and reflections from the glass. The 
>albino alligator makes a good picture though.
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>Go to the Mardi Gras museum (take the ferry right next to the 
>aquarium). I got some great shots there. Lighting is tricky because 
>it's in a warehouse, so you might want to use a little fill flash.
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>If they are still there, you might want to get pictures of the 
>artists fish. They are like the cows in Chicago, but it's fish, and 
>they are all over town.
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>Go to The D-Day museum. You can only take flash pictures on the lower 
>level (which ironically is the only level which enough light to take 
>pictures without a flash), but it's a good exhibit and you might get 
>some good shots with some faster film (it's very dark).
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>You may also want to hit some of the many cool cemeteries (they have 
>tours of them)
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>Take a swamp tour if you have time.
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>For a light meter, you may wan to hit Liberty Camera Center.
>Lakeside Camera and Imaging I think is bigger, but you may have to 
>drive to it.
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>-Eddie
>http://users.ticnet.com/view-master/me.htm
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