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Fun w/Digital M Images

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PatrickCheung

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Hey guys :)

Taking a break from a rather... unproductive day today. Hillary and I (more her than I) have been really stressed out lately and it's taken quite a toll on our general level of happiness. Our latest worry is whether or not we'll find a job for our co-op term within the next two months. We originally wanted to work in London, but the process of getting a work visa there is a little too complicated to be done within the time we have. We're hoping to land a job in an Architecture firm somewhere in north america so we've been contacting everyone we know/worked for for the past week or so. The issue is that with all the school work we have, we have no time left to complete our portfolios... a huge requirement in an application to almost any Architecture firm world-wide.

Schoolwork aside... here are a few photos from our (extremely unorganized) school trip to New York City :)

We stayed in New York from Oct. 12-15. We were housed at the YMCA Hostel by Central Park. The place was rather dirty... reminded me a lot of Hong Kong housing, cockroaches running around, shared washrooms that always smelled kinda funny (or like pee). Good thing we didn't stay in the hostel for long :)

I found NYC to be a bit too big, busy, and rushed to be fully enjoyable. I never got to stop and fully take in my surroundings. I was always pushed around by people trying to get to places... it was a pain. The city felt claustrophobic: the skyscrapers blocked out the sun, you're always surrounded by strangers, the streets are filled with cars. Though, when you're with all your friends... you don't really care too much.

A Street Market in SoHo




I saw this girl sketching a statue in the MET. She was really pretty... and I thought it was kinda cool how she just stopped to sketch out something she liked, so I asked her if I could photograph her.



Cloud City... a really cool installation at the MET. It was on the roof garden of the MET, about 5-6 storeys above ground. You were allowed inside, but only with a certain number of people at a certain time. The structure's floor shook a bit with every step you took :p



Fishing by the Staten Island Ferry :)



These were taken ontop of Highline, a public park that used to be an old subway bridge :p Very cool!







And... Morning Hillary :)

 

mAlKhamis

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David, Ashwin, and Gary, thank you guys for the kind words, so glad that you liked them :)

Mohammad: Thanks! :D I forgot how wonderfully weird Northern California is! All very cool, but, I esp. like this one. Your pp's perfect. Creates a slightly unreal edginess. :salute:

Cheers, Matt
Thanks Matt !! as for the PP it's more like feeling when play with the camera raw, adjustment layers and Nik sliders, until i reach what satisfy my eyes, although and honesty i'm not satisfied most of the time, specially when i browse 1x.com :/ check those guys and you will understand my frustration !! they are true masters.
I love what you getting from M-M stunning work, specially the second one from the last set, cheers my friend !

DavidE, thank you buddy glad you do, and i truly love the first from your last set, i'm so close to get the 18mm !!! cheers! buddy

Patrick, great stuff from NY, well done !


More from the Faire and more will come !



Nostalgia by M.ALKHAMIS, on Flickr


Monk by M.ALKHAMIS, on Flickr


Craftiest by M.ALKHAMIS, on Flickr


Pure balance ! by M.ALKHAMIS, on Flickr
 

Hosermage

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Great set, Patrick. The first shot of the street market was my favorite, had me linger for a while just to take in the entire scene.
 

PatrickCheung

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Thanks guys :)

David, yeah that street market photo had a lot to take in... that's the case with most of NY. Very very busy!

Moh, great set from the faire :) I've never been to one... but it seems like it'd be a really nice place to be XD

Rayyan, that's a beautiful image with beautiful grain :)
 

Brian S

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Hacked Nikkor 10.5cm F2.5, on the Leica M9. $40 Ebay lens with no rear element, replaced with a 100mm plano-convex lens, held in with a rear retaining ring from a Jupiter-3. Rear shim and main shim set, RF coupled across the entire focus range. This one took a while.
 

m_driscoll

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It didn't rain for most of the day.

M-M; 90mm f/2.5; 1/1500s; -1/3 EV; ISO 320


M-M; 90mm f/2.5; 1/1500s; -1/3 EV; ISO 320


M-M; 50mm f/2.5; 1/2000s; -1/3 EV; ISO 320


M-M; 50mm f/2.5; 1/500s; -1/3 EV; ISO 320


Cheers, Matt
 

Taylor Sherman

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Yeah! I managed to get out and take some photos too, it started raining the minute I got home! And we had good clouds, even. Kinda rare for Seattle.

I especially like the first two, Matt.
 

ashwinrao1

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Hacked Nikkor 10.5cm F2.5, on the Leica M9. $40 Ebay lens with no rear element, replaced with a 100mm plano-convex lens, held in with a rear retaining ring from a Jupiter-3. Rear shim and main shim set, RF coupled across the entire focus range. This one took a while.
Brian, stunning work mechanically. You are a magician. The rendering here is amazing, somewhat sonnar-like OOF...so cool!
 

Lloyd

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Edward, Matt, Brian, Ashwin, Cenek. Nice work all. (And a few more on the preceding pages too... this thread really moves... and the work is uniformly terrific!)

Brian, I agree with Ashwin. You are a magician. And the resulting images are magical too.
 
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