road less traveled

Incarnation Center
Ivoryton, Connecticut

camera: Nikon D60, Nikon 50mm lens

night 1

bonfire

day 2

the road

feet

day 3

worship

baptism

joy

the boogie down

the Bronx, between 161st St. and 170th.

mural along the Grand Concourse and the Tree Museum public art project.


camera: Nikon D60, 18-55mm Nikkor VR lens

dark

I've been told that I tend to shoot such dark pictures. I think this is true. These photographs surely aren't 'technically' perfect either but between shooting something darker and shooting something lighter, I feel the former is, shall we say, a more 'interesting mistake' I'm willing to make. The following were taken on the same day, with the 50mm lens, but I shot without the sunlight, indoors, or at night.

doors closing

1 2 3

at Eisenberg's Sandwich shop

rooftop of the International House, Columbia University

bright

The idea was to use the 50mm Nikon SLR lens on 'Niccolo', my D60, with the hope that my pictures would turn out with a vintage look without having to post-process the photos and adjust them digitally. Since attaching an SLR lens on a DSLR camera removes any options for auto adjustments, I did everything manually. As to be expected, I ended up overexposing half of my shots, unintentionally. But, though technically "imperfect", I liked the look. Here are a few shots wherein, I believe, the overexposure (considering that it was a bright afternoon and I was using an old lens) actually worked out ok.
Thoughts?

looking out the 7, P.S.1

obviously not an outdoor shot. just getting off the 7. I'm actually glad I caught her looking back.

by Madison Square Park

a former church building, Chelsea

lightning

My first and only captured shot of lightning, during a thunderstorm that decided to interrupt an otherwise seethingly hot day in NYC.

for the photo geeks, the specs are as follows:
18-55mm Nikkor VR lens
ISO 400
1/60 sec
f/ 3.5