Coney Island Mermaid Parade Pictures

It was easy and fun to take 412 pictures. But then daunting to process
them. I finally buckled down and selected and cropped all of them. 270 of
them made it to the web. They are at:

http://donwiss.com/pictures/Mermaid-2008/

While this is a family oriented parade, it gets a little fleshier each
year.

Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).

"Don Wiss" wrote in message
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It was easy and fun to take 412 pictures. But then daunting to process
them. I finally buckled down and selected and cropped all of them. 270 of
them made it to the web. They are at:

http://donwiss.com/pictures/Mermaid-2008/

While this is a family oriented parade, it gets a little fleshier each
year.

Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).

OMG A Purvis Eureka http://donwiss.com/pictures/Mermaid-2008/h0026.htm
I thought that Australia was the only country to be infested with these
heaps of ****e :-)

--
"Calling Atheism a religion is like calling bald a hair color."
Don Hirschberg

On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 13:06:08 +1000, Atheist Chaplain wrote:

Don Wiss wrote:
It was easy and fun to take 412 pictures. But then daunting to process
them. I finally buckled down and selected and cropped all of them. 270 of
them made it to the web. They are at:

http://donwiss.com/pictures/Mermaid-2008/

While this is a family oriented parade, it gets a little fleshier each
year.

OMG A Purvis Eureka http://donwiss.com/pictures/Mermaid-2008/h0026.htm
I thought that Australia was the only country to be infested with these
heaps of ****e :-)

Oh. We were wondering today just what that little thing was.

Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).

"Don Wiss" wrote in message
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On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 13:06:08 +1000, Atheist Chaplain
wrote:

Don Wiss wrote:
It was easy and fun to take 412 pictures. But then daunting to process
them. I finally buckled down and selected and cropped all of them. 270
of
them made it to the web. They are at:

http://donwiss.com/pictures/Mermaid-2008/

While this is a family oriented parade, it gets a little fleshier each
year.

OMG A Purvis Eureka http://donwiss.com/pictures/Mermaid-2008/h0026.htm
I thought that Australia was the only country to be infested with these
heaps of ****e :-)

Oh. We were wondering today just what that little thing was.

Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).

Yep, all fibreglass body on a VW chassis, in the rain when you open the lid
you get a lap full of cold water :-{
I never owned one but a friend did, I always thought they looked ugly but he
loved it :-)
http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au...vis_eureka.htm

--
"Calling Atheism a religion is like calling bald a hair color."
Don Hirschberg

Don Wiss wrote:
It was easy and fun to take 412 pictures. But then daunting to process
them. I finally buckled down and selected and cropped all of them. 270 of
them made it to the web. They are at:

http://donwiss.com/pictures/Mermaid-2008/

While this is a family oriented parade, it gets a little fleshier each
year.

So just to be clear, when you say "I started off in the setup area,"
that's not you in the first picture, right?

Don Wiss wrote:
It was easy and fun to take 412 pictures. But then daunting to process
them. I finally buckled down and selected and cropped all of them. 270 of
them made it to the web. They are at:

http://donwiss.com/pictures/Mermaid-2008/

While this is a family oriented parade, it gets a little fleshier each
year.

Also, good to see that Giuliani made it!
http://donwiss.com/pictures/Mermaid-2008/h0065.htm

"Atheist Chaplain" wrote in message
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"Don Wiss" wrote in message
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On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 13:06:08 +1000, Atheist Chaplain
wrote:

Don Wiss wrote:
It was easy and fun to take 412 pictures. But then daunting to process
them. I finally buckled down and selected and cropped all of them. 270
of
them made it to the web. They are at:

http://donwiss.com/pictures/Mermaid-2008/

While this is a family oriented parade, it gets a little fleshier each
year.

OMG A Purvis Eureka http://donwiss.com/pictures/Mermaid-2008/h0026.htm
I thought that Australia was the only country to be infested with these
heaps of ****e :-)

Oh. We were wondering today just what that little thing was.

Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).

Yep, all fibreglass body on a VW chassis, in the rain when you open the
lid you get a lap full of cold water :-{
I never owned one but a friend did, I always thought they looked ugly but
he loved it :-)
http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au...vis_eureka.htm

Very interesting. I think it looks pretty snazzy when buttoned up. Never saw
one of those before.

"Don Wiss" wrote in message
news
It was easy and fun to take 412 pictures. But then daunting to process
them. I finally buckled down and selected and cropped all of them. 270 of
them made it to the web. They are at:

http://donwiss.com/pictures/Mermaid-2008/

While this is a family oriented parade, it gets a little fleshier each
year.

Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).

Really nice collection of shots, Don. What camera?

Neil

On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 22:54:33 -0400, Neil Harrington wrote:

Don Wiss wrote:
It was easy and fun to take 412 pictures. But then daunting to process
them. I finally buckled down and selected and cropped all of them. 270 of
them made it to the web. They are at:

http://donwiss.com/pictures/Mermaid-2008/

While this is a family oriented parade, it gets a little fleshier each
year.

Really nice collection of shots, Don. What camera?

Hi Neil,

I used my D300 with the 18-200 lens. You will note that the pictures are
soft. That's the lens. Both the camera and lens were recently sent back to
Nikon, so I'm sure they are working to spec. Just spec is low for that
lens.

In a situation like this having the long zoom is real handy, though I still
crop all to maximize the people or float in the picture.

The boardwalk picture and the ones at the end were taken with the 12-24
lens. All pictures included the SB-800 flash set to back light.

I had been planning to upgrade to the D300's successor, figuring it would
be FX. But to me the D300 weight is at the max. So for the weight reason
alone I won't be upgrading to the D700.

Don www.donwiss.com/pictures/ (e-mail link at page bottoms).

Atheist Chaplain wrote:

"Don Wiss" wrote in message

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OMG A Purvis Eureka http://donwiss.com/pictures/Mermaid-2008/h0026.htm
I thought that Australia was the only country to be infested with these
heaps of ****e :-)

Oh. We were wondering today just what that little thing was.

Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).

Yep, all fibreglass body on a VW chassis, in the rain when you open the lid
you get a lap full of cold water :-{
I never owned one but a friend did, I always thought they looked ugly but he
loved it :-)
http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au...vis_eureka.htm


Hello, Atheist Chaplain:

Hmmm. That Aussie jalopy bears a strong resemblance to the USA's own,
fabled Chevrolet Corvette, no? g


Cordially,
John Turco