Manic_Skafe

A few snaps from Flushing Queens last Sunday. Went on a photowalk with a friend and wound up shooting a rather small Chinese New Year Celebration. Two dragons were blessing some of the stores on Main Street - made for quite the sight. The others are from random things I saw while in the neighborhood.











All shot with a Nikon D80 + 18-55mm Kit Lens. Forgive the watermarks.

I'm still working on a few shots of Shea stadium in the process of being demolished. It was quite the sight.

Comments and critiques are appreciated.

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JumpinJesus

Nice work as always, Manic. I'd like to see those first two in vibrant colors, though. Somehow, in black and white they seem a little too distracting.

And yeah, hurry up and get those Shea Stadium shots up.

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Manic_Skafe

Thanks JJ. The dragons really were quite cute in full color but I felt like they had to fight too many other colorful jackets and signs. I'll work 'em over again and see what I can come up with.

And I'll post the shea shots soon. Thanks.

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mixedmedia

These are all fantastic and the first shot in black and white is my favorite of the set. Just goes to show how subjective it all is...

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Manic_Skafe

Gracias MM. Glad you like 'em.

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murp0434

agreed...it'll be very interesting to see what you come up with next



PS I really like the one with the bikes. I'm always most impressed by a pic that can take the everyday and make it look so interesting

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bobby

I liked the bikes...did you mess with the color???

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Cynthetiq

nice shots!!!! i've been too busy to make it to Chinatown for the celebrations.

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Manic_Skafe

Yeah it's quite the process. I could explain if you'd like but the saturation of the colors and their individual qualities have been tweaked quite a bit.

Thanks. We'll have to make it a TFP meetup next year, I've seen plenty of awesome shots from the parade on Flickr.

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