cathi_anderson

<p>Throw me something Mister!</p>

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<p>Traveled over to Pensacola, FL this past weekend for my daughter's soccer tournament. I love seeing the looks on the girl's faces as they are in action!</p><div></div>

<p>Alex I work in New Orleans CBD which is blocks from the Quarter. People everywhere during the day. Just be careful at night and stay on the main streets. Majority of the people in the Quarter are just out partying! It's a great place to photograph so have a blast and enjoy. <br>

**NOTE - You may want to bring some elastic waist pants - between the pralines, beignets and po-boys you're gonna need em!</p>

<p>@ Steve Hopkins, I sent you an email - may be interested in the lens I have Nikon D90. Thanks!</p>

<p>I am ready to sit down and begin my Wednesday journey! Thanks everyone who posted for making this happen every week. My contribution this week is a photo taken from the River Walk in New Orleans of the Steamboat Natchez. Nikon D90, which I am still trying to figure out!</p><div></div>

<p>So many wonderful pictures! My contribution this week is from last Friday. I took off the week for Mardi Gras and we ventured down to the French Quarter with the kiddies. This guy caught our eye in one of the shops on Decatur St. He looks as if he had way too much parade fun!<img src="http://catnranpix.smugmug.com/Other/New-Orleans/DSC0367/796491182_FoWEG-L.jpg" alt="" width="399" height="600" /></p>

<p>I am just about to sit down, relax and enjoy my Wednesday journey. My contribution this week is a delicious King Cake. King Cakes are a Mardi Gras tradition in the New Orleans area. The cakes contain a small plastic baby, whoever gets the piece with the baby has to buy the next cake. Years ago you could only get these during Mardi Gras but luckily you can now order year round! Yum! <img src="http://catnranpix.smugmug.com/Other/New-Orleans/DSC0250/791010176_xouNf-L.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="532" /></p>

<p>I enjoyed all of the wonderful pictures this week. Wednesday's are my favorite! I'm a bit late, a little under the weather. Our wonderful Saints became the Superbowl champs this past Sunday! The city threw a parade on Tuesday (TuesDat as it is known now) to celebrate with the team. My office is smack in the middle of the CBD so I got to enjoy all of the people dressed in team colors and the cars decorated. This car was among the many decked with flags, decals, etc. What a fun time it was, we are so proud of our Boys! WHO DAT!</p>

<p><img src="http://catnranpix.smugmug.com/Other/Southern-Scrap-Tailgate/DSC0205/786521915_ybx2K-L.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="532" /></p>

<p><img src="http://catnranpix.smugmug.com/Other/New-Orleans/One-Shell-Square/780428960_6fLg8-L.jpg" alt="" width="402" height="600" />So many great pictures. I enjoy my Wednesday journey around the world. Thanks to everyone for sharing each week. I have not gone to any Mardi Gras parades yet and no Saints tailgating until this weekend so my contribution is<img src="http://catnranpix.smugmug.com/Other/New-Orleans/11136786_VQsZS#780428960_6fLg8-A-LB" alt="" /> an old one. This is One Shell Square located on Poydras Street in the New Orleans CBD. I was fascinated with the window washers and often watch them from my building. Scary job! This is taken with the D80 (which is now gone to another owner). I hope to have some this weekend with my new D90! :)</p>

<p>Roberta, John D - I hope one of yall will post a shot next week of Bobby H in his dress! Who Dat! <br>

Awesome shots everyone! I just received my D90 so maybe I can get some shots over the weekend.</p>

<p><img src="http://catnranpix.smugmug.com/Other/Southern-Scrap-Tailgate/DSC0297/641636234_cjG34-L.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="536" />Ready for the Superbowl! Nikon D80</p>

<p>Thank you for the info Kent and Shun. I will try it again next week.</p>

<p>Not sure why my pix was so small....can anyone tell me how to upload correctly? Thanks!</p>

<p>Oops try again...<img src="http://catnranpix.smugmug.com/Other/Southern-Scrap-Tailgate/9543844_NHVzs#769629029_F6fUx" alt="" /></p><div></div>

<p>In honor of the big Saints game this weekend here is a photo taken of a co-worker while we were tailgating a few weeks ago. We were located a few blocks from the Superdome. Taken with Nikon D80. Geaux Saints!<img src="http://catnranpix.smugmug.com/Other/Southern-Scrap-Tailgate/9543844_NHVzs#769629029_F6fUx" alt="" /></p>

<p>@Roberta - is that picture of the Mississippi on the Westbank or New Orleans side? Great shot!</p>

Thanks again so much. Would you suggest I get the 85mm 1.8 for indoor sports and just keep the 18-135 that I have for outdoor or move up to the 80-200 (w/monopod) for outdoor soccer? I am contemplating getting both (after researching) the 80-200 and the 85mm along with a good monopod (I already have a tripod I can use at gymnastics)....or possibly just waiting for the 70-200 to come in stock. I dont know if the 85 will be enough but if the pix are clear from the distance and it has good cropping, this may work....just dont want to spend the 400 if I will practically ge the same results from my 50mm f/1.8. I'm just overwhelmed but you all have helped me beoynd my expectations - Thank you!!! If anyone has any sample pix with the 85mm f/1.8 shot from a distance in low light/ cropped I would love to see them!

Thank you so much! Am taking notes! Your picture is awesome and what I desire - I find with my 18-135 the pix are just not as sharp but still good (I probably need to take some lessons on the settings as this is where I get confused). I took some pictures at my daughter's game yesterday and for the first time, I trashed them all - all blurry. I had it on sports mode which usually gives me close to flawless shots with great freeze frame (but her field is smaller U9). I tried fooling with the wheels and evidently screwed it all up and now need to figure out how I had it set before. With the VR - does that come in to play very much when shooting outdoors with mid-day sunlight? My thought was possibly using the lens you referred (I cannot find a lens rental place anywhere near where I live) for 915 for the outdoor soccer games and something larger than the 50mm (is a teleconverter possible with this lens) with the f/1.8 to shoot the indoor gymnastics if the combination of the two lenses brings me within my budget. I will not be shooting inside and outside at close intervals so lens switch is not a problem. Any thoughts? I love your pix! I lost 20 years of pictures of my kids (2 older, 2 younger) in Hurricane Katrina so I have a deep heartfelt desire to get the best of the best that I can of my two younger kids.

Thank you all for the answers and advice! I will go over each tonight and read carefully (wanted to say thanks first). I cannot find the 70-200 f2.8 VR in stock anywhere (checked out Sonic - not good). Is there an equivilent in Tamron or Sigma? Anywho, I am very much the amateur, shooting with D80 (much to much camera for my lack of knowledge). I have the 18-135 that came with the kit and also purchased a 50 f/1.8. I am sort of far with the gymnastics (cant get in too close) so I was looking for more zoom - also when my son plays soccer, he is on a much larger field but pix are pretty good with the 18-135. Just want more zoom. My brother has a cannon and just bought the equivalent to the Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 and the soccer pix he took are awesome. The colors just pop and you can see the dirt flying off the cleates (that is what I desire). On the flip side, need good indoor gymnastic shots w/low light. I tried my 50 f1.8 but I am not able to get close enough. I have the $$ and want to make the right choice this time (have this one shot at the moment to get the right lens). Please keep the advice coming - I will review it all, check the forum as suggested and make my decision. I have about 2 weeks before I will need it for the gymnastics. Again, THANKS SO MUCH!

Oops - forgot to post the lens Nikon 70-200mm F/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor Lens. sorry first time poster! Thanks!

I am looking for a good sports lens for both inside (gymnastics) and outside

(baseball and soccer). Found this one at Sonic Camera for 1500.00 and was

wondering if anyone had this lens and how the inside pictures (no flash

allowed) came out? I hate to make this investment for "mediocre" photos.

Thanks! Cat

I purchaed a Nikon D80 to try to get decent gymnastic photos (indoor) and moved to this camera from a Sony (P&S) HC-7. I ADMIT I am "challenged" when it comes to understanding all the technicalities in the book and have become VERy frustrated and sorry that I purchased it. It takes the most beautiful pictures outdoors and close up indoor w/flash. It is me, not the camera and I fully understand that. I took 200 pictures of indoor gymnastic competetion today and all were blurry and had to be deleted. I have a 55-135 lens that came with the camera. I had it on A with f/3.5 (the more I zoomed the larger the f number got). The actual lighting came out really well in the pictures however, all of the kids were blurry. I tried it on sports mode but that was no help. I had the ISO set to 1600 in the A mode. Any suggestions helpful! I'm ready to throw in the towel! (would a telephoto lens help freeze the shots and also get a closer view?)<div></div>