St. Augustine, FL

[printergirl]

Got to spend the weekend in St. Augustine this past week. I love that city so much (my favorite get away destination). I don't think I will ever get sick of it.

1. The building architecture is amazing. This was shot looking straight up with zoom maxed out to 200mm. Even then I had to tightly crop it in PP to get the shot I was hoping for:



2. I swear every old city of visit has some sort of "clock" in it's downtown square:



3. I have to admit, this was really a bad shot prior to PP. Everything was dark and dull. I hope I didn't go to far in PP on it. I still wish I could have brought out more detail in the gazebo:



4. For some reason this one amuses me. The mannequin looked so real and life sized at first glance:

[printergirl]

5. My favorite shot of the whole weekend. I could sit and look at the water all day. I just like the way the blues popped in the pic:



6. My husband was partial to the British soldier reinactments at the Old Fort. This was a bonus shot for sure...didn't even realize that the guy looks like he is "pouting" until PP:



7. I had a lot of problems with my night photography. Didn't have a good low light lens with me. Did the entire trip with my 18-200mm Nikkor, since it was new and wanted to try it out. But, I am just not skilled enough with my settings to get good nighttime shots, I'm afraid. That is something I will be working on in the future. That being said, I thought this shot came out cool. Not perfect by any means, but I liked the colors in it. Very unusual effects:



The entire series, if anyone is interested is at:
St. Augustine, Florida - Photography & Graphic Design by Nora- powered by SmugMug

[angeleyes216]

I once went to a wax museum and didnt realise that among the wax figures they had planted some real live people...talk about make your heart pound when your in their face studying them and they come to life and speak...your last photo reminded me of that...so life like and the colours are great.
I got to spend a couple of days at St. Augustine..its a beautiful place and your photos show that..thankyou for sharing them...nice shots.

[Fred flyfisher]

All I can say is Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr me hearty... Love the pirate. I haven't been to Florida since I was maybe 5 or 6. That was awhile ago. I also really enjoyed your night shot of the signs. Nice job Printergirl...

[fstopMike]

Love St. augustine and all the age and history that it has. Your series brought a lot of that back to my mind.

[dmpete]

My wife and I spent a lot of time there when we were first married.

Great shots.