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Author Topic: A Ft Smith, Arkansas Short-Stack of B&W  (Read 771 times)
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« on: July 07, 2007, 05:07:34 PM »

Went to visit Katie this afternoon - not a good visit, but I'll post that in the private thread.

Clearing my mind, frustrated, I grabbed a quick lunch and headed in to the industrial zone of Ft Smith.

Here's a set of 4, all shot on the D70s with the 18-35mm. I've begun bracketing as much as possible with the D70s, usually .7 to a full-stop either direction. The RAW/NEF converter in CS2 gives me enough power to push/pull as I need to, but the bracketing gives me a bit more room to wiggle.

All are filtered with the TLR B&W conversion actions, adjusted a bit more as needed via levels/curves/shadows-highlights, and a bit of unsharp as well. The 18-35mm is a very sharp lens. These all shot at f11.

I think the first one here is a wall-hanger. Your mileage may vary. All versions are hotlinked to large versions. Might look good as your desktop wallpaper. Looks good as mine.

Hope all are having a decent weekend.

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« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2007, 06:09:01 PM »

Sounds like I might be having a better weekend than you, though I certainly haven't made anything like as many interesting images in the last few days...
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« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2007, 06:42:39 PM »

Lot of grain in those first two Craig.
I'm assuming corn?
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« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2007, 07:37:40 PM »

A french dipped sammidge and a '56 Buick. What more could a guy ask. Nice. Cheesy
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« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2007, 07:41:45 PM »

Last time I ordered a French Dip, some dude, with a beret, came mincing out of the back, doing a bad Jerry Lewis impression.
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« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2007, 07:58:35 PM »

That was a French drip. Smiley
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« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2007, 09:08:05 AM »

Craig, that first shot it bee-yootiful!  I love the dark sky and the white clouds.  As I'm looking at your post, it's lunch time, and now I want a roast beef sandwich au jus (as we say here in Canada) ... yummy!!
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« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2007, 06:42:22 PM »

The first one is wonderful. Show it to the plant manager, I believe you have a sale there.
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« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2007, 05:53:54 AM »

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A french dipped sammidge and a '56 Buick. What more could a guy ask. Nice. Cheesy
pardon the ignorance of a lad from Oz, but what is a french dipped sandwich
(i already figured out what chicken fried steak is...we call 'em 'Schnitzel')
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« Reply #9 on: July 10, 2007, 07:22:46 AM »

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pardon the ignorance of a lad from Oz, but what is a french dipped sandwich


Thin sliced roast beef in a French bread roll, served with a small bowl of the broth the beef was reheated in (usually a savory mixture -- I make it from beef boullion, garlic, and a few spices).  Dip the end of the sandwich into the broth, then try to eat the wet bit without dribbling it on your tie, shirt, pants, small children, etc.
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« Reply #10 on: July 10, 2007, 02:20:57 PM »

The first is a great dramatic shot & the last just screams Americana. Nice work.
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« Reply #11 on: July 10, 2007, 05:15:35 PM »

Glad you guys dug 'em.
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« Reply #12 on: July 10, 2007, 08:56:30 PM »

Wow, Craig.  That first shot is inspirational.  I travel to Oklahoma each year, see similar scenes, but have never captured one that well.

That's the spirit of Learn:Teach:Grow!

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« Reply #13 on: July 18, 2007, 12:48:54 PM »

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Thin sliced roast beef in a French bread roll, served with a small bowl of the broth the beef was reheated in (usually a savory mixture -- I make it from beef boullion, garlic, and a few spices). Dip the end of the sandwich into the broth, then try to eat the wet bit without dribbling it on your tie, shirt, pants, small children, etc.

yum....i'm hungry now......
AND sounds reasonably healthy...no deep frying
In brussels you can something similar for breakfast
It's french onion soup served with a thick slice of french bread topped with melted cheese..actually, come to think of it it's not similar at all Smiley
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« Reply #14 on: July 18, 2007, 06:27:18 PM »

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It's french onion soup served with a thick slice of french bread topped with melted cheese.


Without the floating bread, cheese, and time under the broiler to melt the cheese, it's just onion soup; with that stuff, it's *French* onion soup...

The cheese, sadly, has a fair amount of saturated fat, but this serving method doesn't usually have much cheese.  The bad news is, I could easily go through two or three bowls of this...  :eek:
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