I was fortunate enough to get to spend last weekend in New Orleans- mostly in and around the French Quarter- and with some actual time just for photography. I took about 800 images which I am only partially done processing- I'll post some of my favorites. If anyone would like to see more they will be on my Flickr set HERE.

Constructive criticism welcome.



Harmonica Player on Jackson Square





The Angel of Grief monument is located in the crypt of Chapman Hymans in Metairie Cemetery. The blue light comes from three stained glass windows inside the mausoleum.







My breakfast every morning I was there. Beignets and Cafe Au Lait from Cafe du Monde. I'm sure the narrow f1.4 DOF was way overkill here but I like it anyway- and it's the only shot I have since it's the only time I remembered to pick up the camera before digging in.





All I took was 4 prime lenses- 28mm, 50mm, 105mm & 180mm. The first of this Street Guitarist was at 28mm- the next was at 180mm. It's a lot easier to snap candid people shots from far off and the longer lens- but the musicians don't mind as long as you throw a couple bucks in the hat- or the guitar case.







And a few from St. Louis Cathedral- inside and out.







I love the inside of St. Louis Cathedral- unfortunately I only got inside one time the whole weekend- and as you can (maybe) see it was occupied with a wedding rehearsal. Every other time I came back it was occupied with actual weddings and closed to the public. These are kind of selective focus- I have some of the Cathedral ceiling that I will post later.





The nights are a lot of fun there- kind of hard to manually focus (2 of my 4 lenses) with a drink in your other hand though.









At the Cats Meow- Trying to talk her into Karaoke? Or out of Karaoke?

 

Great shots! Lovin' the night shots.

Really liking the one with the guy leaning against the tat shop. Nice work

 

Thanks for looking.

 

Great shots! I really like the first pic, even though you can't see his face there's alot of little details that help you to get an idea of who he is and make it a very interesting photo to look at (if that makes any sense )

 

Thanks- the first one is my favorite also.

 

1st pic, ftw.
Great shot.

 

True Definition of photography here. You did an amazing job on these Sir. I love the journalistic feel.

 

I like the second edit of the first picture. All excellent work!

 

Thanks alot,great pics.I was born in New Orleans.I lived in the French Quarter from when I was 9 till I was 17.My Wife & I going up there the end of July. Cafe du Monde FTW

 

Thanks so much everyone for taking the time to look and comment. I pretty much finished up processing these last night. Out of 800 pictures I brought home I thought 124 of them were good enough to share. Here are a few more- probably my last pictures post in this thread. If anyone would like to see more- or see the EXIF for any- please take a look on my Flickr Set. The sequence there has been reset so they are mostly in chronological order- my two camera’s clocks were not in sync though so not perfect.

Gallery: New Orleans - a set on Flickr

Slideshow: New Orleans

(Warning- One or two may be borderline not safe for work.)

Thanks!