More Lame Detroit Pics

[Str8 Rippin]

These were all shot at the abandoned Michigan Central Station (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Central_Station) in Detroit Michigan. All shots taken with at rebel XTi and either sigma 10-20 f4-5.6 lens or canon 70-200L f4

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cc Welcome

Thanks for looking

[JohnnyDrfiter22]

Wow Amazin shots!! The 1st, 3rd, and 5th are Awesome!! They look like they should be postcards.

[Daniel.]

dude, why hasn't dane convinced you to sign up for premie and to start posting in the photography threads yet??

your shit is awesome

[HyperTek]

didnt catch any bj action this time? lol jk

[alindeman1989]

shits nuts!!!

[iwishiwas-all*]

didnt catch any bj action this time? lol jk

i was wondering if it was the same member

[DataXUnknown]

Damn...wish I lived near some places like that. Those are definetly some sick shots.

[DUFFM4N]

didnt catch any bj action this time? lol jk

i was wondering if it was the same member

its not the same member

[allntrlundrgrnd]

i wish my shots were lame....

[Str8 Rippin]

its not the same memberlol but it is lol

[Str8 Rippin]

Dane (lucky7) and I had the misfortune of stumbling on some "super" people

[p4hang]

first shots pretty sweet

[Str8 Rippin]

Heres a few more


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Dane(Lucky7) lol

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[neverrain]

You don't do any photoshop work on these? Like fuck with contrast or color? I really need to spend some cash and buy a DSLR. The picture quality is nothing less than amazing.

[Daniel.]

hey grant, think you'd mind posting some exif data on your photos? if not its all good.

[Str8 Rippin]

You don't do any photoshop work on these? Like fuck with contrast or color? I really need to spend some cash and buy a DSLR. The picture quality is nothing less than amazing.Oh I fuck around a lot lol you get a dslr and I'll post a tutorial for you

[Str8 Rippin]

hey grant, think you'd mind posting some exif data on your photos? if not its all good.I would just post it all but since its lost from when I upload to flickr I have to hunt it down in lightroom is there a particular few you'd like to know?

[MisawaJason]

Jesus those are some sweet ass pics

[neverrain]

Oh I fuck around a lot lol you get a dslr and I'll post a tutorial for you

Oh I'm good. I've been using PS for like 10 years. I just wanted to know how much of it was actually the camera. I love those high contrast images. There was an awesome one of a battle beaten silvia running around here. I tried to get a copy for my desktop. Never got a response back.

[Str8 Rippin]

Oh I'm good. I've been using PS for like 10 years. I just wanted to know how much of it was actually the camera. I love those high contrast images. There was an awesome one of a battle beaten silvia running around here. I tried to get a copy for my desktop. Never got a response back.I don't think that was me?

[neverrain]

I don't think that was me?

I'm not sure. I can't remember the name on it. I'm at work right now, but I think I have the image bookmarked at home. I'll check when I get there. It was in one of the picture threads, either in the premie section or off topic. I think it was in that thread with all the high res high contrast photography from members. It was basically a front view pic of a red silvia (I say Silvia, but it was likely a sil40) with a beat up body kit and no hood. It was really contrasty like your pics and had one of those "I'm killing it" stickers across the windshield.

[Daniel.]

I would just post it all but since its lost from when I upload to flickr I have to hunt it down in lightroom is there a particular few you'd like to know?

just the first and last of each of your two posts.

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[1ZlowZ]

Very nice pictures! Hey I wanted to get into photography, is there a decent camera I can get for 200$? With the wide angle lense thing you use? I don't know all the terminology for it but I really want to get into it.

[vin diesel]

sick pictures, i would love to see the tutorial. and are you using cs4

[Str8 Rippin]

just the first and last of each of your two posts.

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Here they are in the order you gave me

Arch HDR

iso 200 10mm f8 exposures 1/1250, 1/640. 1/320, 1/160th, 1/80

Drew

iso 100 10mm f4 1/200th on camera flash fired

window

iso 100 10mm f4 1/2000th

dane

iso 100 70mm f4 160th

[Str8 Rippin]

Very nice pictures! Hey I wanted to get into photography, is there a decent camera I can get for 200$? With the wide angle lense thing you use? I don't know all the terminology for it but I really want to get into it.I'd look into a used canon rebel xt and then see what kind of lens you can afford from there

[Daniel.]

Here they are in the order you gave me

Arch HDR

iso 200 10mm f8 exposures 1/1250, 1/640. 1/320, 1/160th, 1/80

Drew

iso 100 10mm f4 1/200th on camera flash fired

window

iso 100 10mm f4 1/2000th

dane

iso 100 70mm f4 160th

Thanks Grant! :D

[Str8 Rippin]

Thanks Grant! :DSure thing!

[Pank]

I would just post it all but since its lost from when I upload to flickr I have to hunt it down in lightroom is there a particular few you'd like to know?

My flickr still has the EXIF data on it, but i use the flickr uploader app, maybe it strips it if you do it through the site?
Also, it only seems to work on the full size (or whatever the original size on the site was)

[Str8 Rippin]

My flickr still has the EXIF data on it, but i use the flickr uploader app, maybe it strips it if you do it through the site?
Also, it only seems to work on the full size (or whatever the original size on the site was)I have flickr set in settings to hide my EXIF data so people that I don't want having it don't have it :D

[Otto347]

:bowrofl::bowrofl:@ the "dont you know im loco"

[Pank]

I have flickr set in settings to hide my EXIF data so people that I don't want having it don't have it :D

damn, I didn't even know you could do that
sweet

[ryguy]

It's a shame that architecture like that is dead.

How dangerous is it out there doing urban exploration in a big city? I hear there are some amazing locations near me (i live within driving distance of Gary, Indiana) but I'm nervous about the neighborhoods.

[DrftSLowHomIe!!]

Looks like i got a new wallpaper mad props on the shots man!!

[Str8 Rippin]

It's a shame that architecture like that is dead.

How dangerous is it out there doing urban exploration in a big city? I hear there are some amazing locations near me (i live within driving distance of Gary, Indiana) but I'm nervous about the neighborhoods.
Yeah Ive heard some stuff about gary. I'm not to sure about how under budget their police force is there and thats what it comes down to. The top things I worry about are the cops and falling through a bad floor.

[lucky7]

lol what upp. it was like 5 degrees out that day. i just threw rocks at some windows to stay warm.

hey, should i get that updated version of LR? is it even worth it?

[legacy927]

wow...the pics are really nice....

[Str8 Rippin]

lol what upp. it was like 5 degrees out that day. i just threw rocks at some windows to stay warm.

hey, should i get that updated version of LR? is it even worth it?

Yes you should

[fliprayzin240sx]

Oh I fuck around a lot lol you get a dslr and I'll post a tutorial for you

shit, I know alot of guys in here would take you up on it...I myself would be one of those guys. If I can take pictures 1/4 of awesome of how yours turned out, i'd be fucking happy...

I just got a question, what lense did you use that caused some of the shots to seem a bit distorted? Im referring to the first pix more than anything else...

[Daniel.]

He's using the Sigma 10-20mm ultra wide angle. I think I might be getting one this weekend. Gotta keep my fingers crossed.

[Str8 Rippin]

He's using the Sigma 10-20mm ultra wide angle. I think I might be getting one this weekend. Gotta keep my fingers crossed.yup hella distortion on that lens

[fliprayzin240sx]

I got a Canon 30D with Sigma 18-50mm 1:2.8 EX, Tokina 77mm, Canon EF 80-200 1:4.5-5.6, and 2 starter Tamron Lenses (75-300mm and 28-80).

Havent messed around with the camera since I got deployed. Wife got it with her in the states...

[[email protected]/Ttuning]

that building is amazing
i hope they restore it

[orion::S14]

While you werer snapping pics, you didn;t see this guy, did you?

http://www.detnews.com/graphics/2009/0129frozen.jpg

Frozen in indifference: Life goes on around body found in vacant warehouse | detnews.com | The Detroit News (http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090128/METRO08/901280491)

He was found by an "urban explorer" taking pics...in the building next door to where these were taken.

Anything you'd like to share with the class...hehe. :)

- Brian

[Str8 Rippin]

While you werer snapping pics, you didn;t see this guy, did you?

http://www.detnews.com/graphics/2009/0129frozen.jpg

Frozen in indifference: Life goes on around body found in vacant warehouse | detnews.com | The Detroit News (http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090128/METRO08/901280491)

He was found by an "urban explorer" taking pics...in the building next door to where these were taken.

Anything you'd like to share with the class...hehe. :)

- Brian

LOL I was with Dane (lucky7) the poster in that other thread but shiz happens I feel sorry for the guy. I don't feel sorry for that reporter. Douche taco if you ask me. He is the sick fuck who took that picture. Who knows what he does with it on these cold winter nights LOL

[Smurf_240SX]

Damn those are really nice.

[yokotas13]

too much PP imo

[jim shu]

1 word, AMAZING!!

[orion::S14]

LOL I was with Dane (lucky7) the poster in that other thread but shiz happens I feel sorry for the guy. I don't feel sorry for that reporter. Douche taco if you ask me. He is the sick fuck who took that picture. Who knows what he does with it on these cold winter nights LOL

Ha...

I missed that thread, but just went looking for it.

I saw that on my local news last night here in Florida...they did a quick ~10-second spot on it.

I Google'd "body detroit frozen", and found that link...same one you posted.

hehe...sorry for the repost here, thought I was adding new content.

- Brian

[beeracing s14]

those are fantastic shots! make money out of them!

[ryguy]

LOL I was with Dane (lucky7) the poster in that other thread but shiz happens I feel sorry for the guy. I don't feel sorry for that reporter. Douche taco if you ask me. He is the sick fuck who took that picture. Who knows what he does with it on these cold winter nights LOL

I'm going to have to disagree. I think it's a damn powerful picture, sort of a sign of the times thing. It was strange in the article too when the reporter mentioned "the ruins of Detroit."

[Str8 Rippin]

I'm going to have to disagree. I think it's a damn powerful picture, sort of a sign of the times thing. It was strange in the article too when the reporter mentioned "the ruins of Detroit."

I totally understand your point but imo everyone knows detroit is in shambles this story just seems over the top for personal gain of the reporter not for the dignity of a person frozen in ice. Had that person not been thought of as a bum looking for some copper to steal and had been like a white kid in the wrong place at the wrong time, you would have never seen the picture.

[lucky7]

i just dont think its all that shocking. hell, they found a body next door in the train station a couple years ago. they find bodies all over the city. alot of them are homeless people.

[Str8 Rippin]

Also I'm not above this game of self promotion myself. I profit from takeing pictures of the "ruins of Detroit" but since this is a story about the maintance of human dignity and reaching out and doing what's right I am just pointing something out.