I did some searching on the web for photos of Tulsa to show people I run into online what Tulsa has to offer. I found some wonderful pics people have taken of different things around town, but not a whole lot. So I have decided to take my little old digital camera and start taking some pics of the art and architecture of Tulsa. I am just starting to learn how to take a decent photo and dont have a tripod so please excuse the fuzzy amateur nature of my first pics lol. Hopefully I can afford a better camera with a tripod later this year, but I hope people will enjoy my "practice photos" for now.
What I would eventually like to do is create a book that has photos of the beautiful buildings, churches, mansions, art and architecture that Tulsa has. I hope to be able to really show off the great assets we have in this town by using some creative artistry with the photos. I would like the book to be as definitive as possible, capturing what I see as the essence of the beauty of each church, building, and place I photograph. I have a feeling this project is going to take me quite a few years but the result will be wonderful if I can pull it off.
Here is the start of the first photoblog of some pics I have taken this month. Hope you enjoy and I will let you know when I get the chance to add more. http://www.flickr.com/photos/71912608@N00/
Here's my Tulsa set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tulsamini/sets/1797186/
And some shots of Boston Ave Methodist: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tulsamini/sets/1767333/
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Originally posted by TulsaMINI
Here's my Tulsa set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tulsamini/sets/1797186/
And some shots of Boston Ave Methodist: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tulsamini/sets/1767333/
Excellent, excellent! If anyone else has some photoblogs or websites of Tulsa photos, please add them. And if anyone you run across wants to know what Tulsa has, and is like, just send them to this thread.[:)]
Well you can't list Flickrs of Tulsa without including http://www.flickr.com/photos/losttulsa/
Greta pictures Artist. I'm building a site for Riverview...mind if I add a link to your pictures?
Not the skyline, but I like this collage of Rogers HS: http://www.gentryfoto.com/html/photoart.html
Great pics, Artist! If you're doing that with a little Casio, I can only imagine the pics you'll post once you upgrade equipment. Keep it up, you've got a really good eye....guess that's why you're The Artist! ;-)
Here are some of my Tulsa pics:
http://community.webshots.com/album/445361087vtqBwd
Also check out the Tulsa page of the Urban OK forum for some really nice photos:
http://urbanok.9.forumer.com/index.php?s=b655592cf91d6b24ed4ec37f8a18b225&showforum=49
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Greta pictures Artist. I'm building a site for Riverview...mind if I add a link to your pictures?
No problemo[:)]
Thanks for the sites they definitely have given me some great ideas for more photos.
Wonderfull shots all. Here's one of Boston Ave.
(http://i.pbase.com/o4/46/526046/1/58656604.BAM.jpg)
Check out my gallery.
Absolutely great pictures from all of you. [8D]
Just added a couple pics of one of the ceilings at the Garden Center. I know I have been in there a dozen times but somehow never really noticed that stairwell ceiling? Perhaps keeping and eye out now for photo ops is making me be aware of things I hadnt really noticed before. Its a stunning ceiling, and one of many in that building. Cant wait to go back sometime again and take some more and better pics. There was a market goin on and too many people walking around to do the laying on the floor thing lol. http://www.flickr.com/photos/71912608@N00/
You should have gone to the market and stopped by my booth. We were passing out environmental propaganda and judging the best compost contest.
It was a good market, but the wind was difficult.
I love the Tulsa Garden Center. It is a beautiful building and grounds. I write a column for their newsletter each month and am writing this next one on the building and the art.
If any of you want to take a picture of the Tulsa Skyline go to the Gray Snail Saloon on Cherry Street and go out on the porch area. The view is really something to behold. [;)]
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If any of you want to take a picture of the Tulsa Skyline go to the Gray Snail Saloon on Cherry Street and go out on the porch area. The view is really something to behold. [;)]
yup... one of the best views anywhere in the city. That's why I can't understand why the old four-flat apartments on the east side of Peoria between 14th and 15th aren't super high-dollar in-demand units. That view from the front windows...
Here's one from the Peoria Bridge, just a block south. It is kinda pretty.
(http://mk23.image.pbase.com/u26/lefturn99/upload/43599317.Streakers05.jpg)
Just added a few more pics I took today.[:)] http://www.flickr.com/photos/71912608@N00/
Great pics artist, tshane, and tulsamini! Thanks for sharing. Some of those pics were true art. Artist, do you have a dedicated website where one might buy some of your work? Seriously, I would consider purchasing some things from you if I could see a full portfolio.
Thank you Tulsa Fan. I hope to have a dedicated website by sometime in June. I hope to also have more pics by then as well. It is my wish to have several different "series" so that people can buy several photos of a similar nature to have in arrangements. I am going to try and start printing them as giclee on canvas as well. Stay tuned, I have just started on this new endeavor and these things take time to get off the ground I am still trying to make a living doing my murals while in the middle of all of this too lol. btw my mural website is www.wfranklinstudios.com
The murals are awesome Artist. I especially like the one on the bedroom wall of a cottage and trees; it looks 3 dimensional. I look forward to your website and (if not too expensive!) I anticipate purchasing something. Good luck on your venture. I hope you become famous and that way I can say I was in at the ground floor! Send me a personal message once you get the website off the ground and I'll check it out right away.
Cheers
Well its June already and I dont have a dedicated website for my Tulsa photos lol. But I have put a few new pics up. Its amazing how much work getting a few good pics actually is. I probably spent several hours downtown last weekend taking pics, managed to sneak into 3 of the larger churches. Then spent a good 8-10 hours downloading, photoshoping, resizing, cropping, removing utility wires etc. Then in the end managed to come up with perhaps 8 decent pics out of over 130 that I took that day lol. Boy I cant wait to get a decent camera with a tripod lol. I am still considering most of these to be practice but I really hope you enjoy at least a few of them.
I have also started adding blurbs underneath the photos. If I have anything wrong, or you know of something else interesting, about anything in the pics please let me know and add your comments.[:)]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71912608@N00/
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Well its June already and I dont have a dedicated website for my Tulsa photos lol. But I have put a few new pics up. Its amazing how much work getting a few good pics actually is. I probably spent several hours downtown last weekend taking pics, managed to sneak into 3 of the larger churches. Then spent a good 8-10 hours downloading, photoshoping, resizing, cropping, removing utility wires etc. Then in the end managed to come up with perhaps 8 decent pics out of over 130 that I took that day lol. Boy I cant wait to get a decent camera with a tripod lol. I am still considering most of these to be practice but I really hope you enjoy at least a few of the fruits of my labors.
I have also started adding interesting blurbs underneath the photos. If I have anything wrong, or you know of something else interesting, about anything in the pics please let me know and add your comments.[:)]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71912608@N00/
You may have spent quite a while to get just the right picture...
But you did just that..!
Excellent Photos.![8D]
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Well its June already and I dont have a dedicated website for my Tulsa photos lol. But I have put a few new pics up. Its amazing how much work getting a few good pics actually is. I probably spent several hours downtown last weekend taking pics, managed to sneak into 3 of the larger churches. Then spent a good 8-10 hours downloading, photoshoping, resizing, cropping, removing utility wires etc. Then in the end managed to come up with perhaps 8 decent pics out of over 130 that I took that day lol. Boy I cant wait to get a decent camera with a tripod lol. I am still considering most of these to be practice but I really hope you enjoy at least a few of them.
I have also started adding blurbs underneath the photos. If I have anything wrong, or you know of something else interesting, about anything in the pics please let me know and add your comments.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71912608@N00/
Very nice photos! I must say Tulsa truly has some stellar architecture.
Those are great. Have you checked out pBase? It is only $23 per year.
If you get the urge to do another expedition, I'd like to tag along.
Took some new pics today, thought I would share a couple that turned out ok. [:)]
This is inside the First Church of Christ, Scientist, looking up at the domed ceiling.
(http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/3246/christiansciencechurchinteriorweb045dgl5.jpg)
We all know what this one is of. I kind of like titling it "Faded Glory".
(http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/512/fadedglorywebwatermarkdd3.jpg)
Can't decide between these two which I like better.
(http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/2729/adamsbldngwatermarkjx4.jpg)
(http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/2185/adamsbldngbccropwatermarkvm1.jpg)
Pretty stuff.... What kind of a Camera do you use..?
Thank you. All I have at the moment is an old Casio 3meg camera. Its nothing fancy but is giving me some practice untill I can get a good new one. Its horrible at taking night shot pics and, doesnt have any motion stabilizer features, so am looking forward to the time when I can take some night photos of downtown buildings. [:)]
Here is my flickr site with more Tulsa pics. http://www.flickr.com/photos/71912608@N00/
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Originally posted by TulsaMINI
Here's my Tulsa set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tulsamini/sets/1797186/
And some shots of Boston Ave Methodist: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tulsamini/sets/1767333/
Whoa! These are gorgeous! Awesome sky!!
[:P]
All of those pics are so nice. William, the second of the two pics you were undecided on is the prettiest.[}:)]
Here's one I took a few weeks ago. I'm trying to do more night photography.
(http://i.pbase.com/g4/46/526046/2/65424077.pwjAtclx.jpg)
I just really want to thank all of you who posted pics on here. This morning my husband was telling a friend of his that we should all get together and go visit Branson, Mo. While I'd love to go there, I told him I already have our next trip planned. I came to the computer and put Artist's flicker show on and said that's where we're going.[:D] He had no idea he was looking at pictures of Tulsa and thought I was referring to a European country all the while wondering how he'd get me on a plane that would cross the ocean.[:O] He was in total shock to know that Tulsa had such beautiful architecture and he's ready to visit Tulsa now.[:P] Where's my suitcase?[}:)]
All of the photos are spectacular. Artist, you live up to your billing; you should be a professional photographer as well, and I am being sincere. Jammie, I hope you and your husband have a wonderful trip to Tulsa. I'm sure it will be memorable. I only wish that I could visit there more often. Perhaps in the Fall when the leaves are changing. Take care all.
Hi Tulsa Fan, I've wondered where you've been. It's probably been the same for you as for us~summer is always busy and fun.[}:)]
I just know we'll love it down there. Finally after waiting for several years to see Tulsa, the time is near. Only four more weeks to go!!![:P]
Thanks for the input everyone. LOVE the Boston Avenue shots mini. I am jealous. I have yet to capture any pics with the classic, dark cloudy sky with the sun hitting the foreground, shot. Good catch[:D]. Just an idea, ya might try contrasting the forground a bit to bring out the shadows and architecture of the church, and also shifting the gold tones just a tad to the rose color to flow towards the tones in the clouds. Dont know if your a "purist" or a photoshop nut like myself lol.
Mspivey, good work on the night shots. I am finding those hard to do with my old camera. Cant wait to get a new one to give it a try.
One thing I noticed last time I was in downtown. The trees and lights are gone in some areas so we are now able to get some shots of buildings that havent been able to be taken in years. Especially a potential shot of the Philtower from top to bottom, from the side street going to the Bartlett fountain, dont remember the name of the street lol. Get em while they last. [:D]
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Hi Tulsa Fan, I've wondered where you've been. It's probably been the same for you as for us~summer is always busy and fun.[}:)]
I just know we'll love it down there. Finally after waiting for several years to see Tulsa, the time is near. Only four more weeks to go!!![:P]
I've been traveling on business alot over the last couple of months Jammie. Unfortunately, my travels haven't taken me to Tulsa; mostly Atlanta, Oklahoma City, and Albuquerque (Albuquerque is beautiful, btw). Make sure and post your pics of Tulsa when you get back home; I'd love to see them!
Here is a cool site if you enjoy photos of Tulsa...
This fellow seems to know a lot about Tulsa..Art Deco - etc.
http://www.michael.leland.name/index.html
Rico, I like this site and I'll have to put it under my faves until I get a chance to spend more time looking at the pics. One of the things I really like is the fact that he even lists the addy of the buildings. It's so helpful for out of towners.[}:)]
These are great pics! You should enter the Keep Tulsa Beautiful Photo Contest (tulsabeautiful.com) You can win $50!! Check it out.
Went to Philbrook today. The weather was perfect and the fall lighting, sublime. Took about 80 photos. But for some reason this one, though its very simple, just hit me as being quite beautiful. Even if this is the only photo that turned out. I think the day was worth it.[:)]
(http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/1931/philbrookurnwatermark2avf5.jpg)
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Went to Philbrook today. The weather was perfect and the fall lighting, sublime. Took about 80 photos. But for some reason this one, though its very simple, just hit me as being quite beautiful. Even if this is the only photo that turned out. I think the day was worth it.[:)]
(http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/1931/philbrookurnwatermark2avf5.jpg)
Looks like something you would see in a costly book. Great job. The lighting gives it a kind of ancient look. I'd love to see the other photos.
Very nice. What are the photography rules at the Philbrook. I would have thought they weould be fery strict.
Philbrook is surprisingly lenient. No flash, no tripod, no taking professional wedding photos etc without paying a fee. Otherwise, have at it.
The toughest spots I havent cracked yet in Tulsa are the interior lobby of the National Bank building and the Federal Building, wont even let you take pics of the outside of that. The guards are getting good at seeing me and my little camera coming.[:P]
But mspivey, if you want to go on a photo expedition with me, I have a plan. You move the advertising signage out of the way in the bank lobby and when the guard comes to stop you, have a seizure and start flopping around on the floor or something, preferably out of shot. Then with the guards duly distracted I will snap the photos. Sound like a plan?
Sorry, haven't checked in. That sounds like an idea. Better yet, since they know you, you can walk in with my 30D with the longest lens I've got, the external flash on it's extended bracket and mounted on a tripod. While they are arresting you, I can take lots of pictures with a digicam.
mspivey, did you get to take the photographs on your fall foliage tour in Arkansas? I'd love to see the photos. BTW, the scheme you and Artist came up with to get photos of the Federal Building is BRILLIANT!
Good stuff TheArtist! So when are you gonna go and post around the rest of those? [:D]
I had a great time and saw some really beautiful scenery. I spent four days with my sister, the most I've spent with her in 40 years.
But photographically it was a bust. We were a week or two late to get the best color and the tall waterfalls I had lined up were dry. I did get some small ones and some old barns and covered bridges. We spent the night at Calico Rock, which is famous for taking sunrise pictures of the bluffs on the Buffalo River. Got up at 5:30am only to find it was pouring down rain.
http://www.pbase.com/lefturn99/arkansas_trip
But you know what fishermen say - a day fishing where you don't catch any fish is better than a day at work. And I did quite a bit of scouting that will be helpful in the spring when the waterfalls are waterfalls.
Great photos, everyone! Here are mine: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dscott28604/sets/72157594157019217/
Great pics DScott. Always neat to see how other people capture the same buildings or place. Incredible how much variety can be had from the same thing just seen differently.
Whoa! Very nice gallery. You have some wonderful shots there. I enjoyed looking at them. What are you shooting with these days?
Mike Spivey
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Great pics DScott. Always neat to see how other people capture the same buildings or place. Incredible how much variety can be had from the same thing just seen differently.
Thanks! What buildings/places are you talking about?
Very nice shots on your flickr, dscott. I added you as a contact. [:)]
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Very nice shots on your flickr, dscott. I added you as a contact. [:)]
Yay! I'm editing pictures from Germany right now, and after, I'm going to add you :-).
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Great photos, everyone! Here are mine: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dscott28604/sets/72157594157019217/
Absolutely awesome pics! [:)]
Once more, thank you! I usually don't ever receive feedback on my pictures... Usually it's just family that even looks at them. But I think that's changing, because 3 of my photos were published in the online Schmap guide to Tulsa a couple months ago. At least it's a start...
Again, thank you all for your comments!
Fall pic at Philbrook. [:)]
(http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/9350/philbrookfallcolorcropwfo4.jpg)
Here's a couple of shots from the Philbrook I took back over Labor Day weekend.
(http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p206/tshane250/P8310178.jpg)
(http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p206/tshane250/P8310182.jpg)
Who could resist snapping a shot of this Wintery Palace in downtown Tulsa.
(http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/2716/winterpalacewatermarkno3.jpg)
One of my fave homes on Utica Ave. Looks like a Christmas post card.
(http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/600/xmashomeonuticawatermarti9.jpg)
Awesome shots Artist.
Anyone know what the official title of this bronze statue is? Its in woodward park on the edge of a small water feature along with a couple of little satyrs.
(http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/733/maideninparkwatermarkut6.jpg)
Don't know the name but she sure looks cold.
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... I hope to have a dedicated website by sometime in June. I hope to also have more pics by then as well. It is my wish to have several different "series" so that people can buy several photos of a similar nature to have in arrangements. I am going to try and start printing them as giclee on canvas as well. Stay tuned, I have just started on this new endeavor and these things take time to get off the ground ...
Artist, any luck on your new endeavor? I love your pics!
Ugh, haven't been working on figuring out how to do all of that. Guess I need to get on it. Need to find some place that I can trust to print my stuff up on canvas. Had an artist buddy of mine tell me the guy I was going to have print my stuff up, printed some of his work up on the side and sold it out of town. So not going to trust that place. Will try Kinkos to print some up on photo paper. The challenge there is that even though some pics look just right on the monitor, often when you print them they are too dark, the colors off, etc. Hard to get just right. Takes money, time and stress lol. Oh, and then there is designing the website, links, framing, matting, packaging, shipping, scheduling, pricing, having product in stock, maintaining the website, am I actually going to make any money, is it worth it etc. etc. lol
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Ugh, haven't been working on figuring out how to do all of that. Guess I need to get on it. Need to find some place that I can trust to print my stuff up on canvas. Had an artist buddy of mine tell me the guy I was going to have print my stuff up, printed some of his work up on the side and sold it out of town. So not going to trust that place. Will try Kinkos to print some up on photo paper. The challenge there is that even though some pics look just right on the monitor, often when you print them they are too dark, the colors off, etc. Hard to get just right. Takes money, time and stress lol. Oh, and then there is designing the website, links, framing, matting, packaging, shipping, scheduling, pricing, having product in stock, maintaining the website, am I actually going to make any money, is it worth it etc. etc. lol
Yikes. I can see how you could get overwhelmed by it all.
In your spare time (ha ha), have you had or thought of having a show..
somewhere like Apertures Gallery for example? Maybe start off the photography on a smaller scale?
Good luck Artist ... if & when you kick off, I'd love to know about it.
Thank You Artist[:D]This is my very first time here on this forum and I seen your pics .They are so beautiful[8D]I am from Ca, and we are thinking of moving to Tulsa someday.[:)]
Couple pics taken downtown, Philtower and Mid Continent Tower.
(http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/1903/downtowndecember074cwatzb7.jpg)
(http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/7264/downtowndecember084bwatpu9.jpg)
my flickr site. http://www.flickr.com/photos/williamtheartist/
Looks like Michaelangelo. Very nice.
Nice pics...
I just started my new flickr page last week...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tulsarage/ (//%22http://www.flickr.com/photos/tulsarage/%22)
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Nice pics...
I just started my new flickr page last week...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tulsarage/ (//%22http://www.flickr.com/photos/tulsarage/%22)
Kewl beans, will look forward to checking out your future photos.[:)]
Thanks and trust me There will be future photos...
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Looks like Michaelangelo. Very nice
Yeah, you must have had a bad neck once you finished... Artist did it because he likes too, Michaelangelo complained all the time about painting...
i have some photographs of flowers from the Tulsa area.
http://photopoints.com/main/photos/photographer.aspx?ID=12608
i hope you enjoy.
Quinton
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I did some searching on the web for photos of Tulsa to show people I run into online what Tulsa has to offer. I found some wonderful pics people have taken of different things around town, but not a whole lot. So I have decided to take my little old digital camera and start taking some pics of the art and architecture of Tulsa. I am just starting to learn how to take a decent photo and dont have a tripod so please excuse the fuzzy amateur nature of my first pics lol. Hopefully I can afford a better camera with a tripod later this year, but I hope people will enjoy my "practice photos" for now.
What I would eventually like to do is create a book that has photos of the beautiful buildings, churches, mansions, art and architecture that Tulsa has. I hope to be able to really show off the great assets we have in this town by using some creative artistry with the photos. I would like the book to be as definitive as possible, capturing what I see as the essence of the beauty of each church, building, and place I photograph. I have a feeling this project is going to take me quite a few years but the result will be wonderful if I can pull it off.
Here is the start of the first photoblog of some pics I have taken this month. Hope you enjoy and I will let you know when I get the chance to add more. http://www.flickr.com/photos/71912608@N00/
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Originally posted by Quinton
i have some photographs of flowers from the Tulsa area.
http://photopoints.com/main/photos/photographer.aspx?ID=12608
i hope you enjoy.
Quinton
Very nice work Q... Don't see the sale of these being a problem..
Might look at doing "Mayfest" this year to get your name out there..
thank you for your kind comments.
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Originally posted by Quinton
i have some photographs of flowers from the Tulsa area.
http://photopoints.com/main/photos/photographer.aspx?ID=12608
i hope you enjoy.
Quinton
Very nice work Q... Don't see the sale of these being a problem..
Might look at doing "Mayfest" this year to get your name out there..
Snuck into Holy Family Cathedral during lunch yesterday and got some pics of the High Altar. Thought I would share different variations on a theme. Same basic image, but manipulated to create different feels and looks in photoshop.
(http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/8737/img0085fwebzz7.jpg)
(http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/8011/img0100efwebmw2.jpg)
(http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/5760/img0068cafswebek9.jpg)
i would love to get in there for a while.it is so big and beautiful.the doors are normally locked
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Snuck into Holy Family Cathedral during lunch yesterday and got some pics of the High Altar. Thought I would share different variations on a theme. Same basic image, but manipulated to create different feels and looks in photoshop.
(http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/8737/img0085fwebzz7.jpg)
(http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/8011/img0100efwebmw2.jpg)
(http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/5760/img0068cafswebek9.jpg)
(http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3666/img0078dfwebef1.jpg)
Couple newest pics inside the Philcade.
(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/3520/philcade2watermarkpl6.jpg)
(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/5615/philcade2awatermarkpd6.jpg)
the columns pictures turned out very nice. The shadows, the reflected light and all.
Here are a few of mine.
(http://www.pbase.com/dmerz/image/28535952.jpg)
(http://www.pbase.com/dmerz/image/32615210.jpg)
(http://www.pbase.com/dmerz/image/23562509.jpg)
(http://www.pbase.com/dmerz/image/23562499.jpg)
(http://www.pbase.com/dmerz/image/64126893.jpg)
Nice, like the angle you got of Philbrook. And the night time lighting downtown is a good catch too. Its hard to do night scenes and capture what you see.
The Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Pawhuska is surprisingly similar, on a smaller scale. The stained glass windows were amazing.
(http://i.pbase.com/o6/46/526046/1/73636570.JeCfWEeV.IMG_0179.jpg)
(http://i.pbase.com/o6/46/526046/1/73636567.1BiSQtcD.IMG_0174.jpg)
(http://i.pbase.com/o6/46/526046/1/73636568.ABvInSaY.IMG_0176.jpg)
(http://i.pbase.com/o6/46/526046/1/73636575.ZYDZ7YtU.IMG_0212.jpg)
Yes that is really neat. And those are some amazing stained glass window. Now I have been really having a hard time getting pics of those. I either get it so that the windows themselves are perfectly visible but then the architecture around them is black. Or I get it so that you see the architecture, but then the windows are glaringly bright.
Oh and, OMG I have to have those chairs. [:P]
I actually got a call from a lady today who is a decorator working for a church. She says she wants to meet with me at the church to talk about doing something behind an altar. The church is a "Church of England" and they want something done in a Gothic style remeniscent of old manuscript illuminations or mosaics. Sounds right up my alley, can't wait to go check out what they want. I just wish they would let me paint those ceilings in the Holy Family Cathedral. It would be a dream come true.
The stained glass windows were worth yhe trip our camera club took in January. The windows were made in Germany in the 1920's and shipped over. I don't know the whole story, but it's not hard to imagine Pawhuska having some very wealthy patrons back then
http://www.pbase.com/lefturn99/pawhuska_and_tallgrass_prarie
Your exposure problem is one everyone fights. In my case, the windows were the story so I exposed for them.
I don't think any photo tour of Tulsa is complete unless is also includes some of Casa Viva (Casa Bonita):
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/240/449093223_b01729dc7a.jpg)
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/220/449091037_4c46341aae.jpg)
or some of the smaller but just as wonderful homes:
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and here are some more of Philbrook:
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I havent been to Casa Viva yet. Looks like the atmosphere is a bit brighter,and more colorful than the ol Casa Bonita. I will have to go and check it out.
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I havent been to Casa Viva yet. Looks like the atmosphere is a bit brighter,and more colorful than the ol Casa Bonita. I will have to go and check it out.
You're right...It's MUCH brighter inside. I almost got lost several times because I was used to finding everything in the dark before. It took some time to get used to, but I like it. :-)
It is so nice to see so many beautiful places in Tulsa.
http://www.tulsaselect.com has a photo gallery. You can post the snapshots of Tulsa on its website. It makes sharing your favorite shots of Tulsa very easy.
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I havent been to Casa Viva yet. Looks like the atmosphere is a bit brighter,and more colorful than the ol Casa Bonita. I will have to go and check it out.
You're right...It's MUCH brighter inside. I almost got lost several times because I was used to finding everything in the dark before. It took some time to get used to, but I like it. :-)
I think it would be great if you had some kids. I went and it was fairly quiet though. The arcades were nice and everyone seemed to be having a good time.
I really did not like the food though, which is a fairly big complaint for a restaurant.
I think those photos are amazing. I think downtown always looks good at night.
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Now wait just a second. I don't remember ever seeing those bronzes near the Boston Avenue Church. Are they new or am I just blind?
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Now wait just a second. I don't remember ever seeing those bronzes near the Boston Avenue Church. Are they new or am I just blind?
Haha, I think they've been there for a while. They're actually a block north of it, just south of the TCC parking lot :-) Maybe you shouldn't get your eyes checked just yet...
Here's some pictures I took of some of the paintings out at the Gilcrease Museum. My intentions are having some of them developed for prints to hang on the wall.
Click Here -----> http://tinyurl.com/22emu6
Couple of photos of the Tulsa Fire Alarm building by Central Park.
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Some downtown shots. First few are mine, last couple are some I found on the web, tweaked one up a bit to make it better.
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These two are not mine.
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More photos at, http://www.flickr.com/photos/williamtheartist/
Course remember when Tulsa was once called "The most beautiful city in America" and "The Paris of the Midwest"? I bet it must have been something to see. Found these in the Beryl Ford collection.
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Thought this one turned out nice. Waited around on that bridge for quite a while to catch the sun peeking out behind some clouds to get that glow and reflections.
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And another one.
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Downtown from the NE.
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Not a photo I took, but wish I had lol, one of the newer buildings on Yale in South Tulsa.
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Not a photo I took, but wish I had lol, one of the newer buildings on Yale in South Tulsa.
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I've taken photos of the same building, but I didn't have my tripod with me. It's a really neat structure and has some cool lighting.
Yesterday, I went on a walking tour of downtown and of the old oil mansions along 21st Street and ended up taking 350 pictures. I'm working on getting them up... and I'll be taking tons of photos tonight at Tulsa Salutes Freedom.
But I have a dilemma: I can't decide if I should take the photos from the river, or if I should climb to the top of Skelly Stadium at TU (because that would be a GREAT view of downtown and the fireworks!)... Suggestions?
I would stay closer, especially if you dont have a tripod that way if you have to zoom in your not going to get a lot of blur. Plus I dont know what kind of exposure timing it will take to get fireworks. Perhaps if you can position yourself so you are across the river facing downtown and get the fireworks over downtown, that would be kewl.
Here is another downtown church. First Christian. "Nightime shot" I like how the clouds appear to glow from the city lights. Will still have to sit down and go through the process of getting rid of that utility wire running across. ugh
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Here is the raw image before I photoshopped it. Sometimes people say, "Wow you take some great pics!" Well actually... lol, I just photoshop the dickens out of them sometimes lol. I am definitely not a purist when it comes to photography. I treat the image as if its a painting, a work in progress that I can digitally "paint". I take what I have and start manipulating the image. Its really amazing the different directions each photograph seems to take. I cant always predict the direction either, they just go in the direction that works best for each individual photo.
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I would stay closer, especially if you dont have a tripod that way if you have to zoom in your not going to get a lot of blur. Plus I dont know what kind of exposure timing it will take to get fireworks. Perhaps if you can position yourself so you are across the river facing downtown and get the fireworks over downtown, that would be kewl.
I ended up finding the absolute best place from which to take pictures. It was about 150 yards south of the 21st St. bridge, where they shot everything from, and I had a wonderfully positioned downtown behind it (and I brought my tripod this time!). I ended up taking 342 pictures tonight, bringing my two-day total to 710.
Here are some of my favorites from tonight:
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Wow those are, great Scott! Some of the best fireworks photos I have seen. Nice to see the variety of colors too.
Thanks, Artist! I've posted all my photos from my excursions on my flickr. I covered downtown including the arena, Riverview, Sunset Terrace, Maple Ridge, some Swan Lake, TU and the fireworks show yesterday.
Check 'em out! http://www.flickr.com/photos/dscott28604 (//%22http://www.flickr.com/photos/dscott28604%22)
I wonder if we could have a new message board dedicated to photos? It'd be a lot easier to go through all the photos if they had their own topics, instead of having them all in a single thread with 100+ replies....
Lots of great photos Scott. Really like the ones of the homes. I did see one that you took of downtown past TU and though, hmmmm. Hope you don't mind what I did with it.[:)]
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Lots of great photos Scott. Really like the ones of the homes. I did see one that you took of downtown past TU and though, hmmmm. Hope you don't mind what I did with it.[:)]
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I don't mind at all! Now that I've got all the pics up, I've been playing with them today, too. I'll have some of
those up soon, too :-)
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Looove the new photos. Think your leaving it wide open for people to make fun of our podunk image though with that "Free Spam!" pic. Might want to reconsider that one. We need to improve our image not give people easy ammo to shoot it down lol.
Thanks, Artist... I took the Spam pic to try to get some idea of the crowds at DFest, but ufortunately, Spam decided to set up shop.... Ugh. At least we're not Hawaii--those people are absolutely crazy about Spam! [:P]
Here is one of several pics I took of the PGA on Tuesday...
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I got a ton better photos that you can find here on my photo page:
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Some new ones....
Utica Square
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21st & Utica. Refineries in the background.
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Abandoned building at 14th & Cheyenne. Does anyone know the story behind this? Was it a school? A church?
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Broken window, same abandoned building
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Danger: Tulsa roads ahead
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Utica Square
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University Club
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Utica Place condos
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PSO on the River
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Bear Statues, RiverParks, 71st & Riverside
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Downtown at Night, from Riverside
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320: Caught between the towers
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Christ the King Catholic Church (L) St. Francis Xanvier Catholic Church (R)
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I love streakers. I had a bunch of them from the 31st street bridge but I can't seem to find them. Here are a couple.
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That abandoned building is Temple Israel synagogue. I've heard rumor that the foundation is too badly damaged to save.
Even if that's false, the years of neglect and squatters have probably demolished the interior. A pity, a very cool building.
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That abandoned building is Temple Israel synagogue. I've heard rumor that the foundation is too badly damaged to save.
Even if that's false, the years of neglect and squatters have probably demolished the interior. A pity, a very cool building.
That's a bit disheartening, indeed. I wouldn't think that Temple Israel would allow anything to turn into that kind of dilapidated mess. I guess they're too busy keeping their fashionable Utica Square address looking good... Are they still the owners?
TSHANE!!!
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Originally posted by Townsend
That abandoned building is Temple Israel synagogue. I've heard rumor that the foundation is too badly damaged to save.
Even if that's false, the years of neglect and squatters have probably demolished the interior. A pity, a very cool building.
That's a bit disheartening, indeed. I wouldn't think that Temple Israel would allow anything to turn into that kind of dilapidated mess. I guess they're too busy keeping their fashionable Utica Square address looking good... Are they still the owners?
They moved the Temple in the 50's long before Utica Square was fashionable. The Cheyene Temple has had several owners over the years.
Temple Israel is a work of art. Utica Square is not even close...
Great photos D Scott. Really like the second night shot at Utica Square and the Catholic Church bell tower. The 320 is a nice one too. Your getting good with that camera.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/forgottentulsa/ (//%22Flickr%20Page%22)
Still a work in progress.