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New Photos Taken with Nikon 3300

I got a new camera for Christmas. I owe some thanks to my old high school bud Paul R.Shaffer for helping me select it. Paul has a better camera and a published book of photos called "National Parks of the United States".

He's a professional but the picture book goes for about 187. I would have to get the pdf version for about 12 bucks. I can honestly state that I couldn't have gotten this camera without Paul's valuable input. Hope I can make him proud.

I don't even know how to use the camera yet. But on automatic it makes me look good and it takes great night shots. If you want to take decent night shots you have to spend about 500 dollars on your camera. Really need ISOs up to 6000 to take decent shots.

Pittsburgh Photo: Shot of East Liberty Near the Target

ITEM: Slightly altered pic of East Liberty. Over at my Flickr site which I'll be updating with my art. All with a creative commons license I think. Taken several days ago.

Two slightly different night shots of Pittsburgh's Fifth Avenue in Oakland

My camera really doesn't take good shots at night. Even with the flash the results are just so so. I guess that's why people spend several hundred dollars on a good camera.

Anyway, here's two of the same shots, slightly edited.

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More shots around Pittsburgh: Craig Street in Oakland

I've decided to make this my hobby now. But I probably need a better camera. That's a shot from Craig St. in Oakland which I edited with GIMP for Windows.

More shots around Pittsburgh: Donna's Dance School in Murrysville

ITEM: More shots around Pittsburgh. The above is Donna's School of Dance in Murrysville. Leftover shots from my brief photo gig

All Hail the Mighty Burger King Logo in Shots Around Pittsburgh

We should all hail the mighty Burger King logo at sunset.

Black and White Sunoco: Shots around Pittsburgh

ITEM: I don't know why Eli isn't proclaiming his Open Fear about my Peter Parker like photog gifts. That might be because he's a slightly better photographer (see here) who uses one of them fancy dan cameras. Or it might be the shoes.

Pittsburgh Area Photos I've Taken: Thatcher Motel Sign on Route 22