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Well if you had that only bus photo, I would most likely create another folder with the trip's date on it, so in the future it will be easier to search for it, even though it's just one picture in the folder, it's a lot easier than to hassle around and trying to find something specific like this. If you have made a lot of trips for a lot of folders, you'll start to see it really works. Now for example if you mix both of the divisions together (ex: IRT and BMT/IND) you should still create separate folders for those pics in your PC, but make only one thread in the General Subway section and put them all in there. Just a word of advice!

Yes, of course! That's what I had originally meant.

I usually label each set with the location/time or month.

 

HillsideMorrisPark_2009

Thanksgiving_2008

 

Each photo is named with either a car number, or just a generic name. (7Arriving.jpg)

 

Since I don't have that many photos, it's possible. When I have alot, I don't bother with the individual names until I feel that I'm starting to forget the trip(s).

 

By the way, do any of you run your photos through Photoshop's auto contrast, levels, and color adjustments?

Makes sense. I don't name my pics (they just stay as DSCFXXXX.JPG) unless I have a car number for them, in which case I would name them by car number (R62 1775.JPG).

I just have folders organized by date, I'm too lazy to edit the way the computer does it automatically. So when I want to look back at something it takes me forever to find it.

What do you mean the way the computer does it automatically? You mean just creating a folder and dumping everything in there?

What works very well for me is to organize the folders like this respectively:

 

IRT ---> folder w/ date the pics were taken

BMT/IND ---> folder w/ date the pics were taken

 

Same goes for buses, railroads etc...

This method keeps the folders quite organized, and it's very simple. It also works if you want to upload them to this forum, because it's divided just like the folders and you wouldn't have to keep searching for a specific picture! Let me know what you think!

This is true, but if you want to upload them to NYCTF and you have both IRT and BMT photos then you can just put that in the General Subway Forum. Other posters do that all the time, as well as I do. This is still a good idea though. Just wondering, how do you split them across the three main folders (Subway, Bus, Railroad)? What if one day you had a lot of railroad pics and just one bus pic? Would you just put that in the Railroad folder? Then finding that one bus pic can be a hassle. Then again, you can mention busfanning in the title so I guess it's no problem.

on my computer i sort em by date & 1 or 2 words to help me remember what it is. for example:

 

railfanning 6-23-09

subway 6-24-09

date 6-25-09 etc

 

on photobucket its a mess lol i dont really organize em on photobucket i just upload them but obviously they would go by date since i upload em usually asap after i upload them on the computer

I'm going to go with backline's plan here.

Subway Pics 2009

--A-L-6 05/31/09

Bus Pics 2009

--Roosevelt Ave.-LGA Airport-Casey Stengel 07/05/09

Metro North

--SAS Launch Box-100th St. Depot-98th 05/26/09

etc. etc.

Thanks everyone!

How do you guys organize your photos on your computer, and online? On my computer, I have separate folders: Subway and buses. Under the subway folder I have each line, and then albums from railfan trips on that line. This allows for organization, but the problem with this is that my railfan trips are never focused on one line so there is always some "overlap" (i.e. A train pics from an F railfan trip in the F folder). I never do just bus trips either, so I have bus pics in my subway folder too (and the bus-oriented trips go to the bus folder, but there are a few straggling subway pics in the bus folder...) This is also problematic because I'm doing the Metro North more now, and planning to do LIRR so I need a railroad folder...

Should I just get rid of the all the line folders and just put folders from railfan trips in their respective folder (Subway/Bus)? Your input would be appreciated.

For example

Instead of:

Subway Pics 2009

- The A train

-----RF Trip 01/05/09

-The 7 train

-----RF Trip 05/23/09

it would be:

Subway Pics 2009

---RF Trip on the 7/Flushing Buses 05/23/09

---RF Trip on the A/F 01/05/09

BTW, is there any way to move sub-albums of one album, to a different album in Photobucket?

I haven't uploaded photos in months. Since the number of photos I am taking without uploading them to transit sites has been increasing I've decided to stop being lazy and upload them. However, uploading them to Photobucket is annoying because the website is kind of slow for me and navigating through my folders can get annoying (I am organized so there's a lot of folders to navigate through).

So my question is, which photo hosting site is better? Photobucket, Imageshack, or Flickr? Which one do you use, and how would you rate it? Also, does anyone use Picasa?

The White Balance depends on where you are shooting. If you are shooting at a station that's outside, use the daylight option. If you are shooting in a station with flouroscent light, use that option. Read your camera manual too to find out more about your camera. As for which lines you should do, any line with variety would help. I would recommend stations along the Astoria and Flushing line, and the Rockaway line. Basically all of Queens, because you never do Queens at all. The IRT woudn't hurt either.

Ok.

But one time over a year ago you posted some pics with a Nikon D40.

my friend had Fujifilm but he said it took bad pics and remember Error said don't buy an Hp photosmart because there are bad, thats y I won't buy those cameras

Why don't you want Fujifilm or HP? If they make good cameras the brand doesn't matter.

Soney Cybershots are in general very good cameras.

My new desktop background...

(photo by me)

lmao Thanks guys!

Desktop

Laptop

here's 2 pictures from my laptop which is Windows Vista one from my main user Daniel and one from my other user I call Subway

 

This one's from subway

 

And one from my main user who's Founder for my laptop

You might wanna clear some of your desktop items and put them in an Unused Desktop Shortcuts folder located on your Desktop. Nice desktops nonetheless?

I use a Fujifilm A500 with 5 MP and 3X Digital Zoom. Nothing special. My camera doesn't really have many options though. If I change from Auto to Manual I only get to change three more things (White Balance, and two other things), so I usually always keep my camerao n Auto but change the ISO when I'm underground. I'd want a new camera (P&S) with image stabilization, at least 7 MP, etc. Kinda like an HP PHotosmart.

The SIR isn't under the New York City Subway which is why it wouldn't work anyway.

There have been plans to merge the SIR with New York City Transit to create MTA Subways. The MTA Bus Company would be merged with Long Island Bus and NYCT buses to be the new MTA Bus Company.

I don't know wehat the status of those plans are though.