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

What do you mean the way the computer does it automatically? You mean just creating a folder and dumping everything in there? 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. lol ok, makes sense 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.

That doesn't mean all Fujifilms are bad, it just means that particular model is bad. You need to shop for cameras by features, not just brands. For example, if you're going to take mainly subway pictures, you would need a camera with a digital image stabilization mode, High ISO mode, fast shutter speed, etc. BTW, I thought you had a Nikon D40?

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

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.