Night at the museum. Opinions?

[anubis404]

My mom dragged me to LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), and I decided to bring my D40 along. These were my best shots. The downside of this museum is that the lighting is terrible, and they do not allow flash. Also, having a d40, my ISO performance isn't the greatest it can be. This caused mucho noise, however I did whatever I could to reduce the noise. Tell me if you like these shots:

Which are your favorites?

 

[astrostu]

White balance white balance white balance!

That said, I like the last three the most.

 

[zandman]

first one's hot.

 

[anubis404]

Sorry bout that. Fixed the white balance:

Any other rants or raves about these shots?

 

[LaFoto]

Really good examples for "no flash - no tripod" photos! I like each and every one of these. Even better with the white balance fixed, of course!
By the way: did the "no tripods" part apply here, too?
And did you take some with a 50mm prime?

 

[anubis404]

Really good examples for "no flash - no tripod" photos! I like each and every one of these. Even better with the white balance fixed, of course!
By the way: did the "no tripods" part apply here, too?
And did you take some with a 50mm prime?

No tripod. I used an 18-55mm kit lens. I could only bring a small bag, I didn't want to lug around too much. It contained my D40, my wallet, a bottle of water, and my Nintendo DS. Thats all I could bring.

 

[anubis404]

Update:

I converted some images to Black and White. Do you think they're better or worse than their color counterparts?

 

[LaFoto]

I think they do! Good conversions.
Pity about the one statue's foot, though. Awww!

 

[Mr.Bluesky]

Those are some cool pictures, my favorite is the guy with is finger pointed up.

 

[astrostu]

I don't like the B&W, though more on principle. The artist made the painting in color for a reason, and it should be reproduced in color, as well. B&W takes away from that.

 

[anubis404]

Interesting. The paintings are the reason I chose those two for BW conversion, because there is a noticeable difference. In the statue shots, they would look pretty much the same. I went for the old fashion look with the BW paintings.

 

[JIP]

My opinion is it is silly to shoot pictures of other people's art and then ask opinions of your pictures.

 

[Joves]

The WB adjusted ones are much better. Interesting pics.

 

[Bamb00]

My favorite one from the white balance ones is the last one. But there is something about the last one from the first set that works perfectly.
I like all of them though.

 

[Son Dean]

Very nice shots! I think you may have went a little high on the iso (understood given the low light and tripod restriction), but great perspectives. My favorite is the seventh from the top.