Hi Shel,

Thanks for coming last evening! It was a good time. And thank you for  
the compliment.

> istDS, A50/1.4 @ F/2.8, ISO 3200, 1/40 sec
> http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/zocalao.html

Seems a trifle flat and a little dark to my eye. Hit it with the  
Curves took just a little bit to add some sparkle... Perhaps Jack  
will like this better:
   http://homepage.mac.com/godders/zocalo_4531eg.jpg

Godfrey



On Aug 20, 2006, at 9:19 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:

> Last night Marnie and I met in Berkeley and drove out to the Zocalo  
> Coffee
> House to see Godfrey's exhibit and to enjoy the wonderful pastries  
> he put
> out (mmmm - you should have stopped by - the pastries were great  
> and the
> photos were interesting and sometimes thought provoking).  Godders  
> is a
> good host.  We all had an enjoyable evening, shmoozing, taking  
> silly snaps
> of one another, talking photography, and getting a tour of  
> Godfrey's new
> Prius, which is a very nice little car.
>
> I was fooling around with the istDS and the A50/1.4, shooting @  
> 3200 ISO.
> Once again I was surprised at the low noise generated by the DS at  
> this
> high speed.  I was just taking some fun snaps, and Felipe, Godders'
> partner, kept sticking his face into the photo and acting silly,  
> just like
> you sometimes see passers-by doing in the background on the local news
> casts.  Anyway, I liked this little snap, so here it is for you to  
> ignore,
> criticize, compliment, or kvetch about.
>
> BTW, there was no sharpening done on this image except for some  
> light local
> sharpening on the coffee mug.  I'd say that the A50/1.4 is a pretty  
> decent
> lens.
>


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