Semi-pro, at best. It's not a significant source of income. On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 05:17:04PM +0200, Tim ?sleby wrote: > Fumes or clear air turbulence. This picture are way beyond cool. > Wow, you _are_ pro John. > > > Tim > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John > Francis > Sent: 19. september 2006 08:49 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: 50/1.4 or 1.2 for the DSLR Bodies > > On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 07:46:37PM -0700, Brendan MacRae wrote: > > > > > > --- Doug Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > John Francis wrote: > > > > > > > These shots (which many here have seen before) > > > were taken using a monopod > > > > and the monster zoom. In fact a good number of my > > > motorsports shots were > > > > taken with the 300/f2.8 (with or without the 1.7x > > > AF adapter) or the big > > > > zoom, and I almost always use a monopod with them. > > > > > > > > http://panix.com/~johnf/temp/PortlandPitStop.jpg > > > > http://panix.com/~johnf/temp/CityStreets.jpg > > > > > > Beauty, John. Those are great shots. I'm working > > > > > > Here, here. The first with all of the fumes rising up > > toward the top right of the frame...excellent, really > > striking. > > > > -Brendan > > As a matter of fact, those aren't fumes - it's clear-air > turbulence caused by the heat rising from the engines. > > It's a shot that makes itself - there's a nice little nook > at the end of pit out where three or four photographers can > cluster. This one was from the prime position (front & low). > All you need is a sunny day, and a long lens (600mm or so). > I've got a similar shot from a few years later, but that one > isn't quite as good, to my mind - the pose of the figures > isn't as dynamic as this one. > > I'm actually prouder of the second shot - that's one that I > visualised first, and went looking for somewhere to make it. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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