> I'm actually prouder of the second shot - that's one that I > visualised first, and went looking for somewhere to make it.
I've had the same inspiration on several of my shots. A great feeling when you finally capture it on film. I wonder how wide spread this is with rest of the PDML'ers ? Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
