I would like to attend the camera clinic one year, unfortunately it falls on a rather large and profitable horse show weekend. As this is my only income for now.....:-)
I do like the profile trail , but just the start.:-) Dave On 8/21/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Spent a few days down in N.C. with my SO Lisa and her friends from > Winston-Salem. Went to the Grandfather Mountain Camera Clinic and saw > many of the Usual Suspects there. Unfortunately, I was trying to do two > things at once -- attend the Camera Clinic and fulfill social > obligations with the SO and her friends -- so I naturally succeeded in > doing neither very well. Still, I did get quite a bit accomplished and > Lisa did get to meet Doug Brewer and Don Nelson (and a couple of other > regulars). > > I shot quite a bit while down there, though I don't think I got any > portfolio material; mostly documentary shots for a project I'm working > on. Took a few hunderd photos with the DA*16-50/2.8 and I'll try to get > some online tomorrow. I'm tentatively very impressed with the lens. > (We'll see for certain how good it is when I have a chance to examine > the images in detail.) One thing I haven't seen mentioned much yet is > the very nice minimum focussing distance of under one foot. At 50mm > this is very handy indeed. Really makes it a viable lens for a one-lens > "walkabout" kit, for which I've always preferred primes in the past. > > Lisa and I did one tough hike on Sunday and another on Monday. My legs > are really feeling it now but we tried one GFM trail we'd never been on > before (the Cragway Trail) and found it has the best views on the > mountain. Next to the upper half of the Profile Trail it's the toughest > trail on the mountain -- far more strenuous than the Grandfather Trail > on the top -- but well worth it for the scenery. > > Highlight moment from the return drive today was seeing a place in West > Virginia that billed itself as the Oasis Diner and Adult Video. (My > suggested slogan: "Your one-stop shop for grits and tits.") > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
