Bong: I greatly enjoyed reading your back story! I've had just those kinds of moments as well. "Spokes" is very nice, yes, very, very nice. Enjoyed seeing that. Bong, it was very good of you to supply such a generous & thorough answer. It's greatly appreciated. Big cheers, Christine
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bong Manayon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 11:11 PM Subject: Re: PESO:...(was PESO: Maja) Hi Christine, Hmmm...this is harder than I thought :-D First off, I just took this shot -> http://www.bong.uni.cc/peso/2008-05.htm <- a couple of days before, so it was lingering in my head. It's a wheel of a horse drawn carriage (remember "Looking Back"?) and it is quite new and the details crisp. It's sort of a "straight-on angle and from down low" simple because the thing is quite big (the diameter is almost 4 feet). So while I was waiting for my son to come of out school, I had my DS with the Takumar 135/2.5 *only* (remember I was inspired by Timber to pull it out of the bag) looking for target of opportunities. So then the ice-cream cart got my attention; and the place was crowded with screaming kids just out of school limiting my options in position myself. That explains a lot the angle (besides the fact that the wheel is about a foot and a half in diameter); it was awkward given the situation to go low. Then to make my life harder, I decided to move backwards to get the whole thing; I figure I had the close up of the other wheel that it feels like a cliché if I took another close-up. Besides, the ice cream felt like it had a lot of stories to tell, not only its wheel. >From then on, it was waiting for the right moment (when no kid was running in front of the cart). Thanks for your comments! Bong On Jan 19, 2008 12:43 PM, Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bong: I really like your shot & subject. But I do have one question: > why > did you shoot it from the angle you did? I ask this because what's of > interest to me in the shot is the color & patterns & shapes. The spokes > of > the wheel have some very interesting colors & patterns. Why not shoot > from > an angle that shows them off--or rather shows them off more than in the > angle you chose? Like a straight-on angle and from down low. I ask this > question in earnest and as a novice photographer. > Cheers, Christine > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bong Manayon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 6:37 PM > Subject: PESO:...(was PESO: Maja) > > > > Timber's use of the Takumar (K-mount) 135/2.5 inspired me to take mine > > out for a walk... > > > > http://www.bong.uni.cc/peso/2008-04.htm > > > > Bong > > -- > > Bong Manayon > > http://www.bong.uni.cc > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
