On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Marcus A. Hofmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi. > > OK, I was sure I had set up Apple Mail to only send plaintext > messages, but as it turns out, I had not. So maybe this is going to > work now. I'll give it a try. > > I've been experimenting a little with available light pictures at > night without a tripod. Mainly because I don't have a tripod and > because I know that if I did I'd never bring it anywhere. I got the > best results kneeling, leaning against something solid, pressing the > arms tight against my body, breathing out and then holding my breath - > like shooting a rifle. This is the best I managed to come up with > (K200D with 40mm Ltd., handheld at 1 second, f/2.8, ISO 400, slightly > tweaked in LR). > > http://tinyurl.com/2hz8hy > http://www.ntony.net/engine/image/medium/b28300c6d7a85f39ed7e5d6672657040.jpg > > You can see a larger version by substituting "large" for "medium" in > the url. Comments, suggestions and tips on how to improve this are > very welcome. > > Oh, by the way, this is the harbour in Hoorn at night, picture taken > from our ship, about four weeks ago. It was snowing at the time. Hoorn > is a small town in North Holland where the first sailor to sail around > Cape Hoorn and actually survive came from, so Cape Hoorn is named > after this beautiful little town. >
I love the fog and the muted light. Beautiful! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
