Ah haa. Another 60-s memory comes back.:-)
I like it Dave On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 6:28 AM, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On this shot I was doing everything wrong. I had the camera and lens > set up for a close focus shot of an early wild flower bloom, (maximum > DOF with the slowest shutter speed I though I could reasonably hand > hold). I was just beginning to compose the shot when there was a > horrendous squawking and excited quacking from down stream. I > immediately brought the camera around to see a male Mallard being chased > by another, in a territorial dispute. I got off three "quick" shots > while panning on the lead duck as he finally made his escape by becoming > airborne. All at 1/40 sec, and ~200mm. None in particularly good > focus. Well on further reflection I decided that this one seems to work > well as kind of an abstract. I cropped it a bit to improve the > composition. So here it is: > > <http://www.mindspring.com/~distilfink/PESO%20--%20mallardescape.html> > > Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax F 70-210mm f4.0~5.6 > > As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. > > -- > Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... > -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle > > > -- > 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. > -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
