That's amazingly sharp for a 1 sec hand-held exposure! You're giving "Steady" Stenquist some competition!
It is also a really nice photo, though I think the intensely amber cast detracts. Have you played with the white balance, or tried a B&W conversion? Rick --- "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. > > > Thanks, > Marcus > > -- > 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. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- 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.
