On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 1:18 AM, Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, what a f***ing, bl**dy miserable night of photography I just had. I > shot 79 frames--I say again, I shot 79 frames--and I only got this one shot > to show for it. Ugh! I fought with focus all night: I couldn't even get > the stone titties on the Greek statue to come out sharp. Couldn't get any > interesting expressions. And it was a great night of poetry--lots of > animated performance poets. Nothing went as planned: > > 1) I wanted to get some nice shots of the famous Green Mill interior for the > our good PDML folks in and from Chicago--you know, a neighborly gesture. > Well, I've come up empty handed. > > 2) I wanted a good shot or two of two poets from Australia reading to > night--you know, a kind of international neighborly gesture. Well, I've > come up empty handed. > > 3) I wanted to show off my sister reading her poetry tonight--you know, a > kind of sibling promotional gesture. Well, I've come up empty handed. > > I think I'm glad I have a day job. > > Anyway: This is Marc Smith, father of performance and slam poetry. He's a > really nice guy and lots of fun to watch and listen to. > > K20D, long DA* lens, 90mm, ISO 1600, 1/13 @ 2.8. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8286534 > > comments welcome, especially of the consoling kind > Cheers, Christine > (Sorry for the vent! But I think I do feel a bit better now :-))
Well, I like the shot. Lovely expression on his face. You said you were having trouble focusing - I presume that was due to the dark. Did you try manual focusing? I've got an A50 1.7 that's a pretty poor autofocus performer (at least on the *istD), and I manually focus it all the time in low-light situations. I miss way too many shots otherwise. 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.
