On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 4:03 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > John sent me an email this afternoon that his 50-135 had shown up and > invited me over to check it, and some of his other lenses out. Playing > with toys like that can certainly interfere with my decision to put > more planning into my lens purchases rather than getting a hankering > for something just because it's shiny. I just hope he doesn't decide > to sell them until I can afford and justify them. > > Playing with fast telephotos was a lot of fun. I could seriously covet > the 80-200 f/2.8, and his A 200 f/2.8 is a real sweet lens. Though, I > have a lot more need of wide primes for shooting indoors. > > Interestingly, I don't think I've shot pet cats before. It's something > that would be fun to do when there's actually light. The close crops > aren't quite as sharp as I'd like, but I put them up as a reminder of > something to try again when I can do it right. All shots hand held at > ISO 800. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157613181556984/
These are lovely portraits, especially the tight ones. 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.
