Both successful shots, Ira! Well done. Jack
--- On Sun, 2/22/09, Ira Bryant <irabry...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > From: Ira Bryant <irabry...@sbcglobal.net> > Subject: PESO: From the Peak > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Sunday, February 22, 2009, 2:03 PM > Last Christmas I traveled with my wife to Hong Kong, > mainland China, and Macau. It was her first time home in > three years, and the first time I had ever been there. I > also met my in-laws for the first time. > > Most of my photography time since then has been spent > working on a Blurb book of the trip. This has turned out to > be a bigger project than I thought. The pictures are all > done, but the text and captions are taking a long time. I > haven't really shared the pictures I took with anyone, > yet, except for the two I submitted for the PDML book. I > thought I would stop and share a couple more. > > The first place any tourist goes in Hong Kong is usually to > the top of Victoria Peak. It is situated in the middle of > Hong Kong, and has a beautiful view of the city. I managed > to get there right at sunset, and got a decent spot. I > didn't have a tripod, though, and my pictures suffered > for it. The place is elbow-to-elbow photographers. I guess > it is the worst kind of tourism to do, but it was only a few > hours of a two week trip. And the view was very lovely, and > nothing I can see back in Oklahoma. > > So here are a couple of photos: > > With maximum cliche - > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3600/3300800173_10e5149080_o.jpg > > Taken with the K100D Super and DA21 > > With slightly less cliche - > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3385/3300800617_b1b2758e13_o.jpg > > Taken with a Sears 80-200 f/4. I bought a Pentax > M150 f/3.5 toward the end of the trip > to replace it, but it is what I had at the time. I > had the SR set wrong, that is why the EXIF > data says I am using a 50mm lens. Photography is > hard. > > Any comments on the photos, especially post-production > tips, would be appeciated. > > Ira > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
