And here I was looking forward to a dog marking the hydrant yet again... -- Bruce
Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 1:13:13 AM, you wrote: LC> I went out for a few minutes after lunch to play with some other LC> compositions. Unfortunately, the parking lot was full, also the sky LC> was overcast. I just used the 18-250 to try various things, and if I LC> have an appropriate length prime may use that for whichever LC> compositions tickle my fancy. LC> It has also occured to me that it might be fun to get some shots at LC> night using flash as a way to isolate subjects. It's too bad I can't LC> just teleport Dave and his D700 out to California. LC> Either of these will show the pictures, depending on your viewing LC> preferences: LC> http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157614295376847/ LC> or LC> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157614295376847/ LC> Comments and suggestions, particularly regarding composition, are LC> appreciated. I'm happy to take them off the list rather than boring LC> the whole list with the game of collaborative composition. LC> The cherry(?) trees are starting to blossom, and in a week or two LC> the pink could add some very nice counterpoint to the red, yellow and LC> green. LC> Unfortunately, once again, John's 200/2.8 was up in my office, when I LC> was buzzed by a vulture, so these were all shot with the 18-250. A LC> couple of them were hovering over the parking lot next door, so I LC> hiked up there for a few minutes to try to grab some shots. I'm not LC> really thrilled with any of them, though someone with better LC> photoshop-fu than me could probably do better. Shooting a dark bird LC> with backlighting against an overcast sky requires more dynamic range LC> than my camera has. It does seem that the technique is to set the LC> exposure just shy of clipping the sky on manual and hope for the best LC> on the bird. LC> For focus I did manual focus with the katz-eye, I may try AF-C rather LC> than AF-S at some time in the future. I also maybe should have tried LC> ISO 800 rather than 200. LC> Processed shots: LC> http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157614372414090/ LC> or LC> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157614372414090/ LC> raw files: LC> http://red4est.com/lrc/pix/090223_buzzard/ -- 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.
