Dave, I think you're right, the waders helped you in this photoshoot a lot. The photos catch the people in the race(?) much better. I can see faces and expressions now. And it does look cold. Not knowing the group, my favorite is the dogs in the water at the end. :-) Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 1:19 AM, David Mann<[email protected]> wrote: > Yet more kayaking photos. I'm going to get a reputation as it's all I ever > seem to do these days. > > <http://www.multisport.net.nz/photos/229-2009-07-05-brass-monkey-race-2.html> > > The weather today was far from motivational: cloudy, cold and threatening to > rain (it drizzled a few times). The worst part was the wind. Not really > strong, but just enough to really hammer the cold feeling home. It was > making me start to wonder why I bother :) > > I bought some waders after the previous race as I'd become a bit tired of > having to turn back for ankle-deep water when trying to reach the main flow. > They made a huge difference - I was able to pick the spot I wanted for > once. > > I left the longer lenses at home as they're not much use in such dim light, > and I knew I'd be able to get closer due to the waders. I carried 24, 43, > 100 and 200mm lenses with the K10D body. I let the camera pick the AF point > for a little while but the results were mixed... it was certainly easier to > shoot but it did miss a few. Having said that I missed a few by having the > wrong AF point selected so I can't really win :) > > Cheers, > Dave > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
