It was a win-win situation for me this morning.
The weather forecast was for southerly gales, rain and snow down to
500 metres elevation. Would not have been conducive to going out to
take pictures.
I looked out the window just after 7:00 this morning, thinking "if
it's raining I go back to bed and have a nice sleep in". Hmm. Not a
cloud in sight. Well that's the Met Service for you, I'd listened to
that forecast not 5 minutes earlier. Taking pictures it is (I was
actually hoping for a sleep in, but I'll call it a win anyway).
We actually had a beautiful sunny day today. Blue sky, no wind. Not
even a frost, which is what blue-sky-no-wind mornings usually bring at
this time of year.
On the down side, transport arrangements conspired against me and I
had to leave the long lenses at home. My kit today was the K10D with
FA*24, FA 100 macro and FA*200 lenses. Still pining for an 80-200 f/
2.8 zoom.
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I was shooting into the sun quite a lot, not really much I could do
about that. But at least I had some sun this time. Some of the pics
need to be bigger to work well but I'm limited by the site template.
The photo of the guy taking a swim was a lucky grab shot. I'd just
arrived at the riverside after walking a couple of hundred metres
across the empty riverbed when I saw him tip over. I only took 1
photo as I wanted to make sure he didn't need help. A fellow who took
a dip in the previous race had to be resuscitated and is lucky to
still be alive today. The camera handled the exposure very well but
it took me a while to bring the dynamic range under control in
Photoshop.
My usual lessons: I still find editing very difficult. This gallery
is really on the limit length-wise but there were some photos (and one
combination) that really appealed to me for various reasons. I also
need more practice at post-processing.
Cheers,
Dave
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