Nice work. Looks like a lot of fun. Where on the island did this take
place?
Paul
On Jul 19, 2009, at 5:49 AM, David Mann wrote:
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.
<http://www.multisport.net.nz/photos/259-2009-07-19-brass-monkey-race-3.html
>
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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