That's a top shot, Jack. I'm a sucker for a good lighthouse photo and that's a great one. Oddly, I think the diffused patch of light on the cliffs in the background makes the shot.
The 55-300 has done well. I've grown to like mine a lot. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:46 -0800, "Jack Davis" <[email protected]> wrote: > Wife and I took another weekend excursion. This time to the north coast > (CA) and spent yesterday in and around Crescent City. > Late afternoon on a windy extremely chilly day I took another shot at > Battery Light. The DA 55~300 is a very light non-internal focusing lens. > When racked out to 300mm you can't breath near it when shooting. A peek > through the viewfinder showed it to be vibrating continually, but took 11 > shots (cable switch/2 sec delay) hoping for a moment's quiet. The link is > to the only shot that appears to have been nearly vibration free. I was > stubborn enough to not want to go larger than f/6.7 (wanted some > foreground rock detail) nor higher than 200 ISO. > This taken just as the sun was sinking into the Pacific through a thin > blushing persimmon tinted atmosphere. > > All comments welcome. > > Jack > > K20, DA 55~300, f/6.7, ISO 200, Bogen 3021 T'pod, Pro ball head, full > frame (no cropping) > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=450 > > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and the web -- 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.
