Extremely generous words, Frank. I was rewarded the lighting by waiting for sunset, especially in such a bitter cold wind. Happy I went equipped for whatever conditions. It's now a print which will soon be framed and hung.
Jack --- On Fri, 11/20/09, frank theriault <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: frank theriault <knarftheria...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: PESO: Battery Point Light > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Friday, November 20, 2009, 4:48 PM > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Jack > Davis <jdavi...@yahoo.com> > 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 > > Late in commenting, but I'm glad I looked. > > Spectacular photograph. Gorgeous composition, and > that light is > sublime. Someone else said it might be the best photo > you've shown > here, and I can't disagree with that. > > Thanks so much for posting. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri > Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
