Thanks Dave, and also Bob W who made the same pick. The shot is of course something of an accident. Or maybe I should say it was the serendipitous result of an experiment. The "Wild West Show" wasn't very wild, the script involved deserters and ruffians on the Missouri fringes of the Southern rebellion (rather than the "real" West), and the show lasted only about 5 minutes. But within that time there was great running around, riding around, much gunfire and powder smoke. And it was free and they redid it every hour on the hour 4-5 times through the afternoon. I missed most of it the first two times, but then managed two shows during which I set up ahead of time in a position to try and minimize background electric lines, parking lots full of cars, ball field backstops, etc. The first time, some chimping showed that I was still getting too much background clutter. So the second time I decided to try panning more, with a slow shutter speed, to try blur out the background. I was trying for the sharpness to fall on the riders face and pistol, but gauged it wrong and wound up with this shot. Which I quite like as well.
stan On Aug 25, 2010, at 4:13 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > Some great shots Stan. > > This one i like very much: > > http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p228893311/h25525063#h25525063 > > Dave > > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 12:40 AM, Stan Halpin > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I just put together a quick gallery from shots taken the last two days. >> >> http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p228893311 >> >> Background: Parkville Missouri is a small town near me, in the shadow of >> Kansas City. The powers-that-be in the town have long been aggressive in >> promoting the town, and there are at least four festivals each year: 4th of >> July, Parkville Days, Oktoberfest, and Christmas on the River. July 4th and >> Christmas on the River involve fireworks, all except the Christmas on the >> River involve a carnival plus a number of vendors and organizations doing >> their thing. Our church had a tent and I spent some time there this weekend, >> but also much time wandering and watching and shooting. The site is a park >> on the banks of the MIssouri river. Click the link for a taste of a hot >> summer's weekend in a small town in America's heartland . . . >> >> stan >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > -- > 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.
