I've been back in Atlanta since Monday [10/25]. I did a lot of shooting, especially, of course, in the Grand Canyon. We were there only one day. Most of the day it was overcast with occasional light rain. Which made it possible to shoot mid-day. While we were in Phoenix my English brother in-law and a nephew took in the Pima Air Museum, where there was an entire exhibit devoted to the Eighth Air Force and the B-17, and the Casa Grande Air Show, where we got to walk through a B-17 and coiuld've gone up for a ride if we'd been willing to shell out $425 each. Got some interesting shots at both.
I used the 28mm lens almost exclusively. The one time when I coulda used the 135mm, at the air show, I left it at home. After the fact I regret not giving it more of a try at the Canyon. I was disappointed in the results, at least as far as focus goes. They might've been better if I'd heeded the advice to take a tripod, though I'm not at all certain of that. Compositionally there are a few good ones. And I think I'm on the road to getting better at getting exposure right. I've also gotten used to having the camera with me and doing a lot of shooting. I'll need to keep it up, though, to make it more of a habit. Hopefully it will become natural. With my tentative grasp of Lightroom it's going to be a few days before I get some of the better shots up on the web. Given the sharpness I routinely see in the photos you guys share here, I'm almost ashamed to show anything, but perhaps you'll be able to give me some pointers. [There is hope: On the way back from KEH the day I bought the 135mm, before leaving for Arizona, I stopped at the site of a former City of Atlanta incinerator, which is apparently now being used to convert leaves, tree branches, and other organic stuff into mulch and/or compost. I took a bunch of pictures, and at least a few of them are pretty sharp, at least by my standards. Or maybe that was the lens [smc m 135/3.5].] I could use some advice: I plan to start experimenting with a tripod. I'd like to get a remote. Bid on a couple of Pentax Fs on eBay but lost out due to inattentiveness. Fs seem not to show up there very often, but there are tons of aftermarket remotes at ridiculously low prices [$3.99]. New ones can be had for $20 or so on Amazon and elsewhere. Not knowing any better, I'd prefer the original Pentax. Anybody have any recommendations? Thanks, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] -- 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.
