On Dec 21, 2010, at 1:01 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > On 12/21/2010 3:28 AM, paul stenquist wrote: >> I really wanted to shoot this lady because she was very expressive. >> But she was quite close and I was in her field of vision. And of >> course, if she knew I was shooting her that would destroy the moment. >> So I shot her using live view with the camera in my lap. The K-5 live >> view autofocus is a huge improvement over that of the k-7. It's very >> useful. This pic is at ISO 1600, f4, 1.250th, 60mm, the lens was the >> DA* 60-250. Shot this past Saturday. Mostly window light from a wide >> expanse of windows on a cloudy day. That's my favorite lighting setup >> for this venue. >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12112198 > > Paul paparazzo Stenquist :-). Gee, you mean to say that those people - they > don't notice your big honking lens and camera? Most amusing. > > Excellent photograph as many of your informal portrait series are.
Thanks Boris. They probably notice the camera. But I'm just there for a cup of coffee and to warm up from the cold. The camera rests on my lap. As long as I maintain that pose for a while, the people nearby tend to forget about the camera. Live view definitely helps. Paul > > Boris > > -- > 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.
