PJ, I like Meg's Point trail shot the best. Girl 'walking' the dog is amusing. The stacked wood shot's link is missing - goes to Meg's Point. Sorry the seals were gone. Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 4:03 AM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > Last weekend I went out to see if I could get a few shots of Harbor Seals at > Hammonasset State Park. There were seals all right but my 400mm lens is > only f5.6 and with a tele extender it's a bit slow for the light conditions > I faced, (heavy overcast), so after a few failed attempts I called it a day. > Today it was bright and sunny so I trekked back to the park and, *there* > *were* *no* *seals!* However it was a beautiful day and there were lots of > people so in the vein of live making lemonade when life gives you lemons, I > wish to present. > > Hammonasset State Park; In search of Seals: A GESO. > > Page 1. The Jolly Green Giant's pickup stix. Well really a couple of large, > (tree trunk size) pieces of drift wood. > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos1.html > > I couldn't decide if I like them better with the human figures for the > exaggerated sense of scale or as a semi abstract so I did both. > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos2.html > > The section of beach I was standing on was essentially made of shells... > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos3.html > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos4.html > > There were lots of people just taking in the sun, walking their dogs > photographing each other and the scenery, with either smart phones or DSLRs > nothing much in between. > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos5.html > > Yes I know, I missed the focus on this one, but I was hurrying the shot, I > thought the content was worth it. > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos6.html > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos7.html > > I dragged my Vivitar 400mm f5.6 TX mount lens out looking to shoot pictures > of Harbor Seals and I was going to use it for something > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos8.html > > A somewhat dramatic shot of the nature trail along Meigs Point. > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos9.html > > These stacks of wood look like nothing so much to me as being set up as > bonfires, not a smart thing to do in a state park/nature preserve... > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos9.html > > So no seals but I hope some interesting and maybe amusing photos. > > Equipment: Pentax K20D w./smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0/smc Pentax FA 28-200mm > f3.8~5.6/smc Pentax 17mm Fisheye f4.0/Vivitar 400mm AutoTelephoto f5.6 TX > with K mount. > > As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. > > -- > Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! > > --Marvin the Martian. > > > -- > 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.
