Dave, Nice to hear from you again! Sorry about the back and knee. I enjoyed your pictures. There is something haunting about the house on the shoreline. Portraits of pretty girls were expected, but the last one of the guy was quite good. I've not seen flash lighting like that before - very effective. Your old 31mm lens is my main tool on the K-5. Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 6:21 AM, David Savage <[email protected]> wrote: > Thought I'd re-sub given what I've just read in the archive, and > reconnect with the Pentax faithful. > > News from downunder: I hurt my back late last year. The pain was > making me irritable & wore away my tolerance for BS. This was when I > un-subscribed. 3 months of physio got me back on track & I had just > gotten back to pre injury fitness levels when I stuffed my knee. I got > dumped by a wave while working as a voice activated light stand during > a beach shoot (Saved the flash from a dunking though). All these > injuries have seen me put some of the weight I lost back on. But the > knee is almost fixed so in a couple of weeks I'll be back into it. > > I didn't shoot much during this time, but here are a few shots I did take: > > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/5389338411> > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/5389943296> > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/5576817621> > > No new star shots. I've had a several opportunities in recent months, > but preferred to just sit in the camp chair with a beverage & enjoy > the display of stars in the company of friends. > > In the last few months I've been focusing more & more on portraiture. > Here are some of my efforts: > > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/5618883047> > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/5556008930> > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/5542383720> > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/5707559146> > > ... and finally my most recent & a personal fave: > > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/5739917903> > > To make this somewhat on topic & have a few photo geek friends who are > Pentax shooters (poor souls) and have had the opportunity to get my > hands on a K7 & K5. I was impressed with the high ISO IQ of the K5. > But not enough to make me rejoin the Pentax fold :-) > > Anywho, I'll be around for a bit to see for myself if you guys & gals > are off your meds. > > > Cheers, > > Dave > > -- > 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.
