Ya' did good, Christine. Crisp and interesting set of action shots. All involved, including parents, should be very pleased.
Jack --- On Sat, 6/18/11, Christine Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Christine Nielsen <[email protected]> > Subject: GESO: Field Day, or... how I made friends with AF-C > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, June 18, 2011, 9:00 AM > Yesterday, I volunteered at my > daughter's school to take photos of the > 3rd graders at field day. For the uninitiated, Field > Day is a day of > fun & games at the end of the school year. Back > when I was a kid, > events included the three-legged race, maybe a game of > kickball, and > popsicles for all. These days, you need an army of > parents to > organize a plethora of outdoor activities, water games, a > DJ, bouncy > houses, a BBQ, *a professional Simon Says guy*, t-shirts, > and of > course, photographers. But, I digress... > > I took the k-7, and the 50-135. It was a cloudy day > with off & on > showers. (Hooray for weatherproofing!) The goal > was to capture each > kid in action... I started out by pre-focusing on a spot > & waiting for > a kid to arrive... by the end of the day, I worked up to > pre-selecting > a focus point, and using AF-C to track & shoot. I > was pleasantly > surprised with the results. The only images that > didn't work this way > were due to user error (mis-placing the focus point, or > poorly > framed), or closed eyes... > > Nothing ground-breaking here, but a few of the keepers: > https://picasaweb.google.com/crapmgt/FieldDay?authkey=Gv1sRgCK7Pieil5LLR5wE# > > :) > -c > > -- > 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.
