> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Brian Walters
> Thanks for the comments on this set and thanks to everyone who took a > look. I have to say that while I enjoyed the experience I have a > natural aversion to flying - my firm belief is that flying is an > unnatural act that is likely to end badly - the line "these things go > down" from the movie 'Midnight Run' comes to mind.... > "If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us tickets" B > A few specific replies: > > On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 15:06 +0100, "Bob W" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Stand up and take a bow, Mr & Mrs Arthus-Bertrand. That's a very > > enjoyable > > set. I particularly like the sand spits, especially the one covered > in > > birds, and the shots of the Painted Hills are (sorry!) the best of > the > > lot. > > I saw Arthus-Bertrand's exhibition 'Earth from Above' a few years ago > in > Melbourne. Wonderful stuff. Here's a link if anyone isn't familiar > with it > > http://www.yannarthusbertrandgalerie.com/?lang=en > > > > On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:03 -0500, "Christine Aguila" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > These are beautiful, Brian. What's amazing about Bird Habitat is > that > > the tip of the peninsula looks like an elegant bird beak. > > I hadn't noticed that. You're right. Thanks for pointing it out. > > > > On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:04 +0100, "Chris Mitchell" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Superb Brian. And congrats to Margaret for my favourite: > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Lake-Eyre/slides/IMGPDS-0604aj.html > > Are you mad? I'd never hear the end of it...... > > (actually I did pass your congrats on - and I'm never hearing the end > of > it) > > > > On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:03 -0400, [email protected] wrote: > > Oh, wow, those are lovely. > > > > I like them all (well, except for the last), but I especially like > #1, > > #3, > > #6, #7, and #11. (Think I counted right.) > > I suppose the last one doesn't really fit the theme of the gallery but > the shadow of the plane landing was an opportunity I couldn't pass up. > I like it, but it might have been better as a separate PESO. > > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Brian Walters > <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > Hi all > > > > > > First - thanks again to those who provided advice a month or so > ago on > > > photographing from a light plane. This flight was part of our > recent > > > trip to the 'red Centre' of Australia. > > > > > > The flight was in a Cessna 210, carrying 4 passengers plus the > pilot. > > > The lack of wing struts on this plane was a bonus for photography. > The > > > two biggest problems were reflections in the windows, which were > > > difficult to avoid, and the mild jerkiness of the flight. I used > my > > > K200D with the 16-45 mm zoom attached. I had other lenses > available but > > > the cramped conditions made it difficult to change lenses, so I > > > eventually gave up on the idea. As it happened, the 16-45 mm > range > > > proved to be pretty much ideal. My wife used an old Optio for the > first > > > part of the flight but it wasn't up to the job so she commandeered > the > > > *istDS with 50 mm f1.7 FA attached for the second half. Both of > us shot > > > in shutter priority mode with the speed set to 1/350 - 1/500 sec. > > > > > > I hope you enjoy this small selection: > > > > > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Lake-Eyre/index.html > > > > > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service > > > -- > 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.
