Well..I feel a little better. I'd have claimed we were doing about 86 mph into a high wind.
Jack ;-)) ----- Original Message ----- From: Walt Gilbert <[email protected]> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 7:53 AM Subject: Re: PESO: Killdeer in Flight Thanks again, Jack -- although, I should stipulate that we were moving at a crawl to avoid running over her while she feigned injury to distract us. She's apparently a very conscientious mom as well as a considerate photographic subject in taking a very reasonably oblique trajectory away from the camera. :) -- Walt On 4/25/2012 9:39 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > I wasn't giving you full credit for your panning skills, Walt. I was unfairly > salving my panning jealously by assuming a portion of the image sharpness was > due to the Killdeer's traveling in the same direction as the car. Now I'm > even more impressed. :-) > > Jack > > . > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Walt Gilbert<[email protected]> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List<[email protected]> > Cc: > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 6:33 AM > Subject: Re: PESO: Killdeer in Flight > > Thanks, Jack! > > I do like the lens, and have been able to get surprisingly sharp shots > even wide-open, and really sharp ones at 2.8 on up to 16. (Oddly enough, > I can't think of a time when I've shot with a narrower aperture than > that.) But for the lack of aperture contacts, I might have used it more > than my 50/1.7. > > The passenger window is on the right side of the car in this case, as I > was riding shotgun while my sister drove. > > -- Walt > > On 4/25/2012 7:08 AM, Jack Davis wrote: >> Nice wing shot, Walt! I keep an M 50 f/2 around because it doesn't take up a >> lot of room and the mid f stops surprisingly sharp. >> Is the "passenger window" on the left side of the car? >> >> Jack >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Walt Gilbert<[email protected]> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List<[email protected]> >> Cc: >> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 6:43 PM >> Subject: PESO: Killdeer in Flight >> >> Hi all, >> >> Caught this one through the passenger-side window of my sister's car with >> the M 50/2 on the K20D. Didn't have a zoom on hand, unfortunately. Still, I >> was pretty happy with the results, all things considered. It's a fairly >> tight crop, but I'm happy with the overall resolution, too. >> >> http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/7111327281/ >> ISO 320, 1/1000 sec, f/2.8 >> >> Comments and critiques are welcome, as always. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Walt >> >> -- 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. -- 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.
