I really like that fire engine, Walt. Re your distractions complaint: personally I'd just frame tighter to focus on all that glorious grunge/rust texture and the bullet-hole (?).
But Stan's suggestion to open the frame to capture more context is a good one too. On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 7:00 PM, Walt <[email protected]> wrote: > I took the K-5 and K20D out today, with the FA 50/1.4 on the K-5 and the > Promaster 70-300 on the other, just in case I needed to take a long shot. > > The first was taken with the K20D -- a couple of kids I spotted skipping > stones on the Ohio River: > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8366207558/ > f/8, 1/640, ISO 200 > > The second with the K-5 -- an old fire engine that was parked in such a way > that made me want to strangle whoever put it there. I couldn't get a decent > shot of the side of it without a bunch of crap in the way, which was really > disappointing: > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8366248736/ > f/2, 1/400, ISO 200 > > I wish I'd been closer for the river scene so I could have taken it with the > K-5, but I'm still pretty happy with it. I'm still bummed about the > placement of the fire engine. It really would've made a nice shot. But, I > did what I could with what I had. > > Comments, critiques and suggestions as to how to go about killing the owner > of the fire truck without getting caught are eagerly encouraged. > > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
