Rob, Your photo brings back pleasant memories of a too short visit to Sidney and your world wind tour of the harbor. I think we went by that spot. And I'm still cutting myself on that Voightlander 125mm you introduced me to. Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Rob Studdert <[email protected]> wrote: > On 29 May 2013 19:18, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: >> Splendid. What a beautiful sight. > > Thanks Alan, the city is quite spectacularly lit up during this Vivid > Festival, probably the best it's been aside from the censorship > controversy. > > On 29 May 2013 20:54, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: >> Beautiful. Great composition and vivid color. > > Thanks Paul, honestly it's difficult not to take a gorgeous shot in > the city at the moment. > > On 29 May 2013 21:08, J.C. O'Connell <[email protected]> wrote: >> Nice shot, what lens and camera and ISO did you use? > > Hi John, thanks, the camera was a bog stock K5 and the lens was the > current Sigma AF 17-50mm F/2.8 EX DC OS HSM at 17mm/f5.6 > > On 29 May 2013 23:34, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: >> Quite Lovely! > > Thanks Dan, glad you liked the shot :) > > On 30 May 2013 00:36, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: >> Love it, Rob! Vivid to be sure! Syndey is beautiful! It's on my places to >> visit list and I look forward to seeing it. Cheers, Christine > > Hi Christine, Thanks, it's a great looking city, not always fun to > live in but all big cities have their significant strengths and > weaknesses. Would love yo see you out here, you know that we would > look after you and Darrel very well :) > > On 30 May 2013 01:28, Don Guthrie <[email protected]> wrote: >> Interesting perspective for a pano. But pano or not it is a nice photo. > > Hi Don, thanks, to be perfectly honest it's not much of a pano, the > overlap was huge, the increased horizontal angle of view was limited > but made for a more pleasing overall composition I think. > > On 30 May 2013 04:51, Charles Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Very pretty! >> >> So crisp and sharp, I figured I would peek at the EXIF to see how far you >> stopped down. Imagine my surprise to see it's shot at f/5.6. Not too >> radical at all! > > Thanks Charles, really I don't often find the stop down beyond f8 when > shooting ultra wides, the image is sharp but it's more to do with the > fact that the camera was resting on a very solid steel post I suspect. > I used the 2sec mirror pre-fire so that I could get my hands away, > that's why the vertical angle of view isn't optimal, I should revisit > the spot and use a tripod I think. > > Thanks for all who viewed and especially those who commented too. > > Cheers, > > -- > Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) > Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours > Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio > > -- > 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.
