Wonderful collection, Christine! Magnificent scale well caught. Jack
----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Aguila" <[email protected]> To: "PDML" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2014 8:48:43 AM Subject: Re: The Grinch at Starved Rock State Park Thanks, Ann. There are fence guards at the top of the rock now. And stairs have been built to get to the top. I’m sure you wouldn’t recognize the place now. The rock was ok, but I preferred the canyon trails—much more interesting. I really hope to do all. The place is open 365 days rain or shine, snow or slush. January is supposed to be good for bald eagles. Cheers, Christine On Sep 3, 2014, at 4:01 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > ah - Starved rock! much visited in my childhood. You capatured it nicely and, > I see, avoided what I called Acrphobia point - the actual > Starved Rock... I clung to my mother's skirts holding her back from the > edge... I can still feel the shivers. She just laughed but gently. > I don't know if they have a fence there now... there certainly wasn't one in > 1943. > > I love daddy-long-legs and like your shot of him - the shadows nice. > > What I do with white balance and the K-5 is set it on auto but chimp > immediately the press the wb button to play with it before shooting more. > Most of the time AWB does do it best, but sometimes definitely not so I like > that feature... (not on the K-3??) Of course I've been > known to forget I dialed in a specific WB and had to correct in Elements > later. > > particularly like this shot > http://www.caguila.com/rockaug312014/content/_IMG3178_large.html > > ann > > > On 9/1/2014 16:44, Christine Aguila wrote: >> Hi Everyone: >> >> Did a 5 mile hike at Starved Rock State Park yesterday. Starved Rock is >> about two hours from Chicago, a very easy drive. Place was packed given the >> Labor Day holiday, but we got there early, got our walk in, then left around >> 2:30 for lunch and a walk around Utica, Illinois, a quaint little town of a >> thousand with a three block Main Street area. >> >> I have a few questions: >> >> 1) My white balance setting, Shade, seems to capture a lot of yellow forcing >> me to dial yellow down during post-processing. I wondered if other K-3 >> shooters found this to their experience as well and what any compensation >> techniques have been employed. >> >> 2). I may be getting Charles Robinson's Fastpack 250. On my hike I took the >> Low >> Pro MicroTrekker, which is a great fit on the back, but I find it a tough >> bag to work out of, and it doesn't allow for a water bottle or much personal >> items. It does have two bottom tripod straps, but I want a vertical carry >> for the tripod on my next hiking camera bag. I hope to be doing more hiking >> in future, so I find myself now in the market for a hiking camera bag. If >> anyone has a nice hiking camera bag which can accommodate gear and personal >> items, is not a sloppy fit, and has a vertical carry for a tripod, I'd >> welcome the suggestions. >> >> 3). I didn't have my tripod with me on this trek because I'm actually an >> inexperienced hiker and didn't know what to expect of the trails or my >> ability, so I left the tripod at home. I will be taking it the next trip. >> All the shots in the gallery were handheld. >> >> Here's my gallery from yesterday's hike. It was a wonderfully fun day, and >> the park is really great. There are a lot more trails to explore, so I'm >> most definitively going back. I've made some short and long term hiking >> goals. >> >> http://www.caguila.com/rockaug312014/index.html >> >> Comments welcome. Cheers, Christine, and Happy Labor Day! >> >> Sent from my iPad >> > > -- > 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.
