Great action shot, Larry. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 9:14 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > On my drive over hwy 17 last week, I had the opportunity to chat with a CHP > officer. He showed me photos of his Mustang. > > I was heading to San Jose last week, when I saw all sorts of emergency > vehicles, including a Calstar medevac helicopter at the "unofficial" helipad > at the summit. I decided it would be a good chance to try out the K-1 and > 28-105. I pulled into the parking lot, grabbed the camera and started > taking photos from a good distance away. > I noticed a CHP officer gesturing at me, though I could not figure out what > he was trying to convey. He wandered over and said that I could get closer > to photograph if I wanted to. He asked if I was with a paper, and I said > that I was just doing it for fun. > He then looked at me and asked if he knew me. Do I drive a miata? About a > year ago, when a CHP was running a radar trap on a straight section of road > that has very few accidents, I stopped in the pullout he was in to ask him > why he was doing a radar trap on a very safe section of road. We ended up > chatting for about half an hour. He asked if I also had a mustang, and I > said no, but my girlfriend has five. > > Anyways, I spent a while taking photos, particularly after things started > happening and they transferred the patient to the chopper. > > Here's a shot of them wheeling the patient to the waiting helicopter. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/27146661684/in/album-72157669942001785/ > > > If you are interested in the full set, it is at: > http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157669942001785 > Alexis, the CHP officer I mentioned in the story is the one looking at me in > the second shot (772). > Several of these photos have been cropped down quite a bit. Many of them are > on the far side of ISO 6400. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > 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.
