Thanks Jack. One thing I did right (I think) was to use the infrared remote and the mirror-up + remote shutter setting. I think that minimized the vibrations somewhat.
On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 10:08 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Exceptionally clean and beautifully sharp eclipse shots! > Especially nice camera handling. > > J > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gonz" <[email protected]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2017 7:52:13 PM > Subject: GESO: couple of eclipse shots > > Was in Cerulean Kentucky for the eclipse with my family. It was an > amazing experience. I'm glad we are getting another one in 7 years > and the centerline of totality will be an hour west of my home here, > so no need to take a long trip. The weather was perfect and my wife > took a video of the family right before and during totality. My Dad > of 91 years was there, as were two of my grandchildren ages 15 and 10. > My 10 year old granddaughter was overwhelmed by the site and kept > saying OMG OMG. It is something incredible to see and I'm glad we > drove up there to experience it. I have some ideas to make the next > one go smoother camera wise. It was a pain to take the filter off at > the time of totality and switch over to a different exposure. I > should have prepared better. It would have been nice to get some wide > long exposures too. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/66982297@N02/36021221794/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/66982297@N02/36021220494/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/66982297@N02/36021219734/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/66982297@N02/36568777642/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/66982297@N02/36690745736/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ > > -- > -- Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding > it still. Dorothea Lange > > -- > 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. -- -- Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still. Dorothea Lange -- 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.
