Re: Peso: Rounding the Bend

2011-06-22 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > You were warned: > > http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_NVzVH#1346252054_QPB8Rzh-O-LB Very nice! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept."  -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pd

Re: Peso: Rounding the Bend

2011-06-21 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2011-06-20 20:04, Steven Desjardins wrote: Especially when their motion is predictable. That shot was from my balcony, BTW. VIR has several onsite hotels and it was about $240 for two nights for my wife and I. It's a nice lodge and we get a relaxing weekend as well as the races. I wander a

Re: Peso: Rounding the Bend

2011-06-21 Thread drd1135
Nothing implied by you. I was just embellishing. ;-) -Original Message- From: Doug Franklin Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:27:23 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Peso: Rounding the Bend On 2011-06-20 20:02, Steven

Re: Peso: Rounding the Bend

2011-06-21 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2011-06-20 20:02, Steven Desjardins wrote: They tell me (I always wander around and talk to the teams) that the knee is more of a feeler than a support. They do grind away those knee pucks, though. Oh, I didn't mean they leaned on them for support. I'm sorry if I implied that. If you sta

Re: Peso: Rounding the Bend

2011-06-20 Thread Steven Desjardins
Especially when their motion is predictable. That shot was from my balcony, BTW. VIR has several onsite hotels and it was about $240 for two nights for my wife and I. It's a nice lodge and we get a relaxing weekend as well as the races. I wander aorund during the mornings but the afternoons get

Re: Peso: Rounding the Bend

2011-06-20 Thread Steven Desjardins
They tell me (I always wander around and talk to the teams) that the knee is more of a feeler than a support. They do grind away those knee pucks, though. On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Doug Franklin wrote: > On 2011-06-20 15:22, Bob W wrote: >>> >>> You were warned: >>> >>> http://drd1135.smu

Re: Peso: Rounding the Bend

2011-06-20 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2011-06-20 15:22, Bob W wrote: You were warned: http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_NVzVH#1346252054_Q PB8Rzh-O-LB they ought to put stabilisers on those bikes, otherwise they might scratch their knees. They have a disc like a hockey puck attached to the outsides of thei

Re: Peso: Rounding the Bend

2011-06-20 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2011-06-20 14:41, Steven Desjardins wrote: http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_NVzVH#1346252054_QPB8Rzh-O-LB I'm actually pretty pleased with this shot. It was taken with the M200 f4 at 5.6. The whole setup worked just fine with pre-focusing and "trap focus" by me. Great

Re: Peso: Rounding the Bend

2011-06-20 Thread drd1135
Oh, you caught me Ann. They were all resting on clear plastic kick stands. It cost me a fortune in beer and pizza. ;-) --Original Message-- From: Ann Sanfedele Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List ReplyTo: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Peso: Rounding the Bend

Re: Peso: Rounding the Bend

2011-06-20 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Steven Desjardins wrote: You were warned: http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_NVzVH#1346252054_QPB8Rzh-O-LB I'm actually pretty pleased with this shot. It was taken with the M200 f4 at 5.6. The whole setup worked just fine with pre-focusing and "trap focus" by me. Given the

RE: Peso: Rounding the Bend

2011-06-20 Thread Bob W
> You were warned: > > http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_NVzVH#1346252054_Q > PB8Rzh-O-LB > they ought to put stabilisers on those bikes, otherwise they might scratch their knees. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.n