On 8/23/05, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To complement comments made about taking 900+ pix with the *ist DS in > my first 80 days, I'll offer these two photos. > > http://members.aol.com/rfsindg/legs.jpg > > Back yard butterfly, with A100/2.8 macro > as shot, just resized from cameras 2000x3008 pixels > Way easier that slides and scanning...
The butterfly's beautiful - so is the photograph of it. > > http://members.aol.com/rfsindg/t-birds.jpg > > USAF Thunderbirds, with FA70-200/3.5-4.5 zoom (the wobbly one) > Crop of original at 100% - camera shake added by photographer. > (The formation was a small part of a much bigger picture.) > This was taken at the Chicago Air & Water show last Saturday. > Look closely at the end of right wing of the last aircraft. > Shortly after this pass, the last half of the Thunderbird's show was canceled. > Reports were that a missle rail (hanger) had fallen off of one of the > aircraft. > It's only a snapshot, but I was impressed... For a snap, it's pretty cool - just wait until I get my CNE Airshow snaps back if you want to see blurry airplanes (and I don't mean "good blur") <<LOL>. I love airshows, and yours captures the spirit of them. cheers, frank (still plumbing the "archives" for old PAWs) <g> -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
