Like Bob W says, a delightful picture. Regards, Bob S. On 3/22/07, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I love that picture. The light has captured the texture of the skin > beautifully, and the fact that he/she has 3 feet off the ground gives > him a surprising lightness, and makes him seem to be having fun, in a > puppyish sort of way. Just the hint of the mother's presence is > exactly how it should be, although I would have preferred it if we > could see her foot on the ground. > > -- > Bob > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Igor Roshchin > > Sent: 22 March 2007 02:42 > > To: PDML@pdml.net > > Subject: enablement and PESO: baby elephant > > > > > > I just recently purchased a SMC 2x-s Pentax TC. > > Last Saturday I had a chance to use it at the Wild Animal Park: > > they had a week-old(!) baby-elephant. Since the baby was "tiny", > > and at a significant distance, I thought it would be a nice test > > for the TC. Unfortunately, I forgot to take the tripod with me, so > > it was handheld: Pentax SMC 2x-s Tamron 70-300 4-5.6 at about > > 200-250mm > > 1/750 exposure on a *ist DS set at ISO-800. > > No manipulations, except for RAW-jpg conversion and > > smart-sharp mask in PS and resizing. > > > > http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/IMGP5086w2.jpg > > > > It was hard to get a good composition: most of the time the baby was > > > behind the mother. > > Unfortunately, also the time was limited (they took him > > inside a building > > where he became asleep). > > I may come back there next weekend, if I can find time for it, > > .. but he will be twice as old then. > > > > Igor > > > > PS. Comments are welcome. > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >
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