Greatly valued remarks, Paul. Thanks! Jack
--- On Tue, 11/17/09, paul stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > From: paul stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: PESO: Battery Point Light > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 4:37 PM > > > > From: Jack Davis > >> Wife and I took another weekend excursion. This > time to the north > >> coast (CA) and spent yesterday in and around > Crescent City. Late > >> afternoon on a windy extremely chilly day I took > another shot at > >> Battery Light. The DA 55~300 is a very light > non-internal focusing > >> lens. When racked out to 300mm you can't breath > near it when > >> shooting. A peek through the viewfinder showed it > to be vibrating > >> continually, but took 11 shots (cable switch/2 sec > delay) hoping for > >> a moment's quiet. The link is to the only shot > that appears to have > >> been nearly vibration free. I was stubborn enough > to not want to go > >> larger than f/6.7 (wanted some foreground rock > detail) nor higher > >> than 200 ISO. This taken just as the sun was > sinking into the Pacific > >> through a thin blushing persimmon tinted > atmosphere. > >> All comments welcome. > >> Jack > >> K20, DA 55~300, f/6.7, ISO 200, Bogen 3021 T'pod, > Pro ball head, full > >> frame (no cropping) > >> http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=450 > > > Stunning. Great light, nice composition. Excellent work. > Paul > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.