Thanks, Brian. Like you, I feel the background adds greatly. Glad it was there. ;)
Jack --- On Tue, 11/17/09, Brian Walters <supera1...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > From: Brian Walters <supera1...@fastmail.fm> > Subject: Re: PESO: Battery Point Light > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 11:04 PM > That's a top shot, Jack. > > I'm a sucker for a good lighthouse photo and that's a great > one. Oddly, > I think the diffused patch of light on the cliffs in the > background > makes the shot. > > The 55-300 has done well. I've grown to like mine a > lot. > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > > On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:46 -0800, "Jack Davis" <jdavi...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > 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 > > > > > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home > and the web > > > -- > 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.
