Greatly appreciated remarks, Bob! From a daylight visibility standpoint, I guess white makes sense. Red may, also, add. I agree, the color was likely directed by the 20's "manual." ;)
Jack --- On Wed, 11/18/09, Bob Sullivan <rf.sulli...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Bob Sullivan <rf.sulli...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Battery Point Light > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 7:15 AM > Great photo Jack! I agree with > Ken as the light buildings on the dark > rock are the best part for me. Love the flag and the > trees as well. > It's funny how so many of these lighthouse buildings are > interchangable. The red roofs and white buildings > could be Racine > Wisconsin just as easily as coastal California. I > think many were > built within the same 25 year span with federal money. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Ken Waller <kwal...@peoplepc.com> > wrote: > > Great light, nice subject. Might be stronger with out > the inclusion of the > > water along the lower edge. > > > > BTW you might try draping an arm over the lens to > dampen any motion. > > > > Kenneth Waller > > http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Davis" <jdavi...@yahoo.com> > > Subject: PESO: Battery Point Light > > > > > >> 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 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> 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. > > > > -- > 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.
