And Jack, That's a mighty good shot with only a 300mm reach! (Sad to say that we went up the coast but stopped short of Eureka. Saw the Redwoods and the Hippies. It was like a trip back to the 60's.) Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Jack Davis <jdavi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
