Larry, Well, thanks for =most= of your comments!
I had my 50/1.7 with me, but for some knuckleheaded reason it never occurred to me to try it. A stop or two more speed would have been helpful. The white balance is difficult because it was mixed fluorescent and compact fluorescent light, seasoned with a touch of cloudy daylight. I also edited these on my laptop on a work trip. The solution is to render them all B&W! Cheers, Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Wed, 12/16/09, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > Rick Womer wrote: > > My daughter has developed an interest in competitive > ballroom dancing. This is interesting: my complete > klutziness is clearly a recessive trait. > > Speaking of genetics, judging by your daughter your wife > must be stunningly beautiful. > > > > > The studio she and her dance partner have been using > put on a show Sunday. Shooting dancing is hard! > The light isn't too good, motion is fast and all over the > place, and if one's timing is off one can make the most > graceful people look like clods. > > It is indeed a challenge. You did a very credible job of > it. > > > > Fortunately Ellen and her partner performed about > three-quarters of the way through the afternoon, so I had > some time to practice and sort out technique. They > performed a very intricate waltz, which her partner had > choreographed. > > > > http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=946280 > > > > (K10D, DA 50-200; fixed manual exposure of f/4.5 @ > 1/45, ISO 1100. Used a one-stop gradient filter in LR > to lighten the top 1/3 or so of most of the shots). > > I suspect that you're beginning to gain an appreciation of > my fascination for fast glass. If you can shoot them > practicing sometime, you might want to try a 50/1.4. > Even an old supertak on an adapter can do a very credible > job, and if you're shooting wide open the lack of auto stop > down is no issue. If you need to crop, just think of > it as trading resolution for speed (f/1.4) and depth of > field (since you aren't zooming). > > My one quibble with this set is that it looks like the > color balance is a touch off. > > > -- > 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.
