Thanks Bob (x2) and Christine! A couple of weeks ago I bought rubber lens hoods for my 28 and 50 mm lenses. They made these shots possible, because I was able to press them against the glass to eliminate reflections.
Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Wed, 5/26/10, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > From: Bob W <p...@web-options.com> > Subject: RE: PESO--Chicago, late to the party > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 3:46 AM > superb > > [...] > > Friday evening, after dinner, my wife and I walked > over to > > the John Hancock Building, whose upper reaches were in > the > > clouds. Because of "zero visibility" they sold > us tickets at > > half price, and we went up. Shortly after we > arrived at the > > top, the clouds parted, and showed us this: > > > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11049690&size=lg > > > > (K10D, FA 28/2.8, ISO 1100, f/2.8 @ 1/3 sec) > What looks like > > pattern noise is from the screen one had to shoot > through. > > > > Looking north along Lakeshore Drive: > > > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11049691 > > > > After a while the fog cleared more: > > > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11049692&size=lg > > > > Huge thanks and congratulations to Mark and Christine > on an > > outstanding job, and providing us with a great excuse > to > > spend 2 1/2 days in Chicago. > > > > Rick > > > > > > > > P.S. Eggleston sucks. A toddler with an > Instamatic could > > have shot that crap. But there has been some > discussion of > > that already... > > > -- > 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.
