Hey Eric, no pulling "rankest" on us. ;-') I agree with Larry. If you have a kit zoom (18-55 or so) take just in case you see the "best shot ever" and the 28 just won't do it.
On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > > On Oct 9, 2010, at 12:22 PM, Eric Weir wrote: > >> >> A week from today I'll be taking off for Phoenix to join a couple of my >> long-time, well-known sisters and another we'll be meeting for the first >> time -- we only discovered her this past January; she's English; our father >> served in the US Army Air Force in England during WWII -- and then spend >> most of the week following in Northern Arizona, taking in the Grand Canyon >> and other sites in up there and in the Four Corners. >> >> I haven't been doing much shooting, but I imagine I'll be shooting a fair >> bit on this trip. Following advice given by several here earlier, I'm taking >> my DS and one lens, an a 28/2.8. There will be a lot of light, of course, >> and I imagine I'll be wanting to be doing shooting mid-day. >> >> Any suggestions? Forget it? Take a filter? If so, what kind? Anything else? >> I am the rankest amateur on this list. [I don't deserve to be here, I learn >> a lot lurking, and you're so nice to me.] > > When I travel light, I like to bring two lenses, a zoom and a fast prime. The > zoom gives you the range of lengths, and the prime allows you to shoot in low > light. > If you're shooting outdoors, it can be very handy to have a polarizer. Not > that the polarizer won't work as well to bring out the clouds shooting either > directly into, or directly away from the sun as it will shooting at 90 > degrees. I.e. late afternoon, west and east wont work as well as north and > south. > I'd recommend getting one and playing with it. Here are some shots from my > doing just that: > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157603433853310/ > > If you think that you're the rankest, you obviously have not smelled certain > of the people on the list. > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > 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. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
