Great collection of excellent shots. It looks like a great event. Dan
On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Christine Nielsen <ch...@inielsen.net> wrote: > Yesterday, I volunteered at my daughter's school to take photos of the > 3rd graders at field day. For the uninitiated, Field Day is a day of > fun & games at the end of the school year. Back when I was a kid, > events included the three-legged race, maybe a game of kickball, and > popsicles for all. These days, you need an army of parents to > organize a plethora of outdoor activities, water games, a DJ, bouncy > houses, a BBQ, *a professional Simon Says guy*, t-shirts, and of > course, photographers. But, I digress... > > I took the k-7, and the 50-135. It was a cloudy day with off & on > showers. (Hooray for weatherproofing!) The goal was to capture each > kid in action... I started out by pre-focusing on a spot & waiting for > a kid to arrive... by the end of the day, I worked up to pre-selecting > a focus point, and using AF-C to track & shoot. I was pleasantly > surprised with the results. The only images that didn't work this way > were due to user error (mis-placing the focus point, or poorly > framed), or closed eyes... > > Nothing ground-breaking here, but a few of the keepers: > https://picasaweb.google.com/crapmgt/FieldDay?authkey=Gv1sRgCK7Pieil5LLR5wE# > > :) > -c > > -- > 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. > -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- 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.