On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:08 +1000, "Philip Northeast" <rnort...@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > I was shooting a presentation function at the local harness racing track > and I could see this sunset developing. A break in proceedings coincided > with the sunset's best moment so I went out on the balcony and took the > shot. > > The balcony rail provided a steadying rest and along with the Pentax > shake reduction allowed a shutter speed of 1/20s. > > Ash from Chilean volcano traveled around the southern hemisphere and > disrupted air traffic but probably helped this display. > > > http://aviewfinderdarkly.com.au/2011/06/21/postcard-from-tasmania/
Very spectacular. We're not seeing anything like that here although the ash cloud must be approaching - all air traffic out of Sydney has been cancelled. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail... -- 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.