Re: GESO - Tour of Missouri (pro cycling race)
Nice framing and color, but they all appear to be a bit soft. Shutter speed? Paul On Sep 17, 2007, at 1:11 AM, Stan Halpin wrote: The six-stage Tour of Missouri ended today with an overall victory by George Hincappi of Team Discovery. When it began Tuesday, the first stage passed 3 miles from my home. Twice. But I was in Virginia. Got back in town Friday night, Saturday my wife and I drove to see Stage 5. We saw the start in Jefferson City, then drove like crazy to intercept the race 65 miles down the road, then drove again to another interception point. The third spot was at the top of the longest climb of the race. I was able to position myself about 50m before the King of the Mountain line. The small linked gallery is from shots at that spot. http://home.earthlink.net/~smh645/GESO-TourOfMissouri/ Stan -- B.S.-Physics: How does it work? B.S.-Engineering: How can I make it work better? B.A.-Business: How can we make more profit from it? B.A.-English Literature: Would you like fries with that? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GESO - Tour of Missouri (pro cycling race)
On 9/17/07, Stan Halpin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The six-stage Tour of Missouri ended today with an overall victory by George Hincappi of Team Discovery. When it began Tuesday, the first stage passed 3 miles from my home. Twice. But I was in Virginia. Got back in town Friday night, Saturday my wife and I drove to see Stage 5. We saw the start in Jefferson City, then drove like crazy to intercept the race 65 miles down the road, then drove again to another interception point. The third spot was at the top of the longest climb of the race. I was able to position myself about 50m before the King of the Mountain line. The small linked gallery is from shots at that spot. http://home.earthlink.net/~smh645/GESO-TourOfMissouri/ Photos of men who shave their legs - what's not to like? Wonderful gallery, Stan! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GESO - Tour of Missouri (pro cycling race)
Photos of men who shave their legs - what's not to like? This is so wrong, on just so many levels... frank theriault wrote: On 9/17/07, Stan Halpin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The six-stage Tour of Missouri ended today with an overall victory by George Hincappi of Team Discovery. When it began Tuesday, the first stage passed 3 miles from my home. Twice. But I was in Virginia. Got back in town Friday night, Saturday my wife and I drove to see Stage 5. We saw the start in Jefferson City, then drove like crazy to intercept the race 65 miles down the road, then drove again to another interception point. The third spot was at the top of the longest climb of the race. I was able to position myself about 50m before the King of the Mountain line. The small linked gallery is from shots at that spot. http://home.earthlink.net/~smh645/GESO-TourOfMissouri/ Photos of men who shave their legs - what's not to like? Wonderful gallery, Stan! cheers, frank -- Remember, it’s pillage then burn. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GESO - Tour of Missouri (pro cycling race)
Nice colorful, action shots. FWIW - Stan, there's no need to post images as large as you have, that causes scrolling which degrades the overall viewing IMHO. I suggest no bigger than around 850 px high or 600px wide Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Stan Halpin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: GESO - Tour of Missouri (pro cycling race) The six-stage Tour of Missouri ended today with an overall victory by George Hincappi of Team Discovery. When it began Tuesday, the first stage passed 3 miles from my home. Twice. But I was in Virginia. Got back in town Friday night, Saturday my wife and I drove to see Stage 5. We saw the start in Jefferson City, then drove like crazy to intercept the race 65 miles down the road, then drove again to another interception point. The third spot was at the top of the longest climb of the race. I was able to position myself about 50m before the King of the Mountain line. The small linked gallery is from shots at that spot. http://home.earthlink.net/~smh645/GESO-TourOfMissouri/ Stan -- B.S.-Physics: How does it work? B.S.-Engineering: How can I make it work better? B.A.-Business: How can we make more profit from it? B.A.-English Literature: Would you like fries with that? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GESO - Tour of Missouri (pro cycling race)
On 9/17/07, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: P.S. That should read George Hincappe of Team Discovery Channel. Actually, it's Hincape cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GESO - Tour of Missouri (pro cycling race)
On 9/17/07, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Page 34, Frank: http://www.rapha.cc/images/Rapha_Spring_Summer_07.pdf I don't particularly get my jollies from looking at photos of them doing the actual shaving. Some might, not me... ;-) cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GESO - Tour of Missouri (pro cycling race)
I don't think it's shutter speed; it looks more to me as though the plane of sharpest focus is somewhat behind the principal subject in most of the images, maybe because the wrong AF sensor is being used. I know from experience, though, just how hard it is to photograph an event like this - you get practically no time to decide on the shot. P.S. That should read George Hincappe of Team Discovery Channel. On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 06:05:45AM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: Nice framing and color, but they all appear to be a bit soft. Shutter speed? Paul On Sep 17, 2007, at 1:11 AM, Stan Halpin wrote: The six-stage Tour of Missouri ended today with an overall victory by George Hincappi of Team Discovery. When it began Tuesday, the first stage passed 3 miles from my home. Twice. But I was in Virginia. Got back in town Friday night, Saturday my wife and I drove to see Stage 5. We saw the start in Jefferson City, then drove like crazy to intercept the race 65 miles down the road, then drove again to another interception point. The third spot was at the top of the longest climb of the race. I was able to position myself about 50m before the King of the Mountain line. The small linked gallery is from shots at that spot. http://home.earthlink.net/~smh645/GESO-TourOfMissouri/ Stan -- B.S.-Physics: How does it work? B.S.-Engineering: How can I make it work better? B.A.-Business: How can we make more profit from it? B.A.-English Literature: Would you like fries with that? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: GESO - Tour of Missouri (pro cycling race)
http://home.earthlink.net/~smh645/GESO-TourOfMissouri/ Photos of men who shave their legs - what's not to like? Wonderful gallery, Stan! Page 34, Frank: http://www.rapha.cc/images/Rapha_Spring_Summer_07.pdf Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GESO - Tour of Missouri (pro cycling race)
Great pics, Stan... They would have been even better if you had kept the vertical dimension to 600 pixels, so that we didn't have to scroll up and down. Rick --- Stan Halpin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The six-stage Tour of Missouri ended today with an overall victory by George Hincappi of Team Discovery. When it began Tuesday, the first stage passed 3 miles from my home. Twice. But I was in Virginia. Got back in town Friday night, Saturday my wife and I drove to see Stage 5. We saw the start in Jefferson City, then drove like crazy to intercept the race 65 miles down the road, then drove again to another interception point. The third spot was at the top of the longest climb of the race. I was able to position myself about 50m before the King of the Mountain line. The small linked gallery is from shots at that spot. http://home.earthlink.net/~smh645/GESO-TourOfMissouri/ Stan -- B.S.-Physics: How does it work? B.S.-Engineering: How can I make it work better? B.A.-Business: How can we make more profit from it? B.A.-English Literature: Would you like fries with that? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Check out the hottest 2008 models today at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GESO - Tour of Missouri (pro cycling race)
Thanks for the several comments. 1. RE-posted in smaller size. 2. Spelling correction - it is Hincapie (according to VeloNews). 3. The first four were shot with the DA*50-135/2.8, set at 50mm, all between 1/320 and 1/400, F7.1 - F8.0. K10D with AF-C. Next time I might try AF-S and center-AF-sensor rather than auto-AF-sensor. I have done very little with these - minor cropping, some brightening, small touch of sharpening. 4. The last shot is at 10mm. My wife's shot, taken with her Leica PS. stan On Sep 17, 2007, at 12:11 AM, Stan Halpin wrote: The six-stage Tour of Missouri ended today with an overall victory by George Hincappi of Team Discovery. When it began Tuesday, the first stage passed 3 miles from my home. Twice. But I was in Virginia. Got back in town Friday night, Saturday my wife and I drove to see Stage 5. We saw the start in Jefferson City, then drove like crazy to intercept the race 65 miles down the road, then drove again to another interception point. The third spot was at the top of the longest climb of the race. I was able to position myself about 50m before the King of the Mountain line. The small linked gallery is from shots at that spot. http://home.earthlink.net/~smh645/GESO-TourOfMissouri/ Stan -- B.S.-Physics: How does it work? B.S.-Engineering: How can I make it work better? B.A.-Business: How can we make more profit from it? B.A.-English Literature: Would you like fries with that? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
