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Super metering on this one Bruce. Nother great job. Dave It's been a while since I last posted one. I've been quite busy with work - not too busy to take some pictures, but haven't had time to get any posted. Today as the sun was setting, I stepped outside my home office and saw this sight. Went right back in and got the camera. Taken with *istD, Tokina AT-X 400/5.6 AF (newly acquired), set on a stone wall for support. The image was converted in C1 and about 10% color saturation added - no other changes other than sizing/sharpening for the web. http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_1083.htm -- Best regards, Bruce
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Thanks Dave, I actually took about six frames of this. The sun was moving fast and I was altering the settings slightly (sort of manually bracketing). This was the second frame. Bruce Tuesday, February 8, 2005, 11:58:52 PM, you wrote: bcin Super metering on this one Bruce. bcin Nother great job. bcin Dave It's been a while since I last posted one. I've bcin been quite busy with work - not too busy to take some pictures, but haven't had time to get any posted. Today as the sun was setting, I stepped outside my home office and saw this sight. Went right back in and got the camera. Taken with *istD, Tokina AT-X 400/5.6 AF (newly acquired), set on a stone wall for support. The image was converted in C1 and about 10% color saturation added - no other changes other than sizing/sharpening for the web. http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_1083.htm -- Best regards, Bruce
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On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 23:07:00 -0800, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's been a while since I last posted one. I've been quite busy with work - not too busy to take some pictures, but haven't had time to get any posted. Today as the sun was setting, I stepped outside my home office and saw this sight. Went right back in and got the camera. Taken with *istD, Tokina AT-X 400/5.6 AF (newly acquired), set on a stone wall for support. The image was converted in C1 and about 10% color saturation added - no other changes other than sizing/sharpening for the web. http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_1083.htm -- Absolutely and stunningly gorgeous. -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Beautiful Bruce. Glad you saw it. I like everything about it. Tom C.
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Thanks, Tom - it turned out better than I thought it would at the time. I couldn't really see the clear outline of the sun until after. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, February 7, 2005, 2:57:50 PM, you wrote: TC Beautiful Bruce. Glad you saw it. I like everything about it. TC Tom C.
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Thanks. I was pleased with how the fountain turned out. I think it was Joe who was talking about the Tokina ATX 400/5.6. A couple came up on KEH and so I decided to get one. I am particularly pleased with the size and weight. Some time back I had a Pentax A 400/5.6 and found that it was too big to go in the bag and so I just didn't use it much. This Tokina is really no bigger than my K 300/4 and so fits nicely in the bag. It handles pretty well and so far it seems to be pretty good. Bruce Saturday, February 5, 2005, 7:47:17 AM, you wrote: MC Nice shot - the subtle colors in the sunset are excellent. MC I also really liked the fountain shot you had elsewhere in your portfolio. MC The ATX 400 f5.6 must of been a good find - I have one but it was hard to MC locate and that was within a few months of their being discontinued. I've MC been quite happy with the results gotten with it and the *ist-D - the 'crop MC factor' makes for a nice, portable, 600mm equivalent. MC - MCC MC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MC Mark Cassino Photography MC Kalamazoo, MI MC www.markcassino.com MC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MC - Original Message - MC From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] MC To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net MC Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 2:07 AM MC Subject: PESO - Waning Light It's been a while since I last posted one. I've been quite busy with work - not too busy to take some pictures, but haven't had time to get any posted. Today as the sun was setting, I stepped outside my home office and saw this sight. Went right back in and got the camera. Taken with *istD, Tokina AT-X 400/5.6 AF (newly acquired), set on a stone wall for support. The image was converted in C1 and about 10% color saturation added - no other changes other than sizing/sharpening for the web. http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_1083.htm -- Best regards, Bruce
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Thanks Marnie. It certainly does go down quickly - I shot about six frames overall with the sun descending and some exposure bracketing. This one came out best in my eyes. Bruce Saturday, February 5, 2005, 8:01:36 AM, you wrote: Wow! Nice one, Bruce. It's really hard getting the sun in that position (since once there it sinks fast). Nice color. Marnie aka Doe :-)
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Thanks John. -- Best regards, Bruce Saturday, February 5, 2005, 9:19:05 AM, you wrote: JF I also particularly enjoyed the mountain/sky shots, and the scarecrow. JF John JF On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 10:47:17 -0500, Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] JF wrote: Nice shot - the subtle colors in the sunset are excellent. I also really liked the fountain shot you had elsewhere in your portfolio. The ATX 400 f5.6 must of been a good find - I have one but it was hard to locate and that was within a few months of their being discontinued. I've been quite happy with the results gotten with it and the *ist-D - the 'crop factor' makes for a nice, portable, 600mm equivalent. - MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 2:07 AM Subject: PESO - Waning Light It's been a while since I last posted one. I've been quite busy with work - not too busy to take some pictures, but haven't had time to get any posted. Today as the sun was setting, I stepped outside my home office and saw this sight. Went right back in and got the camera. Taken with *istD, Tokina AT-X 400/5.6 AF (newly acquired), set on a stone wall for support. The image was converted in C1 and about 10% color saturation added - no other changes other than sizing/sharpening for the web. http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_1083.htm -- Best regards, Bruce
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Joe, Hope I didn't bore you too much grin Your DPReview recommendation is probably what really got me looking at the Tokina at KEH. I finally bit the bullet and ordered one of them. What I have tested so far, it seems quite good. Even 5.6 seems reasonably sharp. I'm not sure I would shell out the amount that the FA Pentax costs. I just don't use a 400 enough to pay the ultimate price for a very minor improvement. At one time, I had the Pentax A 400/5.6 and just found it too big to really take along with me. The Tokina is a better size/weight and will fit in my bag nicely. -- Best regards, Bruce Saturday, February 5, 2005, 3:04:19 PM, you wrote: JT Another stunning image from Bruce. Yawn. Bruce, you always have stunning JT images. Don't you get bored being perfect? JT Just kidding of course. I do greatly admire and enjoy your photography. JT Give me your thoughts on the optics of the Tokina AT-X AF 400. I have JT had one for a while and think it is pretty good, except for f5.6. In JT fact I recommended it on dpreview recently and, lo and behold, within a JT short while one of two at KEH disappeared. Lately I have been thinking JT about trading it in for the FA 400 f5.6. The attraction of the FA 400 is JT that it is just about as good at f5.6 as it is stopped down. I don't JT know whether that is worth spending the money, though. Still pondering. JT Joe
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Beautiful picture, Bruce. I especially like the subtle colours and shades around the sun. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Bruce Dayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 6. februar 2005 08:57 Til: Paul Stenquist Emne: Re: PESO - Waning Light Glad you liked it. I was glad that I was able to get to my camera quick enough before the sun was gone. Saturday, February 5, 2005, 5:03:03 AM, you wrote: PS Beautiful image. Great composition and frame. It's a special moment PS well seen and well executed. Thanks for sharing it. PS Paul PS On Feb 5, 2005, at 2:07 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote: It's been a while since I last posted one. I've been quite busy with work - not too busy to take some pictures, but haven't had time to get any posted. Today as the sun was setting, I stepped outside my home office and saw this sight. Went right back in and got the camera. Taken with *istD, Tokina AT-X 400/5.6 AF (newly acquired), set on a stone wall for support. The image was converted in C1 and about 10% color saturation added - no other changes other than sizing/sharpening for the web. http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_1083.htm -- Best regards, Bruce
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..now I (too) noticed, that there are more shots. All very beautiful. I especially enjoyed the birds in front of the wave! It's brilliant! Jens Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Bruce Dayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 5. februar 2005 08:07 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: PESO - Waning Light It's been a while since I last posted one. I've been quite busy with work - not too busy to take some pictures, but haven't had time to get any posted. Today as the sun was setting, I stepped outside my home office and saw this sight. Went right back in and got the camera. Taken with *istD, Tokina AT-X 400/5.6 AF (newly acquired), set on a stone wall for support. The image was converted in C1 and about 10% color saturation added - no other changes other than sizing/sharpening for the web. http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_1083.htm -- Best regards, Bruce
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Thanks, Jens. -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, February 6, 2005, 12:14:34 AM, you wrote: JB Beautiful picture, Bruce. I especially like the subtle colours and shades JB around the sun. JB Jens Bladt JB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] JB http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt JB -Oprindelig meddelelse- JB Fra: Bruce Dayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] JB Sendt: 6. februar 2005 08:57 JB Til: Paul Stenquist JB Emne: Re: PESO - Waning Light JB Glad you liked it. I was glad that I was able to get to my camera JB quick enough before the sun was gone. JB Saturday, February 5, 2005, 5:03:03 AM, you wrote: PS Beautiful image. Great composition and frame. It's a special moment PS well seen and well executed. Thanks for sharing it. PS Paul PS On Feb 5, 2005, at 2:07 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote: It's been a while since I last posted one. I've been quite busy with work - not too busy to take some pictures, but haven't had time to get any posted. Today as the sun was setting, I stepped outside my home office and saw this sight. Went right back in and got the camera. Taken with *istD, Tokina AT-X 400/5.6 AF (newly acquired), set on a stone wall for support. The image was converted in C1 and about 10% color saturation added - no other changes other than sizing/sharpening for the web. http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_1083.htm -- Best regards, Bruce
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Gorgeous. You need to blow that up and put it in a large atrium or other large open area for people to enjoy. rg Bruce Dayton wrote: It's been a while since I last posted one. I've been quite busy with work - not too busy to take some pictures, but haven't had time to get any posted. Today as the sun was setting, I stepped outside my home office and saw this sight. Went right back in and got the camera. Taken with *istD, Tokina AT-X 400/5.6 AF (newly acquired), set on a stone wall for support. The image was converted in C1 and about 10% color saturation added - no other changes other than sizing/sharpening for the web. http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_1083.htm
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In a message dated 2/4/2005 11:08:24 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_1083.htm -- Best regards, Bruce = Wow! Nice one, Bruce. It's really hard getting the sun in that position (since once there it sinks fast). Nice color. Marnie aka Doe :-)
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I also particularly enjoyed the mountain/sky shots, and the scarecrow. John On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 10:47:17 -0500, Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice shot - the subtle colors in the sunset are excellent. I also really liked the fountain shot you had elsewhere in your portfolio. The ATX 400 f5.6 must of been a good find - I have one but it was hard to locate and that was within a few months of their being discontinued. I've been quite happy with the results gotten with it and the *ist-D - the 'crop factor' makes for a nice, portable, 600mm equivalent. - MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 2:07 AM Subject: PESO - Waning Light It's been a while since I last posted one. I've been quite busy with work - not too busy to take some pictures, but haven't had time to get any posted. Today as the sun was setting, I stepped outside my home office and saw this sight. Went right back in and got the camera. Taken with *istD, Tokina AT-X 400/5.6 AF (newly acquired), set on a stone wall for support. The image was converted in C1 and about 10% color saturation added - no other changes other than sizing/sharpening for the web. http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_1083.htm -- Best regards, Bruce -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/
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Hi, http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_1083.htm Wow! Nice one, Bruce. It's really hard getting the sun in that position (since once there it sinks fast). that's because gravity gets stronger the closer the sun gets to the horizon, so it starts accelerating. -- Cheers, Bob
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In a message dated 2/5/2005 9:50:39 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_1083.htm Wow! Nice one, Bruce. It's really hard getting the sun in that position (since once there it sinks fast). that's because gravity gets stronger the closer the sun gets to the horizon, so it starts accelerating. -- Cheers, Bob Hehehe. That reminds me of cows. We have a lot of foothills in California, some fairly steep. On some of the hills cows graze even near the top. They are able to that without falling off, of course, because on the hill side their two legs are shorter. Obviously this means there are left-sided and right-sided cows. But, hey, natural adaptation is neat. My father told me that when I was a kid (except for the last part -- re adaptation), and if you are a father, I bet you've told your kids some *real* whoppers. Marnie aka Doe
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Another stunning image from Bruce. Yawn. Bruce, you always have stunning images. Don't you get bored being perfect? Just kidding of course. I do greatly admire and enjoy your photography. Give me your thoughts on the optics of the Tokina AT-X AF 400. I have had one for a while and think it is pretty good, except for f5.6. In fact I recommended it on dpreview recently and, lo and behold, within a short while one of two at KEH disappeared. Lately I have been thinking about trading it in for the FA 400 f5.6. The attraction of the FA 400 is that it is just about as good at f5.6 as it is stopped down. I don't know whether that is worth spending the money, though. Still pondering. Joe
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Thanks, I'll take a look at that. I am one who generally doesn't crop - do as much in camera as possible - you're suggestion may be a good idea. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, February 4, 2005, 11:34:06 PM, you wrote: DS Awesome Bruce. One thing, I'd think about cropping the two trees DS partially seen on the left and right. But that's just me ;-) DS Dave S DS On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 23:07:00 -0800, Bruce Dayton DS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's been a while since I last posted one. I've been quite busy with work - not too busy to take some pictures, but haven't had time to get any posted. Today as the sun was setting, I stepped outside my home office and saw this sight. Went right back in and got the camera. Taken with *istD, Tokina AT-X 400/5.6 AF (newly acquired), set on a stone wall for support. The image was converted in C1 and about 10% color saturation added - no other changes other than sizing/sharpening for the web. http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_1083.htm -- Best regards, Bruce
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Glad you liked it. I was glad that I was able to get to my camera quick enough before the sun was gone. Saturday, February 5, 2005, 5:03:03 AM, you wrote: PS Beautiful image. Great composition and frame. It's a special moment PS well seen and well executed. Thanks for sharing it. PS Paul PS On Feb 5, 2005, at 2:07 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote: It's been a while since I last posted one. I've been quite busy with work - not too busy to take some pictures, but haven't had time to get any posted. Today as the sun was setting, I stepped outside my home office and saw this sight. Went right back in and got the camera. Taken with *istD, Tokina AT-X 400/5.6 AF (newly acquired), set on a stone wall for support. The image was converted in C1 and about 10% color saturation added - no other changes other than sizing/sharpening for the web. http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_1083.htm -- Best regards, Bruce
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Beautiful image. Great composition and frame. It's a special moment well seen and well executed. Thanks for sharing it. Paul On Feb 5, 2005, at 2:07 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote: It's been a while since I last posted one. I've been quite busy with work - not too busy to take some pictures, but haven't had time to get any posted. Today as the sun was setting, I stepped outside my home office and saw this sight. Went right back in and got the camera. Taken with *istD, Tokina AT-X 400/5.6 AF (newly acquired), set on a stone wall for support. The image was converted in C1 and about 10% color saturation added - no other changes other than sizing/sharpening for the web. http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_1083.htm -- Best regards, Bruce
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Nice shot - the subtle colors in the sunset are excellent. I also really liked the fountain shot you had elsewhere in your portfolio. The ATX 400 f5.6 must of been a good find - I have one but it was hard to locate and that was within a few months of their being discontinued. I've been quite happy with the results gotten with it and the *ist-D - the 'crop factor' makes for a nice, portable, 600mm equivalent. - MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 2:07 AM Subject: PESO - Waning Light It's been a while since I last posted one. I've been quite busy with work - not too busy to take some pictures, but haven't had time to get any posted. Today as the sun was setting, I stepped outside my home office and saw this sight. Went right back in and got the camera. Taken with *istD, Tokina AT-X 400/5.6 AF (newly acquired), set on a stone wall for support. The image was converted in C1 and about 10% color saturation added - no other changes other than sizing/sharpening for the web. http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_1083.htm -- Best regards, Bruce
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Awesome Bruce. One thing, I'd think about cropping the two trees partially seen on the left and right. But that's just me ;-) Dave S On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 23:07:00 -0800, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's been a while since I last posted one. I've been quite busy with work - not too busy to take some pictures, but haven't had time to get any posted. Today as the sun was setting, I stepped outside my home office and saw this sight. Went right back in and got the camera. Taken with *istD, Tokina AT-X 400/5.6 AF (newly acquired), set on a stone wall for support. The image was converted in C1 and about 10% color saturation added - no other changes other than sizing/sharpening for the web. http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_1083.htm -- Best regards, Bruce
