Re: Peso Ducks in Flight

2008-10-15 Thread Christine Aguila
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 10:54 AM Subject: Re: Peso Ducks in Flight I like the image in general & the tones in particular. Nice work. Cheers, Dave 2008/10/11 Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: K20D, DA* 50-135mm @ 135mm,

Re: Peso Ducks in Flight

2008-10-15 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 10:09 PM, Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Everyone: > >> From a walk down by Montrose Pier/Beach late this afternoon. I had a > > circular polarizer on my lens. I'm still learning how to use one. What do > you think? A little too minimal? :-). Not at a

Re: Peso Ducks in Flight

2008-10-15 Thread David Savage
I like the image in general & the tones in particular. Nice work. Cheers, Dave 2008/10/11 Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > K20D, DA* 50-135mm @ 135mm, ISO 200, 1/1000 sec @ f4. > > small > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7992451 > > large > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_i

Re: Peso Ducks in Flight

2008-10-14 Thread Bruce Dayton
eathered creatures of some sort :-). Cheers, Christine CA> - Original Message - CA> From: "Matthew Hunt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CA> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" CA> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 5:04 PM CA> Subject: Re: Peso Ducks in Flight >

Re: Peso Ducks in Flight

2008-10-14 Thread Christine Aguila
Thanks Frank and Boris. Comments much appreciated. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 3:47 PM Subject: Re: Peso Ducks in Flight On Fri

Re: Peso Ducks in Flight

2008-10-14 Thread frank theriault
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 10:09 PM, Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Everyone: > >> From a walk down by Montrose Pier/Beach late this afternoon. I had a > > circular polarizer on my lens. I'm still learning how to use one. What do > you think? A little too minimal? :-). > > K20D,

Re: Peso Ducks in Flight

2008-10-14 Thread Boris Liberman
Traffic never jams up in the air ;-). Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Everyone: From a walk down by Montrose Pier/Beach late this afternoon. I had a circular polarizer on my lens. I'm still learning how to use one. What do you think? A little too minimal? :-). K20D, DA* 50-135mm @ 135mm, I

Re: Peso Ducks in Flight

2008-10-13 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 6:57 PM, Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Matthew, Joseph, and Rick: I think I'll just refer to them as flying > feathered creatures of some sort :-). Cheers, Christine As long as you've got your bats-vs-birds distinction down, that'll work. -- PDML Pen

Re: Peso Ducks in Flight

2008-10-13 Thread Christine Aguila
2008 5:04 PM Subject: Re: Peso Ducks in Flight On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 12:59 AM, Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I could have sworn they were ducks. They are ducks, specifically drake Mallards. On the upper side of the wing is a blue rectangle, the "speculum".

Re: Peso Ducks in Flight

2008-10-12 Thread Rick Womer
Point conceded--my error! Sorry, Christine. Very nice photo, whatever the fowl! Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sun, 10/12/08, Matthew Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 12:59 AM, Christine Aguila > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I could have sworn they

Re: Peso Ducks in Flight

2008-10-12 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Oct 11, 2008, at 21:46 , Christine Aguila wrote: --man, woman, child, teenager, yep, I can tell the difference there ;-) Not in the theater district, I'll wager! "-) Joseph McAllister Pentaxian -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml

Re: Peso Ducks in Flight

2008-10-12 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 12:59 AM, Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I could have sworn they were ducks. They are ducks, specifically drake Mallards. On the upper side of the wing is a blue rectangle, the "speculum". (Of course, you can't see that it's blue in B&W.) The speculum is

Re: Peso Ducks in Flight

2008-10-11 Thread Christine Aguila
Thanks, Rick, Jack, Brian, Derby, & Cory: I don't notice any banding, Brian, but I'll look closer. I had the polarizer on, yes, but a also nudged the lens vignette thing in Lightroom, so that's probably accentuating the light fall off. I could have sworn they were ducks. I feel like a dope.

Re: Peso Ducks in Flight

2008-10-11 Thread Rick Womer
They're geese. Canada geese, to be precise. Friends of Frank. The shot is excellent, as is the rendering. I like the way the use of the polarizer provides some asymmetrical vignetting. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Fri, 10/10/08, Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > H

Re: Peso Ducks in Flight

2008-10-11 Thread Jack Davis
I get the same impression, that of a straggler trying to catch up. Story of my life. ;) Light fall off(?) is somewhat excessive. Jack --- On Fri, 10/10/08, Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Peso Ducks in

Re: Peso Ducks in Flight

2008-10-11 Thread Derby Chang
Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Everyone: From a walk down by Montrose Pier/Beach late this afternoon. I had a circular polarizer on my lens. I'm still learning how to use one. What do you think? A little too minimal? :-). K20D, DA* 50-135mm @ 135mm, ISO 200, 1/1000 sec @ f4. small http://ph

Re: Peso Ducks in Flight

2008-10-11 Thread Brian Walters
On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:09:27 -0500, "Christine Aguila" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Hi Everyone: > > >From a walk down by Montrose Pier/Beach late this afternoon. I had a > circular polarizer on my lens. I'm still learning how to use one. What > do > you think? A little too minimal? :-). >

Re: Peso Ducks in Flight

2008-10-10 Thread Cory Waters
I like it. CW Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Everyone: From a walk down by Montrose Pier/Beach late this afternoon. I had a circular polarizer on my lens. I'm still learning how to use one. What do you think? A little too minimal? :-). K20D, DA* 50-135mm @ 135mm, ISO 200, 1/1000 sec @ f4.

Peso Ducks in Flight

2008-10-10 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Everyone: From a walk down by Montrose Pier/Beach late this afternoon. I had a circular polarizer on my lens. I'm still learning how to use one. What do you think? A little too minimal? :-). K20D, DA* 50-135mm @ 135mm, ISO 200, 1/1000 sec @ f4. small http://photo.net/photodb/photo?pho