Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]firkin wrote: > I only hope my images in Antartica are that beautiful. The rain effect > is great. > Cheers Hi Alistair? Heading for Antarctica, are you? Lucky you! When? That's a place that's on my "to do" list, but, sadly, not this year - nor next. I'll look forward to your posts, and photos, when you return! Thanks for the compliment, and for taking the time to look. :-) ---------- > David Young writes: > >> Adam Bridge wrote: >> >>> That's an spledid image, David, caught on the verge of sun and rain. >>> Adam >>> >> >> >> Thanks, Adam, but it was not "on the verge". It was shot in the >> midst of a tropical downpour, in a Rain Forrest. About an inch of >> rain in 20 minutes. >> To make things even more difficult, I was shooting on the Sarapiqu? >> River,* *from a boat with about 20 other folks in it, all moving >> about... not to mention the vibration of the outboard motor and the >> motion of the boat itself. The saving grace was that I was under >> cover - so the cameras stayed dry. >> Still, I considered myself very lucky. I got off about 8 or 9 shots >> of the Anhinga and about 3 are sharp as tacks! I think that's pretty >> good, considering the conditions. :-) >> >>>> http://www3.telus.net/~telyt and click on the >>>> "Featured Photo" link, on your left. >>> -- David Young, Logan Lake, BC CANADA. Personal Web-site at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt Leica Reflex Forum web-page: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm