Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The first one is the best, very dynamic! I wish that you would use tinyurl... all your links are broken... cutting and pasting is a pain in the neck. Jim Richard Taylor wrote: > Well, total left knee replacement, for starters, along with more > physical therapy than I like to think about in retrospect, a whole > bunch of house repairs, and an update to my Will (something not for the > faint of heart, I've discovered - it's one thing to write a Will when > you're 30 and quite another when you're 67). I finally got back on my > usual summer sailing schedule a couple of months ago. > > Also, picked up a K10D and a couple of lenses in January, and recently > a D40x, and a couple of lenses, and have been putting them to use > pretty regularly but am only now finding time to post. I plan on > putting some up every few days over the next month or so. > > My M8 purchase is still on hold. > > Here are a couple of shots from a recent International S-Class race a > few weeks ago in Buzzards Bay (that's Cape Cod Massachusetts, for those > not in the area). The first is a head-on shot that I think would be > perfect if not for one thing and I'd like to know if you think that > thing ruins it. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/inactive/rtaylor/PICKS/SAILING/ > IMGP7263.jpg.html > > Here's a alternate taken literally a second later; more splash but less > powerful, I think. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/inactive/rtaylor/PICKS/SAILING/ > IMGP7264.jpg.html > > Finally, this is what these beautiful boats look like full length. > They were sailing off Penzance Point, a gated enclave at the far west > of Woods Hole. You can get an idea of the real estate values in the > area by taking a look a the "Summer cottage" behind the boat. It was a > perfect sailing day, sunny for the most part and a nice stable > Southwesterly at 10-15 knots. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/inactive/rtaylor/PICKS/SAILING/ > IMGP7233.jpg.html > > All taken with the Pentax K10D and a manual-focus 200 mm Pentax-M lens, > image stabilization off due to the rolling of the boat, f5.6 at > 1/2000th approximately, ISO 400. > > Comments encouraged, indeed. > > Regards, > > Dick > Boston MA > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >