Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/04

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Subject: [Leica] What I did on my LUG vacation and new pix
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)
Date: Tue Sep 4 18:24:34 2007
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Thanks Jim.  I'll do the tiny url thing next time around.

Regards,

Dick



On Sep 04, 2007, at 8:58 PM, Jim Hemenway wrote:

> 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
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