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Subject: [Leica] BOATING PESO - Putting the Boat Away
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:46:10 -0400
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Thank you Lluis.  With the sailing season over I've been trying to  
move into documentary photography again.  Your choice is surprising to  
me, but seeing how others react is a big part of this game, isn't it?

Regards,

Dick



On Sep 30, 2009, at 4:46 PM, Lluis Ripoll Querol wrote:

> Very nice set this one Dick, I think the last one is my favorite.
>
> Saludos
> lluis
>
> Lluis Ripoll Querol
> lluisripollquerol at gmail.com
>
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> http://lluisripollphotography.wordpress.com/
>
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>
> El 30/09/2009, a las 18:06, Richard Taylor escribi?:
>
>> The end of the season came a bit early this year for us.  We sailed  
>> "Bewitched" across Buzzards Bay to it's winter home in Acoot Cove  
>> last Saturday.  The temperature was in the sixties (F) with light  
>> and variable north to northeast breezes and often no wind at all.
>>
>> When we did have wind we paid close attention to the sails to keep  
>> the boat moving.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2009_boating_pad/300_5969.jpg.html
>> or
>> http://tinyurl.com/ybqe7lg
>>
>> We sailed through a racing fleet as we neared the north side of the  
>> Bay.  They were barely moving in the light northerlies.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2009_boating_pad/300_5973.jpg.html
>> or
>> http://tinyurl.com/yaek8ml
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2009_boating_pad/300_5978.jpg.html
>> or
>> http://tinyurl.com/ybrc7nf
>>
>>
>> After motoring up the narrow channel into the boatyard, we tied up  
>> next to another Stone Horse awaiting winter haulout and checked out  
>> her rigging.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2009_boating_pad/300_5998.jpg.html
>> or
>> http://tinyurl.com/ybelqad
>>
>> Back in Woods Hole, some of our members were stripping their  
>> runabouts of gear in anticipation of haulout.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2009_boating_pad/300_6037.jpg.html
>> or
>> http://tinyurl.com/y9s8wms
>>
>> After a long season of shooting with only my big zooms on the D300,  
>> for a change I decided to use only my 28 mm Nikkor on this trip.    
>> Naturally, given the perverse nature of all things mechanical and  
>> electrical, the auto diaphragm mechanism failed and I didn't notice  
>> it until I was back on shore.  So, these shots were all rescues in  
>> Lightroom from files that were 2-3 stops overexposed.
>>
>> C&C always welcome.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dick
>>
>>
>>
>>
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