Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wondeful shot viewed enlarged! Saludos Lluis El 19/07/2010, a las 18:53, Richard Taylor escribi?: > The is a boat you've seen before, but usually from a distance or in > a very tight crop. I have been trying to get a good close shot of > her underway for at least two years. > > COMET is a modern aluminum jet-drive version of the 1920s commuter > boats Wall Street scions once used to get from their summer homes in > Oyster Bay, Long Island, to their offices downtown when it was > simply too hot to stay in the City anymore. She'll do 30 knots. > > I caught a glimpse of her distinctive bow out of the corner of by > eye no more that 70 or 80 feet away yesterday afternoon as we were > finishing up a long afternoon of sailing and were just rounding > Nobska Point on our way home. I thought I had taken my last picture > of the day. > > So, Ted Grant, are you listening??? It was, "Oh, jeez.... look at > that, camera out of the sink (that's the only safe place to leave > it), power on, up to eye, zoom back, half press for focus and six > quick shots before she was gone. It all took about 15 seconds. > > I got at least three good ones out of the set, I think, but here's > the best one. I left it pretty big so you can get a close look at > the boat if you want. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2010_boating/300_7876.jpg.html > or > http://tinyurl.com/32vy74z > > D300, 70-200mm f2.8 zoom, f5.6@ 1/5000, ISO 400. > > C&C always welcome. > > Regards, > > Dick > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information