Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks B.D. Wish I'd had more time to hang around. It was definitely great shooting weather, but the forecast for heavy snow later in the day made me scoot on home Regards, Dick On Jan 29, 2008, at 3:29 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: > Definitely Eel pond, Richard. Wonderful color and lack thereof. My > first > thought was that it was a color shot selectively turned to black and > white, > and then I snapped out of my obvious stupor and noticed all the > wonderful > subtle color. Very nice. The duck's nice,but not nearly so as this. > B. D. > > > On 1/29/08 2:38 PM, "Richard Taylor" <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote: > >> Thanks Steve (and George and Robert). I don't live there now but >> have >> a lot of friends in the area and sail there every summer. Looks like >> the Eel Pond shot is the favorite so far though watching that duck >> swimming through the skim ice was a bit mind blowing. Made me >> wonder >> for his/her sanity. Duck fat must be the world's best insulator. >> >> I'm really pleased with the D300 though I'm still climbing the >> learning curve with it. Reliable focus in dim light is still an >> issue >> (I don't use the focus assist lamp) and it occasionally overexposes a >> couple of stops in bright light. Even with spot focus and holding it >> with a half-push on the shutter doesn't always work when the light is >> low. >> >> Image quality is top-notch. Auto white balance is good. I haven't >> yet tried either extreme of the ISO range yet (that is beyond >> 200-3200). At 3200 there is noticeable chroma noise in the darker >> parts of a picture but that can be controlled by forcing it into >> black >> when it's a issue. It's a handful to carry, but what really capable >> DSLR isn't these days? It was nice not to have to worry about water >> getting into it in the snow. >> >> I'm planning some focus tests to see if I can resolve the focus >> issue. Don't really know what to think about the overexposures yet. >> >> Regards, >> >> Dick >> >> >> >> On Jan 29, 2008, at 1:56 PM, Steve Barbour wrote: >> >>> On Jan 29, 2008, at 11:42 AM, Richard Taylor wrote: >>> >>>> It snowed a bit last Sunday morning in Woods Hole leaving the place >>>> to the weather and the ducks. These were all with the D300, ISO >>>> 200. >>>> >>>> Eel Pond - Nikkor 55-200 zoom at 100 mm f16@1/15 VR on. >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/CAPE_COD/300_0299.jpg.html >>>> http://tinyurl.com/2avfwh >>> >>> a really beautiful atmospheric image of Eel Pond Dick... >>> >>> >>> I remember fondly a few wonderful summers I spent in Woods Hole in >>> the 60's... >>> >>> >>> do you live there now? >>> >>> Also tell us about your Nikon D300...are you happy with it? >>> >>> Steve >>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> C&C always welcome. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Dick >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information