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Subject: [Leica] 2010 BOATING PESO - COMET Redux
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:12:23 -0400
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Thanks Lluis.  

Regards, 

Dick



On Jul 19, 2010, at 4:16 PM, Lluis Ripoll Querol wrote:

> 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
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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