Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Dick, Such beautiful boats! I agree about the first one, but what are you bothered about? The white hull or the shore in the background? Thanks for showing, Philippe Op 4-sep-07, om 20:00 heeft Richard Taylor het volgende geschreven: > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >