Good little primer series Frank. These days i'm good for one slide down the hill, then when i look up the hill, its back to the truck.:-)
Dave On Jan 3, 2008 8:59 AM, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's a primer for those of you from the sunnier climes, who may not > be familiar with the nuts and bolts of the group activity known as > "tobogganing". > > First, everyone piles on the sleds: > > http://tinyurl.com/2p767e > > http://bp2.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/R3zlnY8j2rI/AAAAAAAABOQ/gvdqgtgiOvU/s1600-h/jan_3_08+004.jpg > > > > Make sure everyone's on, make sure all the various sleds in the > "train" are together: > > http://tinyurl.com/325ekh > > http://bp2.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/R3zlmY8j2pI/AAAAAAAABOA/U-QGsYq-9R8/s1600-h/jan_3_08+001.jpg > > > > Down the hill for about 10 seconds of ecstacy (and possible pain - if > there's a difference): > > http://tinyurl.com/37hb2l > > http://bp2.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/R3zlmY8j2qI/AAAAAAAABOI/AgvCBtufpIc/s1600-h/jan_3_08+003.jpg > > > > Up the hill to start all over again (and again, and again): > > http://tinyurl.com/2putzl > > http://bp0.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/R3zlo48j2sI/AAAAAAAABOY/tbSsuN-sYL0/s1600-h/jan_3_08+005.jpg > > > I think the only shot I'm missing to make this a really good essay is > the inevitable pile-up of bodies at the bottom of the hill. I've got > a few possibilities from what I shot, but I'd have to do considerable > work to make them viewable, and the ones I did work on just didn't > make the cut. We'll just have to be happy with these ones for now. > ;-) > > As always, my ongoing frustration with shots looking much better (more > dark detail) in PS on my laptop than I see on my monitor at work. > Still, hopefully you get the gist of all this. > > It occurs to me that doing this on film would have been a costly and > onerous endeavour (shot upwards of 80 or 100 shots that day all told, > between sledding and "winter wonderland" stuff). > > Comments always welcome. Thanks in advance. > > cheers, > frank > > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
