Thanks, Don! Much appreciated! And thanks to everyone else who commented. Cheers, Christine
> On Nov 2, 2014, at 10:06 AM, Don Guthrie <[email protected]> wrote: > > Honestly Christine I think your choice of lens was a good one. Sometimes more > is better than less. This way you got the waves and the people & the > equipment. Adding some 200-300 tele into the mix would have been good > editorial but I think these are very "arty and pretty & even wall worthy for > the mix of action & scenery. > > > On 11/1/14, 1:19 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> Message: 14 >> Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2014 00:15:27 -0500 >> From: Christine Aguila<[email protected]> >> To: PDML List<[email protected]> >> Subject: GESO--Windy Day at the Lake & lens question >> Message-ID:<[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 >> >> Hi Everyone: >> >> We had exceptional winds today, so I thought I?d head to the lake to catch >> some waves. The white caps were prominent to be sure, and there was a bit >> of splashing waves a tad north of where we were. Higher waves, which >> flooded bits of Lake Shore drive, could be found south of us?closer to >> downtown. We were up north by Wilson ave. >> >> Anywhooo, The spot we stopped at is the put-in spot for jet skis and >> windsurfers and such, and we got lucky since a handful of windsurfers were >> taking advantage of the high winds?and boy were the winds high. >> >> It was really hard to take pictures. I couldn?t keep the camera or myself >> steady. The wind was coming from the northeast, and if I tried to shoot >> into the wind, sand carried along by the wind stung my face so bad?for the >> first time, I was glad to be wearing glasses! By the end of the shoot, I >> had sand everywhere, hair, mouth, ears, and even in my camera bag. I had to >> do a big shake-out when I got home. >> >> Darrel was with me, and he tried to act as wind-break for me, but it didn?t >> really help much. It was such an exhilarating shoot?lots of fun to try to >> deal with the elements while trying to shoot. I?d like to do more bad >> weather shooting?though I don?t think I?d like to chase tornados and such. >> >> I really would have loved a longer lens. Most of the photos below are deep >> crops. I did the best I could with the DA* 50-135. >> >> So I have a question: Darrel thinks were were about 100 yards (a football >> field) from the surfers. Given this distance, which would have worked >> better, a 200mm or 300 mm prime to catch the surfer action? >> >> >> http://www.caguila.com/windyday/index.html >> >> Cheers, Christine > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
