[kwetiaw]

I took her to Henley Beach, Adelaide SA to see the sunset :P











after all that sunset, now im gonna sit back and chillax with her for a moment

[ragingtornado]

These look great! I really like the 2nd one

[rawr]

Nice K-x pix. Good warm colours, effective composition and they convey the beach mood really well. I wish I lived by the sea.

The vignetting in pix #4 and #5 is a bit overdone though. But that's just me.

Also: isn't Henley Beach a nude beach? These pix could have been more interesting.. hehe.

[dosdan]

Some very nice Pentax K-x ISO 200 shots. The last shot (of your feet) is perhaps the most technically interesting since it is a 1/4s handheld shot at 42.5mm FL. Conventional wisdom says you need a shutter speed of at least 1/FL(mm) * crop factor to avoid blurring. The crop factor for a Pentax APS-C camera is 1.5, so the formula suggests using 1/(42.5 x 1.5) = 1/60s. Now 1/4s is 4 stops below that.

1/60s -> 1/30s (1 stop) -> 1/15s (2 stops) -> 1/8s (3 stops) -> 1/4s (4 stops)

While the shot is not 100% sharp, it acceptable for the mood of the shot & shows the substantial benefit of the built-in SR in Pentax DSLRs.


Dan.

[trna]

it's clean and nice!! color is wonderful!

Congratulations!

[GordonD]

Great shots with nice colours, some info on the lenses used and exposures would be interesting, also I would like to see same shots rom a K-7 side by side!

[chrisb3]

Great pictures. Wish my first day's pictures with the K-x I picked up yesterday looked as nice...

Still working out how the camera works. First DSLR here for me.

[WerTicus]

im guessing its not just the kit lens?

[tomtor]

#2 and #4 are very nice!

[kwetiaw]

im guessing its not just the kit lens?

you guessed right :P

I used a K-mount Tamron SP 35-210 1:3.5-4.2 to capture the sail boat

PentaxForums.com Third-Party Pentax Lens Review Database - 35-210 1:3.5-4.2

[kwetiaw]

Nice K-x pix. Good warm colours, effective composition and they convey the beach mood really well. I wish I lived by the sea.

The vignetting in pix #4 and #5 is a bit overdone though. But that's just me.

Also: isn't Henley Beach a nude beach? These pix could have been more interesting.. hehe.

nude beach :P NOT haha i agree it would be more interesting if it was

thanks for the C&C

[kwetiaw]

Some very nice Pentax K-x ISO 200 shots. The last shot (of your feet) is perhaps the most technically interesting since it is a 1/4s handheld shot at 42.5mm FL. Conventional wisdom says you need a shutter speed of at least 1/FL(mm) * crop factor to avoid blurring. The crop factor for a Pentax APS-C camera is 1.5, so the formula suggests using 1/(42.5 x 1.5) = 1/60s. Now 1/4s is 4 stops below that.

1/60s -> 1/30s (1 stop) -> 1/15s (2 stops) -> 1/8s (3 stops) -> 1/4s (4 stops)

While the shot is not 100% sharp, it acceptable for the mood of the shot & shows the substantial benefit of the built-in SR in Pentax DSLRs.


Dan.

wow :P
that's very accurate calculations, thanks for the info.

[kwetiaw]

Great shots with nice colours, some info on the lenses used and exposures would be interesting, also I would like to see same shots rom a K-7 side by side!

I was testing the kit lens 18-55mm and it is quite sharp i would have to say. to capture the sailboat I have to use the 35-210mm Tamron

if you want to know the properties of the shot, check out my flickr page and click more properties of the photo.
Flickriver: Photos from fahdy salim photography

[kwetiaw]

Great pictures. Wish my first day's pictures with the K-x I picked up yesterday looked as nice...

Still working out how the camera works. First DSLR here for me.

with DSLR, you will get better with time and practice.

[chrisb3]

with DSLR, you will get better with time and practice.

Thanks. I think I'm doing ok with it. My wife thinks I'm doing great. Here's one I snapped today.