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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
01-08-2021, 05:39 AM
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I would like to nominate this photo
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
12-07-2020, 04:40 PM
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All the right elements including a northbound train! Bear Mountain Bridge.
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
12-07-2020, 04:32 PM
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This photo is taken of one of three modules of my HO scale Model Railroad "The Eastport Branch" The railroad goes around the basement walls and is of several scenes of railroading in the US, Northeast & New England. This scene is modeled after the extraordinary scenery of the Maine Central Railroad's (now Conway Scenic Railroad) line that runs through Crawford Notch, NH, in the heart of the White Mountains. The scene is typical of mid to late October weather where an early snow can fall while leaves are still on the trees. The scene is built along a basement wall and is only 6 1/2" deep. The "distant" mountains are painted on the wall. Shooting photos in this environment requires a custom white balance setting, use of 5,000K lighting (daylight), a good sturdy tripod, maxing out the f stop for depth of field. Fortunately the K3 and the DA lens does an excellent job. After the photos the loose snow had to be cleaned up with a nearby vacuum, it's never good to have the flakes work their way into the locomotive gearboxes.
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
06-05-2018, 04:02 PM
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A solitary seagull soars over the bulkhead along the Hudson River, New York City, on a cold March 9, 2018. In the background is lower Manhattan with the new 1 World Trade Center Tower "Freedom Tower".
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
09-05-2015, 11:06 AM
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A bit of fun with a large "Superstake" Tomato. It arrives at the town of Eastport as a high and wide load secured on a flatcar, and pulled by one of the Long Island Railroads H10s Consolidations. The railroad is an HO scale model railroad in my basement, the tomato is full scale. Photo was taken with the camera on a tripod at 2.5 sec and F22, ISO 100. The K3 had been previously balanced using a gray card under the layout lighting which is 5,000 kelvin CFL bulbs. Two additional bulbs were mounted in clamp lights to reduce any shadows.
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
09-04-2015, 10:37 AM
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Taken at the Conway Scenic Railroad, North Conway, NH during the Saturday evening photo session. The locomotive is lite by a series of portable strobes.
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
07-24-2012, 08:41 AM
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Photo of a Bee hovering over a plant at Clark Gardens, Albertson, NY
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Forum: Photographic Technique
03-03-2011, 07:57 AM
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I have used the K10d since 2007. While in Alaska in 2009, during a very cloudy day changed the white balance setting to Cloudy and have essentially left it there every since for most outdoor daylight photos. I also shoot in the RAW format and will edit the white balance in photo shop if needed. I have found that auto white balance although good tends towards the blue a bit. Using the cloudy setting warms the photo a bit, and gives it a "Kodachrome" look.
For early morning photos, indoors, or in snow Auto is a far better choice.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
10-30-2007, 01:08 PM
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The beauty of digital is that you can experiment and then see the reults almost immediately. It really comes down to what you really like, and how well the images will print, and even that is variable once you perform major tasks such as sharpening, saturation and contrast adjustments in Photoshop etc. I've generally found that the K10D tends to underexpose in bright light, so I shoot+.5 to increase the exposure (this is not in the custom setting menu). I played with contrast for some photos, but tend to leave it alone and make adjustment out of the camera, as you can loose detail with to much contrast.
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