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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
01-02-2017, 05:46 AM
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It seemed to be a good afternoon for a sunset shot at Grado Pineta, tide was expected very low and the sun was brilliant in the sky when I left home. I still had to try the K-1 with the big stopper and I planned to shot the low tide water with very long times to obtain a very strong silk effect. So I packed the backpack with all the filters: littler stopper, GNDs and polarizer in addition to the big stopper. I arrived at the beach more than one hour before the sunset to explore the shoreline. I expected to find a few boats in the middle between the beach and the sea but I found only some boats run ashore in the mud and a few small red buoys tied together. The tide was extremely low and I had the first signs that something was different than usual when crossing the 3 km bridge connecting Grado to mainland, I could see a large number of herons, white and gray, eating in the lagoon.
When I met my friend Andrea, it was almost the sunset time and I wasn’t able to find a good location for a wide-angle shot. Too much mud was revealed by the low tide in the foreground and the background wasn’t interesting at all. Fortunately I brought a telephoto zoom with me and going to an elevated point I was able to frame the last blade of sun and a white heron with a whole reflection on the water. I made dozens of shots but only a few of them have the whole reflection because the heron was continuously moving in its search for food.
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Forum: Pentax Forums Giveaways
01-17-2016, 05:48 AM
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First thing to try with DA* 300 and the Astrotracer function. In this season, in the North emisphere it's really easy to spot the Orion Nebula, just south of Orion Belt. What you need is a stable tripod and a good head to point really high on the sky. Identify the Orion constellation, the Orion's Belt in the middle and the Orion Dagger just south of the Orion Belt, the nebula is in the middle of th dagger. With Astrotracer function on, be sure to correctly setup the Astrotracer following the user manual instruction, set the exposure to f/8, 10sec, 3200ISO and take multiple exposure. Export shots to TIFF and stack them with an appropriate software, like regim, do a bit of post processing and here you are.
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
01-18-2013, 02:10 PM
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Blue hour on the shoreline.
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Forum: Sold Items
04-11-2010, 11:10 AM
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Forum: General Talk
04-09-2010, 11:52 AM
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My k100d has more than 40000 shots, it's time to change :D :D
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Forum: Pentax Camera and Field Accessories
02-08-2009, 12:47 PM
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Hi,
This afternoon, during a trap focus session, my K100D run out of batteries. So I started to looking for an AC adapter to use when the camera is near home. I've discovered that the original PENTAX adapter is really expensive (from 60 to 70 euro). So after some googling I've found that ABC Products sells a cheaper replacement for about 18 euro, this is still more expensive than an universal ac/adapter, but at least it has the right camera plug and the right voltage. Have you any experience with such equipment?
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
02-08-2009, 12:30 PM
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Hi,
After lurking for a couple of years ;), It's time to introduce myself. I'm Paolo from Italy and I'm an amateur photographer. My camera is a K100D and I like landscape photograpy and nature photography in general.
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