Hi,

Here are some shots for you to enjoy. (All shots done with my M4-P on Royal Gold 400). Happy to have your feedback.



Tippy-Toe, a 2-year-old filly, has her hand in the cokie jar. (f/8)



Flash was waterproofed and submerged. The mare and her baby were drinking and when I got close enough to fill the frame, the baby ran away. With both drinking, this shot might have been sold to one of the equine journals. This would have been a good situation for the 75mm Summilux. Frame would have been filled from far enough back as to have not scared the foal away. (f/4, 1/50 sec.)



Greetings from Arizona! (f/2.8, 1 sec.)

-- Frank Horn (owlhoot45@hotmail.com), January 12, 2002

Answers

Frank,

Nice picts. I do detect a hint of flare in the panorama (right side of the horizon) but you can probably photoshop it to strengthen the contrast between it and the horizon. I wonder how the Noctilux wouldv'e performed in this shot?

-- John (ouroboros_2001@yahoo.com), January 12, 2002.

the drinking shot is great! how did you waterproof the flash? how was it connected to the camera? what kind of flash was it?

-- stefan randlkofer (geesbert@yahoo.com), January 12, 2002.

John- John, is that flare? Dunno! "If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck....it probably *is* a duck!" I wonder how the Noct would have handled this one, too. I should have tried a smaller stop and longer exposure. (Haven't got Photoshop.) Stefan- I put a "Midi-Slave" in a Zip-Lok bag, along with some rocks to weight it down to the bottom of the trough. With camera on tripod at other end of trough, one hand on shutter release button, other hand held an old Vivitar 2000, plugged into x-sync socket, and aimed into the water. That caused the slave to fire up at the drinking horse, which, thirsty as she was after a hot Arizona day, decided she had to go elsewhere! Also, at approximately 10 o'clock from the horses head, on a fencepost, 4 feet off the ground and about 10 feet away, was another slave, one of the extreme wide angle ones, which highlighted the head a bit better.

-- Frank Horn (owlhoot45@hotmail.com), January 12, 2002.

Is that Tucson looking North or Flagstaff looking west? A beautiful state. Arizona and New Mexico seem to have their own unique sky. I'm also wondering how you determined the f-stop for the water-trough shot. Your obviously nailed the exposure. Nice photos.

-- Pat Dunsworth (pdunsworth@aryarch.com), January 12, 2002.

Pat- This was taken in Thatcher, Arizona, about 120 miles E. of Tucson. It is looking south, towards Mt. Graham (Elev. 10,717 ft.) The elevation of Thatcher is 2900 ft. The exposure, at f/4, was purely a guess.

-- Frank Horn (owlhoot45@hotmail.com), January 12, 2002.