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25-FEB-2006 Denny_D

Mountain Rescue

A grab shot taken with my PowerShot A620 while climbing Camelback Mountain.

The question is, "Does it make the 'Zone' or doesn’t it?" Only Cat knows.

If it doesn’t, I’ll follow Rod’s mindset: It’ll “Zone” outstandingly in Pending, Rod’s fave corner of the planet.

Canon PowerShot A620
1/125s f/5.0 at 17.3mm hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time25-Feb-2006 15:48:23
MakeCanon
ModelCanon PowerShot A620
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length17.3 mm
Exposure Time1/125 sec
Aperturef/5
ISO Equivalent
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Program
Focus Distance

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sue anne23-Jul-2008 14:11
I like the action caught.
ctfchallenge21-Jul-2008 18:19
Denny_D
Thanks for the insight, Cat. I agree with you. I'll try to find some time to play with it a tad more. - Denny
ctfchallenge21-Jul-2008 18:10
Denny_D
Flying through Ansels's zone system at speed is very worrying. I'm concerned that the tone pixels may not be captured and Cat will banish my picy to Rod's favorite part of the universe --- Pending! Does Ansel give extra points for pixels moving at warp speed? - Denny
Guest 21-Jul-2008 16:00
The helicopter is flying right through the zone system in action. -COAmature
ctfchallenge20-Jul-2008 21:39
This is great for a point and shoot!! Wonderful! And yes it makes the zone system, I see the good distribution. You could even put the black a lil further and recover some of the textures lost in the bright dust. That will just enhance it even further!
-Cat
ctfchallenge19-Jul-2008 21:36
Denny_D
Hi Rod, thanks for setting me straight. I appreciate all the help I can get. I think I finally got it. Let me know if I’m on the right track: I’m already packing my backpack for a “true” Ansel experience: Three six-packs ought to do it, don’t you think? --- And maybe a Power Bar, just for a kicker half way up the mountain. And for good measure, I’ll toss the dSLR in a holster case instead of being a wuss and carrying a P&S. I’ll also leave earlier, just to get a true Ansel three-day experience. I’m wondering if you’ll be so kind as to tote the tripod for me. I promise I’ll wait for ya at the top --- and for the perfect light --- and I’ll save ya some brew, too. Just kidding, mate! BTW, I did wait for the perfect light with this snapshot --- an entire five or six seconds. The copter gave no warning that it was on final approach. And to be truthful, it wasn’t so much a quickie grab shot as it was a machine gun approach. I fired off four or five shots in one quick sequence; that way, I thought I would end up with a photographic essay of the landing and departure. After all, it’d be a good reminder for me not to do anything stupid, like watching the ladies while climbing, and end up being heloed off the mountain. That would be embarrassing --- and costly. Anyway mate, keep the tips flowing because it’s a challenge keeping up with your futuristic --- and ahrtiiiiiiisty --- picys. Remember, your Aussie pixels and photons are 17 hours head of mine in the hot Sonoran. Cheers!
Rod 19-Jul-2008 19:17
Excellent picy for a news photographer Denny mate but for an Ansel picy you will need a big heavy backpack full of gear & hike three days to get to the subject. After going to all that trouble like Ansel you would then set up your camera & wait for the perfect light & not indulge in grab shots:-)