More 1st K10D images

Work's been annoying me this am so to relieve stress thought I'd have a play with some of my first K10D pics. Had to go out to Cairo for a week just after New Year - great I hear you say but the weather was awful! Despite getting up dead early 2 mornings on the trot and heading out to the pyramids all I got was FOG

Below are some of the results that I got from the only 2 hours worth of pics taking that I had all week and 20 mins after I took these it started raining!!! Can't complain too much tho, I was meant to be working!!!

Anyway, these are a good example of how well the SR works, I was using a Sigma 70-200 f2.8 EX and the matched 2x tele-converter and shooting handheld from the other side of the square, effective focal length for these was 600mm.

http://www.pbase.com/diffractionphotography/image/73563814



Same shot but close cropped - http://www.pbase.com/diffractionphotography/image/73563815



Again cropped in tighter from original - http://www.pbase.com/image/73563921



Will

very nice images

They really capture the mood and this guys face tells a thousand stories.

Send it to national geographic

Pete

Like the middle one - really good detail in the face.

Will,

How much money did the fella in the black take off of you for the honour of taking his photograph?

The middle shot is a major crop of a 600mm shot from the far side of the square. I was simply sat on a wall picking off shots from afar to avoid the baksheesh mugging!!!

Anyway, the way he was hobbling about with his stick he'd have struggled to catch me!