I feel much honored with the 3rd place, (don’t know what I will do when advance two more places…).

My preferred images:
_Gwyn´s shoebox photo.
_Thomasthehymer, excellent composition.
_Tyr´s Wood man, (+ 15% cooling filter?).

Congratulations Thomasthehymer.


Best regards.
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Dirk TROTTEYN.
K10D+ Sigma 18-50 1:2.8 EX DC Lens.

EDIT: An humbler size...
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Best regards,

Dirk Trotteyn.

Hi All,

Finally, I get it working. The problem was that I couldn´t connect the K10D to the program (all interface options was grayed).

For install the Pentax Remote Assistant 3, I used the Vista´s “Program Compatibility Wizard”, and no more problem…

Hope can be useful for other user.

Best regards.

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Dirk TROTTEYN.
K10D+ Sigma 18-50 1:2.8 EX DC Lens.

Hi ChrisA,

After sowing your very good sun falling work, immediately remembered an image from our free of air traffic conflicted skies, I caught past year. But…

Our big problem here (in zafra time) is the great atmosphere contamination caused by the burning of the sugar “cañaveral”. You can see the smoke in the air around the sun halo.





Dirk TROTTEYN.
K10D+ Sigma 18-50 1:2.8 EX DC Lens.

Thanks Tyr.

Friday near midnight in Europe. Can´t logging in Photobucket for upload (server busy) …
Did you installed Remote Assistant 3 yet?

Dirk TROTTEYN.
K10D+ Sigma 18-50 1:2.8 EX DC Lens.

To the competition administrator, Daniel Bridge;

As a good learner, I noted many mistakes in my posted image. Wondering knows if the competition rules might me do some corrections. Please?


Dirk TROTTEYN.
K10D+ Sigma 18-50 1:2.8 EX DC Lens.

Hi Tyr,
The image you see in the screen have nested another image inside (noted?). You can see my auto portrait 3 times; of course all from different shuts.
If you install Remote Assistant 3 in Win Vista OS, please tell me how you did work it. I never could run RA3 in Vista (don´t connect to the K10d), but OK in XP .

Dirk TROTTEYN.
K10D+ Sigma 18-50 1:2.8 EX DC Lens.

Congratulations Galoot!

I also think you’re the best.

But, as you can read in “The Inverness Courier” newspaper, I´m furious and complaints flood in!

Please, take the next theme with charity.

Dan, you made justice. Good critiques.

Best regards.

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Dirk TROTTEYN.
K10D+ Sigma 18-50 1:2.8 EX DC Lens.

Life is a never ending learn...

Ladies and Men,



If you are in the right place at the right time, you can take pictures like this.

The clouds I captured are rare to see in the everyday flight. The cloud is a veil of stratocumulus just impacted from below with a hot air bubble.

Time elapsed from the first and the last image is no more than 5 sec´s.

As a testimonial picture, the wing struts must be ignored (or software eliminated).

The following pictures was taken the 03-JUN-2005 at 09:16 AM (four images same clock time), with Sony SCD W1 compact camera.

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/dirk1000/Imagen130007.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/dirk1000/Imagen130008.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/dirk1000/Imagen130009.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/dirk1000/Imagen130010.jpg

About the hand driving the camera;

The only negative point with the K10D, in comparison with a light compact camera is the huge volume and weight of the K10D (for use in a cockpit).

I apologize the way I poorly explained how I drive the camera in the cockpit of the airplane.

When in flight and no taken pictures I wear the camera (ready for shut) in the carrying bag (opened) placed between my legs and resting his weight on the seat. The bag and camera strip around my neck. For shut the camera when no major attention is required by the plane, I shot holding the camera with two hands and keeping the stick with my knees. And when the flight requires full attention I swap hands; left in the stick and the camera in the right hand. I had to work a little around this for optimize the procedures.

I think using the left hand for drive the camera is not the better way (as gently illustrated ChrisA).

I am waiting for my filters I bought in Buenos Aires. One is a Skylight (for UV) and other for takes above the overcastted clouds (similar than these used for snow).

Thanks to all you, for your stimulation and acceptance of my work.

Thanks for the suggestions. This stimulation make me want do things better.

Best regards.

EDIT: Add the first picture of the serie (130007).


Dirk Trotteyn
K10D+Sigma 1:2.8 18-50mm EX DC lens.