Eyrak Paen: Recently Added Galleries and Collections

QOC 2009 Charleston Lake

eyrak.paen@gmail.com (Eyrak Paen) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:36:02 GMT

Pat and Lauren's Wedding Snaps

eyrak.paen@gmail.com (Eyrak Paen) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:17:47 GMT

Around Queen's

eyrak.paen@gmail.com (Eyrak Paen) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:16:26 GMT

Around Kingston

eyrak.paen@gmail.com (Eyrak Paen) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:11:12 GMT

Rick and Fal's Wedding Snaps

eyrak.paen@gmail.com (Eyrak Paen) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:57:10 GMT

2009 Calgary Summer Snapshots

eyrak.paen@gmail.com (Eyrak Paen) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:07:15 GMT

Food

eyrak.paen@gmail.com (Eyrak Paen) — Sun, 17 May 2009 06:35:08 GMT

Gear

eyrak.paen@gmail.com (Eyrak Paen) — Sun, 17 May 2009 05:31:41 GMT

2009 Kingston Feb Fest

eyrak.paen@gmail.com (Eyrak Paen) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:46:51 GMT

2008 Calgary Christmas Snapshots

eyrak.paen@gmail.com (Eyrak Paen) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:31:29 GMT

2008 Calgary Summer Snapshots

eyrak.paen@gmail.com (Eyrak Paen) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:27:00 GMT

Favourites

eyrak.paen@gmail.com (Eyrak Paen) — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:40:00 GMT

2007 Canada Day in Kingston

eyrak.paen@gmail.com (Eyrak Paen) — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:25:00 GMT

2007 Denver Colorado

eyrak.paen@gmail.com (Eyrak Paen) — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:23:00 GMT

2008 Canadian International Autoshow

eyrak.paen@gmail.com (Eyrak Paen) — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:29:00 GMT

2008 Kingston Feb Fest

eyrak.paen@gmail.com (Eyrak Paen) — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:39:00 GMT

The 4th annual Kingston Feb Fest featured a wide variety of activities hosted for free to the public. As always the crowd enjoyed plenty of outdoor hockey action. Rounding out the festivities were music, ice sculpting, and tasty treats provided by Market Square street vendors. Although I missed the concert, I made sure to catch a little of both hockey events.

Last year I decided to use a fish-eye zoom lens and the pancake 40mm. I felt that I was missing a telephoto focal length that could have provided closer cropped shots. This year I equipped myself with a Pentax SMC-M 135mm f/3.5 lens. Manual focus was an interesting challenge but I quickly adjusted -- it's not so different from the stubbornly deliberate AF of the old Pentax DSLRs.

It turns out that on a 1.5 crop DSLR, 135mm is much too long for this type of sports venue. I could have really used a DA70 in this situation! However, rendering characteristics typical of those old film lenses resulted in a nice classic look.

Apart from the cold, it ended up a pretty fun weekend. Snowy weather lent a surreal atmosphere to the Limestone Classic tournament. I'm looking forward to next year.

2007 Calgary Christmas Snapshots

eyrak.paen@gmail.com (Eyrak Paen) — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:43:00 GMT

2007 Nova Scotia Snapshots

eyrak.paen@gmail.com (Eyrak Paen) — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:24:00 GMT