Seaworld Pix

I mentioned in a couple of off-topic posts last month that Kate and I were taking a vacation to go see my sister in LA. The first few days, we spent in San Diego. The first day, we spent at Seaworld. Here are my best from that trip.

Camera: Pentax K100D (their entry level DSLR from probably 5 years ago)
Lenses: Mostly the 18-55 kit lens, f/3.5 - 5.6. A few were from the 55-200 telephoto zoom/ f/4-5.6
Exposure: Mostly taken on Program with manual override or auto exposure lock in the rare few instances when the matrix metering couldn't figure it out.
Focus: Mostly auto, on the center point, except the killer whale show. Things happened too fast; that required going to manual and pre-focusing


Here is the Corvette we rented for the first few days. It was a great highway car and DAMNED quick, even on the wrong gas. (I suspect the previous person cheaped out and put 87 octane into it)









Here are some from Seaworld in San Diego:

Kate and Shamu:















Kate petting a stingray:


Kate petting a starfish:


Is this its mouth or butt? Probably both:


Why the long face, little fella?






This one, I didn't intend to be blurry like this, but I liked the surreal effect any way:


From the killer whale show:















More from the other parts of our trip will be coming soon.