Sails on the horizon....

This is a strange photo... maybe the last in the photoshoot surely the last of it I'll show you^_^.

-I wanted to have an horizon full of little sails... the sails were there... but the 3:2 APS-C format of my D300 wasn't up to the task!
I needed to go into Pano mode... but hte sails were too far to get a decent 300mms shot... I tried to have it all in one shot... but half of this and half of that is not a recipe for succes... it's a recipe for failure I'd say!

So this is another shot I should have made better... still it is an interesting one as it clearly shows the difference between 100mm and 300mm on the 70-300 Sigma.

300mms are afar softer so in this photo there are good details even in the small sailboats!

Another thing... the shot was taken at ISO 1250 not bad at all, I was able to get a 1/640 sec as shutter speed... this, maybe is another wrong choice... I would have been better to shoot it at ISO 400 and 1/200 sec... 1/300 and ISO 600 would have benne better too... maybe...

To say it all it wasn't a choice of me... I clearly remember that I believed to have an ISO 200 Setting... it was a cloudy day and I was getting too much light in the exposimeter... but I was really convinced of that so.... good tht time I've learnt to chack twice on the setting BEFORE leaving home with camera gear ! [in the future will speak of the "OMG I've forgot to charge the AA batteries for shooting with the flash in the church!" just before a friend's wedding!]

So be it... the exif reads:
Camera Model: NIKON D300
Date Taken: 2008:12:13 15:11:00
Exposure Time: 1/640 sec.
Aperture Value: 6.34 EV (f/9.0)
ISO Speed Rating: 1250
Flash Fired: Flash did not fire.
Exposure Program: Manual
Focal Length: 100.0 mm
Software: Bibble 4.10.1