By the way, you have my approval. =) Jack
--- On Sun, 7/25/10, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > From: Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> > Subject: Re: peso seal of approval > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Sunday, July 25, 2010, 11:36 AM > > On Jul 25, 2010, at 11:24 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > > > I'd have guessed this to have been shot with a > telephoto. They tend to be skittish and I understand > smelling their breath can pretty much eliminate your future > appetite. > > Wide angle? > > They were napping on the underside of the wharf in Santa > Cruz. This one was practically up against the chain > link fence blocking off the beams from the access. I > put my camera below the fence and just shot at full auto, > guessing on the aim, as it was the only way to get a clean > shot from that angle without the fence in the way. While I > was photographing him one woman came up and wanted to pet > him. I told her not to, that it was a good way to lose a > hand. > > That shot was at 18mm using the 18-250. > > There's another landing for launching boats where I shot > this one at 250: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4827165629/in/set-72157624454680617/ > with no fences. I could have walked right up to them, > but even if I trusted myself to not scare, harass or > threaten them, with all of the tourists around, I wouldn't > have trusted one of them to not do something stupid. > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com > sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
