As you might guess I'm envious as I am primarily a wildlife photographer. I often use an f8 500mm mirror lens and occasionally a 2x converter.
One day I hope I might get one of the 'big gun' 1000/1200mm lenses for my Pentax SP, ME/MES or Nikon Photomic FTn. I was out along the Richmond Dyke the other day(without camera) and watched a drama on the middle arm of the Fraser River. Less than twenty feet from me, a Red-Breasted Merganser in full plumage, had just emerged from the water with a fish almost as big as itself. It could not swallow it, as several times it had to dive to get away from a gull hell-bent on getting the fish. On the last dive, the gull pounced and took the fish. Unperturbed the Merganser set about hunting for another fish. It does not happen often that I leave my cameras behind, but this was one of them. We have Bald Eagles, Red-tailed Hawks, Marsh Harriers and more, Swans, Great Blue Herons, every kind of duck including the three types of Merganser and Loons. We are on the migration route, we see winter visitors such as Sandhill Cranes, Snow Geese, Long-eared Owls, Snowy Owls and the smaller owls, Junkos and Vireos down from the interior. The list is endless. James ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "jmadams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 4:09 PM Subject: Re: Grandfather Mountain Photo Weekend? > I would love to get out to your part of the country and someday hope to. > The GFMNPW is an annual event (this will be my third) and is a great chance > to do some shooting, get reacquainted with old friends, make new ones, and, > most of all, learn from some of the best pro nature photographers. Last > year the PDML contingent consisted of Doug Brewer, Tom VanVeen, Mark > Roberts, John DeLoach and myself, along with our regional Pentax sales rep > who is director of the event. Hopefully we'll have a few more this year, > but I couldn't make it out to your part of the country either, so I > understand why you can't make it. > > Bill KG4LOV, WPRS983 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
