Re: PESO - A Tasty Morsel
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 8:29 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I like beavers but I've never seen a real one up close ;-) Mark! (I worked very hard to not phrase my response to look anything like this...) Yes, I'm quite proud of myself for ~not~ using juvenile tltles for these. So far so good. I'm glad you all liked this one. I think that in fact I did pick the best one to show first. I've got maybe two more I'll show when I get the chance in a day or two - I'll put them together in a little GESO - and that'll be it for the beavers for now. At least until I see them again. Thanks for all the kind comments. Glad you all liked this one. And thanks to all who looked and didn't comment. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
RE: PESO - A Tasty Morsel
I like beavers but I've never seen a real one up close ;-) Mark! (I worked very hard to not phrase my response to look anything like this...) Yes, I'm quite proud of myself for ~not~ using juvenile tltles for these. So far so good. You have to BEA VERy very careful to avoid that... -- 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.
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I like beavers but I've never seen a real one up close ;-)
Mark!
(I worked very hard to not phrase my response to look anything like this...)
On 7/18/2010 11:59 PM, Rob Studdert wrote:
On 18/07/2010, frank theriaultknarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
I won't go into the long story, but suffice to say that I was
following a family of swans (two adults and three or four cygnets)
along a bank when they went into a quiet corner of an inlet. Then I
saw first one, then two beavers. After some time (and many shots) the
swans and one of the beavers left, and this fellow let me get closer
and closer. I'd quietly take a step, stop, take several photos, then
take another step until I got to within maybe ten feet.
I have lots of photos to go through, but this stands out as one of the
better ones:
http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/tasty-morsel.html
*ist D, Sigma 50-200mm f3.5 zoom, Manfrotto monopod.
Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome.
You're scarin' me Frank, did you come off your bike?
Seriously there's some great colour stuff coming from you these days,
this nature stuff is quite a different tack and you're doing very
nicely. I like beavers but I've never seen a real one up close ;-)
Cheers,
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Re: PESO - A Tasty Morsel
Frank, Wow, that's a great catch. It's rare to see beavers around here. And even more rare to get a photo with a stick and all. Your patience paid off with a very handome shot. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 6:19 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I won't go into the long story, but suffice to say that I was following a family of swans (two adults and three or four cygnets) along a bank when they went into a quiet corner of an inlet. Then I saw first one, then two beavers. After some time (and many shots) the swans and one of the beavers left, and this fellow let me get closer and closer. I'd quietly take a step, stop, take several photos, then take another step until I got to within maybe ten feet. I have lots of photos to go through, but this stands out as one of the better ones: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/tasty-morsel.html *ist D, Sigma 50-200mm f3.5 zoom, Manfrotto monopod. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
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You're becoming quite the wildlife photog, Frank. Nice one! Jack --- On Sun, 7/18/10, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - A Tasty Morsel To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Date: Sunday, July 18, 2010, 4:19 AM I won't go into the long story, but suffice to say that I was following a family of swans (two adults and three or four cygnets) along a bank when they went into a quiet corner of an inlet. Then I saw first one, then two beavers. After some time (and many shots) the swans and one of the beavers left, and this fellow let me get closer and closer. I'd quietly take a step, stop, take several photos, then take another step until I got to within maybe ten feet. I have lots of photos to go through, but this stands out as one of the better ones: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/tasty-morsel.html *ist D, Sigma 50-200mm f3.5 zoom, Manfrotto monopod. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
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It's rare to see beavers around here. Ahem, Mark? (somebody had to do it) -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bob Sullivan Sent: 18 July 2010 12:28 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO - A Tasty Morsel Frank, Wow, that's a great catch. It's rare to see beavers around here. And even more rare to get a photo with a stick and all. Your patience paid off with a very handome shot. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 6:19 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I won't go into the long story, but suffice to say that I was following a family of swans (two adults and three or four cygnets) along a bank when they went into a quiet corner of an inlet. Then I saw first one, then two beavers. After some time (and many shots) the swans and one of the beavers left, and this fellow let me get closer and closer. I'd quietly take a step, stop, take several photos, then take another step until I got to within maybe ten feet. I have lots of photos to go through, but this stands out as one of the better ones: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/tasty-morsel.html *ist D, Sigma 50-200mm f3.5 zoom, Manfrotto monopod. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- 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.
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that's a great shot, Frank! B I won't go into the long story, but suffice to say that I was following a family of swans (two adults and three or four cygnets) along a bank when they went into a quiet corner of an inlet. Then I saw first one, then two beavers. After some time (and many shots) the swans and one of the beavers left, and this fellow let me get closer and closer. I'd quietly take a step, stop, take several photos, then take another step until I got to within maybe ten feet. I have lots of photos to go through, but this stands out as one of the better ones: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/tasty-morsel.html *ist D, Sigma 50-200mm f3.5 zoom, Manfrotto monopod. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- 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.
Re: PESO - A Tasty Morsel
On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:19 -0400, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I won't go into the long story, but suffice to say that I was following a family of swans (two adults and three or four cygnets) along a bank when they went into a quiet corner of an inlet. Then I saw first one, then two beavers. After some time (and many shots) the swans and one of the beavers left, and this fellow let me get closer and closer. I'd quietly take a step, stop, take several photos, then take another step until I got to within maybe ten feet. I have lots of photos to go through, but this stands out as one of the better ones: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/tasty-morsel.html *ist D, Sigma 50-200mm f3.5 zoom, Manfrotto monopod. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Geeze that's a great shot. If you find any better than that be sure to post them Cheers Brian Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Faster than the air-speed velocity of an unladen european swallow -- 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.
Re: PESO - A Tasty Morsel
At the risk of being Marked, Beavers are showing up almost everywhere
there's a water course they can dam these days. I know of several
Beaver dams within walking distance of a road but I've never seen one of
the animals themselves.
On 7/18/2010 7:19 AM, frank theriault wrote:
I won't go into the long story, but suffice to say that I was
following a family of swans (two adults and three or four cygnets)
along a bank when they went into a quiet corner of an inlet. Then I
saw first one, then two beavers. After some time (and many shots) the
swans and one of the beavers left, and this fellow let me get closer
and closer. I'd quietly take a step, stop, take several photos, then
take another step until I got to within maybe ten feet.
I have lots of photos to go through, but this stands out as one of the
better ones:
http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/tasty-morsel.html
*ist D, Sigma 50-200mm f3.5 zoom, Manfrotto monopod.
Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome.
cheers,
frank
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Thats a great beaver shot Frank. Why thanks you, I had it stuffed yesterday.(Naked Gun) Dave On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 7:19 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I won't go into the long story, but suffice to say that I was following a family of swans (two adults and three or four cygnets) along a bank when they went into a quiet corner of an inlet. Then I saw first one, then two beavers. After some time (and many shots) the swans and one of the beavers left, and this fellow let me get closer and closer. I'd quietly take a step, stop, take several photos, then take another step until I got to within maybe ten feet. I have lots of photos to go through, but this stands out as one of the better ones: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/tasty-morsel.html *ist D, Sigma 50-200mm f3.5 zoom, Manfrotto monopod. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
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On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 7:28 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Frank, Wow, that's a great catch. It's rare to see beavers around here. And even more rare to get a photo with a stick and all. We've already done pointed sticks. Dave Your patience paid off with a very handome shot. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 6:19 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I won't go into the long story, but suffice to say that I was following a family of swans (two adults and three or four cygnets) along a bank when they went into a quiet corner of an inlet. Then I saw first one, then two beavers. After some time (and many shots) the swans and one of the beavers left, and this fellow let me get closer and closer. I'd quietly take a step, stop, take several photos, then take another step until I got to within maybe ten feet. I have lots of photos to go through, but this stands out as one of the better ones: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/tasty-morsel.html *ist D, Sigma 50-200mm f3.5 zoom, Manfrotto monopod. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
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Great catch Frank. YOur patience paid off. Paul On Jul 18, 2010, at 7:19 AM, frank theriault wrote: I won't go into the long story, but suffice to say that I was following a family of swans (two adults and three or four cygnets) along a bank when they went into a quiet corner of an inlet. Then I saw first one, then two beavers. After some time (and many shots) the swans and one of the beavers left, and this fellow let me get closer and closer. I'd quietly take a step, stop, take several photos, then take another step until I got to within maybe ten feet. I have lots of photos to go through, but this stands out as one of the better ones: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/tasty-morsel.html *ist D, Sigma 50-200mm f3.5 zoom, Manfrotto monopod. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
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Well, for how shy beavers are around here this shot is rather amazing! You got him doing a wonderful beaver activity as well. Nice work! -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I won't go into the long story, but suffice to say that I was following a family of swans (two adults and three or four cygnets) along a bank when they went into a quiet corner of an inlet. Then I saw first one, then two beavers. After some time (and many shots) the swans and one of the beavers left, and this fellow let me get closer and closer. I'd quietly take a step, stop, take several photos, then take another step until I got to within maybe ten feet. I have lots of photos to go through, but this stands out as one of the better ones: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/tasty-morsel.html *ist D, Sigma 50-200mm f3.5 zoom, Manfrotto monopod. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
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Very nice, Frank. You really show the personality of the little guy. Dan On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 7:19 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I won't go into the long story, but suffice to say that I was following a family of swans (two adults and three or four cygnets) along a bank when they went into a quiet corner of an inlet. Then I saw first one, then two beavers. After some time (and many shots) the swans and one of the beavers left, and this fellow let me get closer and closer. I'd quietly take a step, stop, take several photos, then take another step until I got to within maybe ten feet. I have lots of photos to go through, but this stands out as one of the better ones: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/tasty-morsel.html *ist D, Sigma 50-200mm f3.5 zoom, Manfrotto monopod. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
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Gosh, look at the claws on that beaver. Excellent close up of the animal, Frank. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 6:19 AM Subject: PESO - A Tasty Morsel I won't go into the long story, but suffice to say that I was following a family of swans (two adults and three or four cygnets) along a bank when they went into a quiet corner of an inlet. Then I saw first one, then two beavers. After some time (and many shots) the swans and one of the beavers left, and this fellow let me get closer and closer. I'd quietly take a step, stop, take several photos, then take another step until I got to within maybe ten feet. I have lots of photos to go through, but this stands out as one of the better ones: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/tasty-morsel.html *ist D, Sigma 50-200mm f3.5 zoom, Manfrotto monopod. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
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On 18/07/2010, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I won't go into the long story, but suffice to say that I was following a family of swans (two adults and three or four cygnets) along a bank when they went into a quiet corner of an inlet. Then I saw first one, then two beavers. After some time (and many shots) the swans and one of the beavers left, and this fellow let me get closer and closer. I'd quietly take a step, stop, take several photos, then take another step until I got to within maybe ten feet. I have lots of photos to go through, but this stands out as one of the better ones: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/tasty-morsel.html *ist D, Sigma 50-200mm f3.5 zoom, Manfrotto monopod. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. You're scarin' me Frank, did you come off your bike? Seriously there's some great colour stuff coming from you these days, this nature stuff is quite a different tack and you're doing very nicely. I like beavers but I've never seen a real one up close ;-) Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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.
