Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-26 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/22/2010 12:29 AM, David Mann wrote: On Jan 22, 2010, at 3:08 AM, John Sessoms wrote: Here in the States, the standard response seems to be buying a gun, barging into the exhibition and killing everyone in sight. I think the British way works better. What, a knife instead of a

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-26 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/22/2010 1:29 PM, John Francis wrote: On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 07:15:10AM -0600, Bob Sullivan wrote: My flash suggestion was tongue-in-cheek and needs a smiley. You would need a really big flash to freeze the stars in the sky like that. ;-) Regards, Bob S. And synchronisation is

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-26 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/21/2010 7:57 PM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Ken Waller Subject: Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped It definitely is for me given the rarity of wild wolves and the knowledge that dogs generally are domesticated and can be trained to repsond

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped And now that you know that it is a domesticated wolf. William Robb That kind of makes it dog then... Your canoe is in the mail. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-24 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/21/2010 8:29 AM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Bob W Subject: RE: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped I think the wolf photo is brilliant, even if it doesn't comply with the competition rules. Is it any more brillaint than this? http

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-22 Thread mike wilson
Bob W wrote: Sounds like these guys are a bunch of wankers to me. First the pick a lousy pic for their winner, then they ban it on not much evidence. This is Mark Carwardine, one of the 'wankers': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T1vfsHYiKY It's not him that's wanking. That has to be

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-22 Thread paul stenquist
On Jan 22, 2010, at 12:11 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: paul stenquist On Jan 21, 2010, at 11:08 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Look closely, he just used a big flash in the photo without star trails. :-) Regards, Bob S. I don't think he used a flash or any artificial light. The light extends

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-22 Thread Bob Sullivan
My flash suggestion was tongue-in-cheek and needs a smiley. You would need a really big flash to freeze the stars in the sky like that. ;-) Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 6:39 AM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Jan 22, 2010, at 12:11 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From:

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-22 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: paul stenquist Subject: Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped I don't think he used a flash or any artificial light. The light extends too far into the background, and it's too uniform. However, it could be a combination of two exposures. One shot

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-22 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 07:15:10AM -0600, Bob Sullivan wrote: My flash suggestion was tongue-in-cheek and needs a smiley. You would need a really big flash to freeze the stars in the sky like that. ;-) Regards, Bob S. And synchronisation is a real problem. You need to set the flash off eons

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-22 Thread John Sessoms
From: Ken Waller You could spend weeks/months 'becomming familiar with the wolf's habits', assuming you first located the wolf (ves) Set up camera pointing at the fence section, set up an IR trigger to take a picture when the wolf broke the light beam, go have a beer and come back later

RE: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Bob W
Do you have any idea how much effort time is required to even see a wolf in the wild ? I do. If that was an honest 'in the wild' shot it would be fantastic. To be there when not only a wolf appeared, but leaped over an obsticle and you were set up to capture it would truly be a

RE: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Bob W
You know, the problem I have with it isn't that they decided it was staged; it's that they didn't decide that until AFTER they had already awarded it the first prize. Every reason cited for rejecting it after the fact should have been apparent before it won. Ok, so he (maybe) didn't

RE: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Bob W
Sounds like these guys are a bunch of wankers to me. First the pick a lousy pic for their winner, then they ban it on not much evidence. This is Mark Carwardine, one of the 'wankers': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T1vfsHYiKY Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread David Savage
2010/1/21 Bob W p...@web-options.com: Sounds like these guys are a bunch of wankers to me.  First the pick a lousy pic for their winner, then they ban it on not much evidence. This is Mark Carwardine, one of the 'wankers': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T1vfsHYiKY We're all wankers.

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bob W Subject: RE: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped I think the wolf photo is brilliant, even if it doesn't comply with the competition rules. Is it any more brillaint than this? http://www.akamairottweilers.ca/flying%20kratos.jpg William Robb

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 8:29 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: Is it any more brillaint than this? http://www.akamairottweilers.ca/flying%20kratos.jpg While I know how difficult that wolf photo would have been to take (even if it was staged) it doesn't have ~near~ the excitement and

RE: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread mike wilson
Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Sounds like these guys are a bunch of wankers to me. First the pick a lousy pic for their winner, then they ban it on not much evidence. This is Mark Carwardine, one of the 'wankers': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T1vfsHYiKY It's not

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread John Sessoms
From: Ken Waller Do you have any idea how much effort time is required to even see a wolf in the wild ? I do. If that was an honest 'in the wild' shot it would be fantastic. To be there when not only a wolf appeared, but leaped over an obsticle and you were set up to capture it would truly be

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: frank theriault Subject: Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 8:29 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: Is it any more brillaint than this? http://www.akamairottweilers.ca/flying%20kratos.jpg While I know how difficult

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Bob Sullivan
Love the tongue. Did you borrow a camera for this. Pentax would never focus fast enough. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 7:29 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Bob W Subject: RE: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped I think the wolf photo

RE: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bob W Do you have any idea how much effort time is required to even see a wolf in the wild ? I do. If that was an honest 'in the wild' shot it would be fantastic. To be there when not only a wolf appeared, but leaped over an obsticle and you were set up to capture it would

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan Subject: Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped Love the tongue. Did you borrow a camera for this. Pentax would never focus fast enough. Not one of my shots, but you are right, Pentax wouldn't have AF'd fast enough for that. The EXIF

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: John Sessoms Subject: RE: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped I think the British way works better. We might civilize you lot yet. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

RE: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bob W Sounds like these guys are a bunch of wankers to me. First the pick a lousy pic for their winner, then they ban it on not much evidence. This is Mark Carwardine, one of the 'wankers': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T1vfsHYiKY Yeah ... like that's NOT staged! -- PDML

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Christian
Bob W wrote: The story the photographer gave, as I recall from when I first saw the photo, is that this was routine behaviour of the wolf which he had witnessed many times. Accordingly he set up specially for it. He didn't just happen to be walking by with all his gear and suddenly see a wolf

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Christian
William Robb wrote: I hate to pooh pooh the wolf photo, but if the guy really had become familiar with said wolf's habits, it really would have been a fairly simple shot to take: Set up camera pointing at the fence section, set up an IR trigger to take a picture when the wolf broke the light

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread John Sessoms
From: William Robb I hate to pooh pooh the wolf photo, but if the guy really had become familiar with said wolf's habits, it really would have been a fairly simple shot to take: Set up camera pointing at the fence section, set up an IR trigger to take a picture when the wolf broke the light

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Christian
John Sessoms wrote: From: Ken Waller Do you have any idea how much effort time is required to even see a wolf in the wild ? I do. If that was an honest 'in the wild' shot it would be fantastic. To be there when not only a wolf appeared, but leaped over an obsticle and you were set up to

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread David Savage
2010/1/21 William Robb war...@gmail.com: - Original Message - From: frank theriault Subject: Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 8:29 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: Is it any more brillaint than this? http://www.akamairottweilers.ca/flying

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Christian Subject: Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped And that's his account of how he did it. Some experts have suggested that a wild wolf, skulking around, would not have jumped the fence but would have climbed through it. I expect

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread ann sanfedele
Rob Studdert wrote: On 21/01/2010, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Do you have any idea how much effort time is required to even see a wolf in the wild ? I do. If that was an honest 'in the wild' shot it would be fantastic. To be there when not only a wolf appeared, but leaped

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread eactivist
In a message dated 1/20/2010 9:26:48 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, kwal...@peoplepc.com writes: Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f Do you have any idea how much effort time is required to even see a wolf in the wild ? I do. If that was an honest 'in the wild' shot it would be

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Mark Roberts
On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:29:15 -0600, you wrote: From: Bob W I think the wolf photo is brilliant, even if it doesn't comply with the competition rules. Is it any more brillaint than this? http://www.akamairottweilers.ca/flying%20kratos.jpg That *is* brilliant! They should have Photoshopped in

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Mark Roberts
The evidence at http://www.suomenluonto.fi/bbcs-nature-photo-competition-judge-admits-winner-photo-investigated-due-to-fraud-allegations seems pretty convincing that the location of the shot was the Cañada Real Center zoological park near Madrid. The stone wall could easily have been modified but

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped The time I went I found the children's winners included a suprising number of 6-year-olds shooting with a Nikon F5 and 600mm f/4.0. Well, to be fair, the kid probably pushed the shutter

RE: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Bob W
The story the photographer gave, as I recall from when I first saw the photo, is that this was routine behaviour of the wolf which he had witnessed many times. Accordingly he set up specially for it. He didn't just happen to be walking by with all his gear and suddenly see a wolf

RE: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Bob W
Sadly, it isn't one of mine. It is a terrific photo though. I hate to pooh pooh the wolf photo, but if the guy really had become familiar with said wolf's habits, it really would have been a fairly simple shot to take: Set up camera pointing at the fence section, set up an IR trigger

RE: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Bob W
I think the wolf photo is brilliant, even if it doesn't comply with the competition rules. Is it any more brillaint than this? http://www.akamairottweilers.ca/flying%20kratos.jpg William Robb Yes. But that's still a great photo. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bob W Subject: RE: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped The difficulty or ease of taking the photo is not what they judge things on in that competition. You keep saying this. I haven't seen a competition yet that judges the photos based on some

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bob W Subject: RE: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped Is it any more brillaint than this? http://www.akamairottweilers.ca/flying%20kratos.jpg William Robb Yes. But that's still a great photo. Would it be any more brillaint than any other picture

RE: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Bob W
The evidence at http://www.suomenluonto.fi/bbcs-nature-photo-competition-judge -admits-winner-photo-investigated-due-to-fraud-allegations seems pretty convincing that the location of the shot was the Cañada Real Center zoological park near Madrid. The stone wall could easily have been

RE: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Bob W
Sounds like these guys are a bunch of wankers to me. First the pick a lousy pic for their winner, then they ban it on not much evidence. This is Mark Carwardine, one of the 'wankers': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T1vfsHYiKY It's not him that's wanking. That has to be

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Mark Roberts
On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:22:29 -, you wrote: As far as the wolf photo is concerned, since photos of captive animals are allowed in the competition he could have won a prize anyway if he'd been open about it. It really is a shame that he wasn't. I thought captive animals were prohibited? That's

RE: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Bob W
Is it any more brillaint than this? http://www.akamairottweilers.ca/flying%20kratos.jpg William Robb Yes. But that's still a great photo. Would it be any more brillaint than any other picture of a dog going over a jump, perhaps at an agility trial? Is it the fact that

RE: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Bob W
The difficulty or ease of taking the photo is not what they judge things on in that competition. You keep saying this. I haven't seen a competition yet that judges the photos based on some Hurculean effort on the part of the photographer, so I'm not really certain of what

RE: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Bob W
As far as the wolf photo is concerned, since photos of captive animals are allowed in the competition he could have won a prize anyway if he'd been open about it. It really is a shame that he wasn't. I thought captive animals were prohibited? That's how I read the rules. (It's

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread John Sessoms
From: Mark Roberts The evidence at http://www.suomenluonto.fi/bbcs-nature-photo-competition-judge-admits-winner-photo-investigated-due-to-fraud-allegations seems pretty convincing that the location of the shot was the Ca?ada Real Center zoological park near Madrid. The stone wall could easily

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Mark Roberts
On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:42:32 -, you wrote: As far as the wolf photo is concerned, since photos of captive animals are allowed in the competition he could have won a prize anyway if he'd been open about it. It really is a shame that he wasn't. I thought captive animals were

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread John Sessoms
From: Mark Roberts On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:22:29 -, you wrote: As far as the wolf photo is concerned, since photos of captive animals are allowed in the competition he could have won a prize anyway if he'd been open about it. It really is a shame that he wasn't. I thought captive animals

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread wendy beard
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 8:29 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Bob W Subject: RE: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped I think the wolf photo is brilliant, even if it doesn't comply with the competition rules. Is it any more brillaint than

RE: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Bob W
I think the wolf photo is brilliant, even if it doesn't comply with the competition rules. Is it any more brillaint than this? http://www.akamairottweilers.ca/flying%20kratos.jpg William Robb I managed to capture a wolf attack ;-)

RE: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Bob W
As far as the wolf photo is concerned, since photos of captive animals are allowed in the competition he could have won a prize anyway if he'd been open about it. It really is a shame that he wasn't. I thought captive animals were prohibited? That's how I read the rules. (It's

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Brian Walters
On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:29 -0600, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Bob W Subject: RE: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped I think the wolf photo is brilliant, even if it doesn't comply with the competition rules. Is it any more brillaint

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread ann sanfedele
wendy beard wrote: On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 8:29 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Bob W Subject: RE: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped I think the wolf photo is brilliant, even if it doesn't comply with the competition rules

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Brian Walters
On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:22 -0500, Christian christ...@skofteland.net wrote: The issue I have with this photographer is that he used a trained, captive animal (if the allegations are true; and he is not denying them in all accounts I've read he is 'unavailable for comment'). According to

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Cotty
On 21/1/10, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: We're all wankers. Some more than others. I'll buy that ! Mark! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Ken Waller
The timing of his disqualification makes me think the judges missed it and it was pointed out to them or the organization after the fact. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Bob W p...@web-options.com Subject: RE: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: William Robb war...@gmail.com Subject: Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped - Original Message - From: frank theriault Subject: Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 8

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Jack Davis
Good crisp shots, Wendy! Timing, flawless. Jack --- On Thu, 1/21/10, wendy beard pointyp...@gmail.com wrote: From: wendy beard pointyp...@gmail.com Subject: Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 12:52 PM On Thu

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Christine Aguila
From: wendy beard pointyp...@gmail.com I managed to capture a wolf attack ;-) http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/93652625 He likes to play football too http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/121289483 and frisbee http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/106555213 -- Wendy Beard Carp,

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: William Robb war...@gmail.com Subject: Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped - Original Message - From: Bob W Subject: RE: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped Is it any more brillaint than

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 3:52 PM, wendy beard pointyp...@gmail.com wrote: I managed to capture a wolf attack ;-) http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/93652625 He likes to play football too http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/121289483 and frisbee

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Here's a little controversy that popped up on the DP Review Pentax forum a few weeks back regarding the Pentax Photo Gallery. Two photos from the same photographer: http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/home#section=ARTISTsubSection=2245441subSubSection=3826178language=EN EXIF says the exposure time

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Bran Everseeking
On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:40:48 -0500 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Is it any more brillaint than this? http://www.akamairottweilers.ca/flying%20kratos.jpg That *is* brilliant! They should have Photoshopped in a trractor beam from a UFO in the upper left-hand corner... broken

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread ann sanfedele
Mark - um I think the links are reversed :-) ann Mark Roberts wrote: Here's a little controversy that popped up on the DP Review Pentax forum a few weeks back regarding the Pentax Photo Gallery. Two photos from the same photographer:

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Mark Roberts
ann sanfedele wrote: Mark - um I think the links are reversed :-) Looks that way. But I'm sure everyone here is smart enough to figure it out anyway. Mark Roberts wrote: Here's a little controversy that popped up on the DP Review Pentax forum a few weeks back regarding the Pentax Photo

RE: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Bill Sawyer
, 2010 6:21 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: William Robb war...@gmail.com Subject: Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped - Original Message - From: Bob W

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Ken Waller Subject: Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped You could spend weeks/months 'becomming familiar with the wolf's habits', assuming you first located the wolf (ves) Set up camera pointing at the fence section, set up an IR trigger to take

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bob W Subject: RE: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped I've only said it once. I said it because in other posts in this thread other people have pointed out that a shot should not get extra merit for being difficult to take. In one of your previous posts

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Ken Waller Subject: Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped It definitely is for me given the rarity of wild wolves and the knowledge that dogs generally are domesticated and can be trained to repsond to their masters wishes. And now that you know

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Bob Sullivan
Look closely, he just used a big flash in the photo without star trails. :-) Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Here's a little controversy that popped up on the DP Review Pentax forum a few weeks back regarding the Pentax Photo Gallery.

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread paul stenquist
On Jan 21, 2010, at 11:08 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Look closely, he just used a big flash in the photo without star trails. :-) Regards, Bob S. I don't think he used a flash or any artificial light. The light extends too far into the background, and it's too uniform. However, it could be

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread John Sessoms
From: Mark Roberts ann sanfedele wrote: Mark - um I think the links are reversed :-) Looks that way. But I'm sure everyone here is smart enough to figure it out anyway. Mark Roberts wrote: Here's a little controversy that popped up on the DP Review Pentax forum a few weeks back

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread John Sessoms
From: paul stenquist On Jan 21, 2010, at 11:08 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Look closely, he just used a big flash in the photo without star trails. :-) Regards, Bob S. I don't think he used a flash or any artificial light. The light extends too far into the background, and it's too uniform.

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: William Robb war...@gmail.com Subject: Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped - Original Message - From: Ken Waller Subject: Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped You could spend weeks/months

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread David Mann
On Jan 22, 2010, at 3:08 AM, John Sessoms wrote: Here in the States, the standard response seems to be buying a gun, barging into the exhibition and killing everyone in sight. I think the British way works better. What, a knife instead of a gun? Dave (in my city the modus operandi seems

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-21 Thread ann sanfedele
Mark Roberts wrote: ann sanfedele wrote: Mark - um I think the links are reversed :-) Looks that way. But I'm sure everyone here is smart enough to figure it out anyway. ya think? a Mark Roberts wrote: Here's a little controversy that popped up on the DP Review

OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-20 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Stripped of the award he won, that is: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8470962.stm -- 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: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-20 Thread Christian
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Stripped of the award he won, that is: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8470962.stm While in Sydney I saw the exhibition and the photo in question at the Australian Museum. Next to this photo was a news article about the controversy and questions about

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-20 Thread Brian Walters
On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:28 -0500, Christian christ...@skofteland.net wrote: Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Stripped of the award he won, that is: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8470962.stm While in Sydney I saw the exhibition and the photo in question at the Australian Museum.

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-20 Thread John Sessoms
From: Christian Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Stripped of the award he won, that is: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8470962.stm While in Sydney I saw the exhibition and the photo in question at the Australian Museum. Next to this photo was a news article about the controversy

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-20 Thread Cotty
On 20/1/10, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed: Stripped of the award he won, that is: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8470962.stm Oops, sorry posted before I saw this :) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche --

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-20 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com Subject: Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped From: Christian Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Stripped of the award he won, that is: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-20 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: I agree but it is THEIR contest. Honestly? I don't think it's that great a photo even if it's not staged. Yeah, I guess catching a wild wolf doing that at night would be pretty amazing, but that isn't enough to make it a

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-20 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: frank theriault Subject: Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped This doesn't look good on anybody involved. It's not even a very good Malinois. (Sorry Wendy, It's an old joke) William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-20 Thread John Sessoms
From: frank theriault On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: I agree but it is THEIR contest. Honestly? I don't think it's that great a photo even if it's not staged. Yeah, I guess catching a wild wolf doing that at night would be pretty amazing, but that

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-20 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: I agree but it is THEIR contest. Honestly? I

Re: OT: Wildlife photographer Stripped

2010-01-20 Thread Rob Studdert
On 21/01/2010, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Do you have any idea how much effort time is required to even see a wolf in the wild ? I do. If that was an honest 'in the wild' shot it would be fantastic. To be there when not only a wolf appeared, but leaped over an obsticle and you