Re: PAW - birds and long lenses

2004-04-02 Thread David Nelson
decision to use one. You obviously use yours well. cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: David Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Su

Re: PAW - birds and long lenses

2004-04-02 Thread frank theriault
Peter, I thought so; and, Yes. cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Su

Re: PAW - birds and long lenses

2004-04-02 Thread Peter J. Alling
David Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PAW - birds and long lenses Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 19:45:26 +1000 Frank, Yep you're right - I knew I'd get a comment on that (-: And you're also right, I personally don't mi

Re: PAW - birds and long lenses

2004-04-02 Thread frank theriault
ecision to use one. You obviously use yours well. cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: David Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Su

Re: PAW - birds and long lenses

2004-04-01 Thread Keith Whaley
Oooo! I just love that crested sparrow! All silliness aside, it's a fine shot, adjusted or not! And the large version of the deer is a good one. keith whaley Steve Desjardins wrote: Like this http://home.wlu.edu/~desjardi/ I did this quickly, but I just masked the bird, did a strong gaussia

Re: PAW - birds and long lenses

2004-04-01 Thread Steve Desjardins
-J. Robert Oppenheimer >From: David Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: PAW - birds and long lenses >Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 18:00:57 +1000 > >Just had to share my latest lot of birdie pics in this thread - had

Re: PAW - birds and long lenses

2004-04-01 Thread Steve Desjardins
that much, so don't mind me. The subjects themselves are very well captured, though! cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer >From: David Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Repl

Re: PAW - birds and long lenses

2004-04-01 Thread David Nelson
very well captured, though! cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: David Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PAW - birds and

Re: PAW - birds and long lenses

2004-03-31 Thread David Nelson
From: "David Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 3:00 AM Subject: Re: PAW - birds and long lenses Just had to share my latest lot of birdie pics in this thread - had a visit a couple of weeks ago from a really majestic bird -

Re: PAW - birds and long lenses

2004-03-31 Thread Herb Chong
how common are they in your area and what is their natural range? it looks moderately large. Herb... - Original Message - From: "David Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 3:00 AM Subject: Re: PAW - birds and long

Re: PAW - birds and long lenses

2004-03-31 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Pretty nice, david ... I like 'em both. Let's see some more. shel David Nelson wrote: > > Just had to share my latest lot of birdie pics in this thread - had a > visit a couple of weeks ago from a really majestic bird - called the > Pacific Baza or Crested Hawk. Popped out with my camera and mo

Re: PAW - birds and long lenses

2004-03-31 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/31/2004 12:03:24 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://davidavid.whatsbeef.net/baza.jpg http://davidavid.whatsbeef.net/baza2.jpg Taken using Tamron 500/8 mirror lens (suits my needs nicely!) and *ist D. Second one is cropped considerably, and was also at

Re: PAW - birds and long lenses

2004-03-31 Thread David Nelson
Just had to share my latest lot of birdie pics in this thread - had a visit a couple of weeks ago from a really majestic bird - called the Pacific Baza or Crested Hawk. Popped out with my camera and monopod and got some shots. http://davidavid.whatsbeef.net/baza.jpg http://davidavid.whatsbeef.ne

Re: PAW - birds and long lenses

2004-03-30 Thread Boros Attila
Hello Herb, You got some nice photos:) I like 2, 5 and 6, they seem to be clearer than the rest. Attila

PAW: Herb Chong Challenge (was: PAW - birds and long lenses)

2004-03-30 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi ... You can check what I'm selling on eBay, for that's all I've photographed in the past 48 hours. Oh, wait a minute, there's this one I've been playing with, Escaped Flamingos: http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/escaped.html It's mostly just a simple pic that I did to practice some Photos

Re: PAW - birds and long lenses

2004-03-30 Thread Herb Chong
alright Shel, your turn. show me the best pictures you have shot in the last 48 hours. Herb - Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 10:35 AM Subject: Re: PAW - birds and long lenses

Re: PAW - birds and long lenses

2004-03-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Personally, I like the first one the most. It is indeed resembles a Japanese painting. Since I cannot come any close to what you achieved, I will refrain from commenting on the rest. Thanks for the lessons! Boris-who-recently-became-Aware-of-background-and-bokeh ([EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAI

Re: PAW - birds and long lenses

2004-03-30 Thread Herb Chong
lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 2:19 AM Subject: Re: PAW - birds and long lenses > Great, Herb! I really like #1, #2, and #4. Style-wise #1 looks like a > Japanese brush painting. #2 and #4 are nice close-ups with good composition of the > branches. Some of the others

Re: PAW - birds and long lenses

2004-03-29 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/28/2004 3:19:10 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/temp/ the first three were taken with my *istD at ISO 200 using my FA* 400 f5.6 with the Pentax A1.4X-L and then cropped exactly 50%. that means a total effective FOV of 400mm

Re: PAW - birds and long lenses

2004-03-29 Thread Herb Chong
ury ago and now very widespread in North America. i'm sure it was watching trying to figure out what i was doing. Herb - Original Message - From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 5:39 PM Subject: RE: P

RE: PAW - birds and long lenses

2004-03-29 Thread frank theriault
TECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PAW - birds and long lenses Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 18:18:37 -0500 http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/temp/ the first three were taken with my *istD at ISO 200 using my FA* 400 f5.6 with the Pentax A1.4X-L and then cropped exa

PAW - birds and long lenses

2004-03-28 Thread Herb Chong
http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/temp/ the first three were taken with my *istD at ISO 200 using my FA* 400 f5.6 with the Pentax A1.4X-L and then cropped exactly 50%. that means a total effective FOV of 400mm * 1.4 * 1.5 * 2.0 = 1680mm. the second three were taken with *istD at ISO 800 using my FA