Re: PESO - Raptors?

2005-11-15 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: "E.R.N. Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bob Baaker, > If anybody wants to look up info on this paleontologist, though, spell his name with one A and two Ks. Dammit! :-) , stupid keyboard Christian

Re: PESO - Raptors?

2005-11-15 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: "E.R.N. Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a famous dinosaur paleontologist, described T. rex as "the seven ton roadrunner from hell." His book "The Dinosaur Heresies" was one of the first to put forward (to the general lay-public) the theory that dinosaurs are in f

Re: PESO - Raptors?

2005-11-15 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Christian wrote: - Original Message - From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks, Christian. I did find out that they are not very approachable - I was shooting with a 400mm on a DSLR. I think the only thing I had going for me was that they were up the hill from me so it was

Re: PESO - Raptors?

2005-11-15 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks, Christian. I did find out that they are not very approachable - I was shooting with a 400mm on a DSLR. I think the only thing I had going for me was that they were up the hill from me so it wasn't as easy to see

Re: PESO - Raptors?

2005-11-15 Thread brooksdj
> On 11/14/05, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Out walking with the long lens this morning. I came across a flock of > > wild turkeys. I was just a little downhill from them and was trying > > not to spook them. I got a bunch of shots - all th

Re: PESO - Raptors?

2005-11-15 Thread Bruce Dayton
Thanks, Christian. I did find out that they are not very approachable - I was shooting with a 400mm on a DSLR. I think the only thing I had going for me was that they were up the hill from me so it wasn't as easy to see me coming. I can say that watching them move through the viewfinder, they se

Re: PESO - Raptors?

2005-11-15 Thread Bruce Dayton
Thanks Frank - you are too kind. I do wish I could have done better, but they are much faster than me. I'll look through the others and see if there is anything else interesting. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, November 15, 2005, 6:46:36 AM, you wrote: ft> On 11/14/05, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL P

Re: PESO - Raptors?

2005-11-15 Thread frank theriault
On 11/15/05, Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nice shot Bruce. Turkeys are not easy to approach. > > birds are NOT descendants of dinosaurs They ARE dinosaurs! :-) > http://www.rom.on.ca/exhibits/feathereddinos/intro.php -frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-B

Re: PESO - Raptors?

2005-11-15 Thread Christian
Nice shot Bruce. Turkeys are not easy to approach. birds are NOT descendants of dinosaurs They ARE dinosaurs! :-) Christian - Original Message - From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 1:33 PM Subject: PESO - Raptors? Out walking with the

Re: PESO - Raptors?

2005-11-15 Thread frank theriault
On 11/14/05, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Out walking with the long lens this morning. I came across a flock of > wild turkeys. I was just a little downhill from them and was trying > not to spook them. I got a bunch of shots - all through a few weeds. > When I watched this pair mov

RE: PESO - Raptors?

2005-11-14 Thread Tim Øsleby
mber 2005 01:26 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: RE: PESO - Raptors? > > As usually from you: Very good use of DOF, beautiful colours. You have > also > made most out of the light (as usually). > > But: As you already probably are aware of; there is some vegetati

RE: PESO - Raptors?

2005-11-14 Thread Tim Øsleby
As usually from you: Very good use of DOF, beautiful colours. You have also made most out of the light (as usually). But: As you already probably are aware of; there is some vegetation disturbing the impact of the birds. Second but: The tail is cut of. I know, "it was the best you could do with

RE: PESO - Raptors?

2005-11-14 Thread Bob W
like! -- Cheers, Bob > -Original Message- > From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 14 November 2005 21:41 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: RE: PESO - Raptors? > > it's been suggested more than once that birds are descendents > of the

RE: PESO - Raptors?

2005-11-14 Thread Shel Belinkoff
it's been suggested more than once that birds are descendents of the dinosaurs. the image is fair to middlin' but i like it regardless. it's not easy to photograph these birds, although it seems that the California residents are getting a bit complacent compared to the birds in other area. Shel