Re: PESO - huntsman

2006-04-16 Thread David Savage
Eeeek. :-) Ugly bugger. Nice one Dave. Dave S On 4/17/06, David Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Taken just a few minutes ago of a recent guest of mine. > > http://davidavid.whatsbeef.net/huntsman.jpg > FA50/2.8 macro and with extension, f/22, ISO 800. > > Any guesses as to what sort of flash

Re: PESO - huntsman

2006-04-16 Thread David Mann
On Apr 17, 2006, at 12:49 PM, David Nelson wrote: http://davidavid.whatsbeef.net/huntsman.jpg Wow, there's no way I'd want to get that close. There have been recent reports of huntsmans in other parts of the suburb where I live (we're not supposed to have any of them in the country). If

RE: PESO - huntsman

2006-04-17 Thread Malcolm Smith
David Nelson wrote: > http://davidavid.whatsbeef.net/huntsman.jpg This is what 2000mm lenses were designed for - and that's closer than I'd want to be to take this shot. Scary photograph. Malcolm

Re: PESO - huntsman

2006-04-17 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Taken just a few minutes ago of a recent guest of mine. http://davidavid.whatsbeef.net/huntsman.jpg FA50/2.8 macro and with extension, f/22, ISO 800. Any guesses as to what sort of flash I used? q-: Arachnophobia... Boris

Re: PESO - huntsman

2006-04-17 Thread frank theriault
On 4/16/06, David Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Taken just a few minutes ago of a recent guest of mine. > > http://davidavid.whatsbeef.net/huntsman.jpg > FA50/2.8 macro and with extension, f/22, ISO 800. > > Any guesses as to what sort of flash I used? q-: > > Comments appreciated. A ringfla

Re: PESO - huntsman

2006-04-18 Thread David Nelson
Frank got it in one (-: Thanks for the comments, funnily enough I didn't consider it a scary experience though I was damn close (-: Huntsmans are generally pretty friendly and their bite isn't supposed to be that bad. Cheers, David David Savage wrote: Eeeek. :-) Ugly bugger. Nice one Dave.

Re: PESO - huntsman

2006-04-18 Thread David Nelson
Well-spotted - I don't like the flat effect that a lens-mounted ring flash gives, so I just handheld it. Cheers, David mike wilson wrote: Ringflash not on the lens, though? The doughnuts would have been more "central", rather then off to one side.

Re: Re: PESO - huntsman

2006-04-18 Thread mike wilson
> > From: David Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/04/18 Tue AM 08:51:22 GMT > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: PESO - huntsman > > Frank got it in one (-: Ringflash not on the lens, though? The doughnuts would have been more "centr