Re: PESO Really ugly chicken eating a huge worm

2018-05-12 Thread Larry Colen 



Alan C wrote:

Well caught, Larry. Its beauty is in in its ugliness. Could be in my


Thanks Alan, Igor Dale, Cotty and all who looked.


backyard. That's the sort of scene I hope for in Kruger but it rarely
find it. Perhaps the K5/Sigma 170-500 "Minima" will give more scope?


Same magnification as the 50-500 on the K-3, but it could be better 
image quality.





Alan C

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Subject: PESO Really ugly chicken eating a huge worm

I was driving to lunch yesterday and saw this really ugly chicken by the
side of the road eating a huge worm. I got a couple of photos of it with
my 28-75 before a motorcycle drove past and scared it away

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/42021343122/in/album-72157668896223998/


I was able to get my K-3+bigma out of the back of my van and got some
photos of it's friend sitting on the airport fence, for those interested
in the whole set

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157668896223998

I'm afraid that combination did not work so well for birds in flight,
part of it seems to be CA, but I also had some focus issues. I also had
some issues with the K-3 focusing on the barbed wire rather than the
eye, possibly exacerbated by my not being as careful with focus points,
and not stopping down as much as I should have, for such a sunny day.



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Re: PESO Really ugly chicken eating a huge worm

2018-05-12 Thread Alan C 
Well caught, Larry. Its beauty is in in its ugliness. Could be in my 
backyard. That's the sort of scene I hope for in Kruger but it rarely find 
it. Perhaps the K5/Sigma 170-500 "Minima" will give more scope?


Alan C

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From: Larry Colen

Sent: 12 May, 2018 11:21 PM
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Subject: PESO Really ugly chicken eating a huge worm

I was driving to lunch yesterday and saw this really ugly chicken by the
side of the road eating a huge worm. I got a couple of photos of it with
my 28-75 before a motorcycle drove past and scared it away

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/42021343122/in/album-72157668896223998/

I was able to get my K-3+bigma out of the back of my van and got some
photos of it's friend sitting on the airport fence, for those interested
in the whole set

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157668896223998

I'm afraid that combination did not work so well for birds in flight,
part of it seems to be CA, but I also had some focus issues.  I also had
some issues with the K-3 focusing on the barbed wire rather than the
eye, possibly exacerbated by my not being as careful with focus points,
and not stopping down as much as I should have, for such a sunny day.

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Re: PESO Really ugly chicken eating a huge worm

2018-05-12 Thread Igor PDML-StR 


Nope, he was larrying. ;-)

Igor

PS. Dale, you are not the only who appreciates Larry's humor.
Many PDMLers have nerdy sense of humor, but most don't bite.



Dale H. Cook Sat, 12 May 2018 16:42:07 -0700 wrote:

At 07:22 PM 5/12/2018, Jack Davis wrote:


That "ugly chicken" is a Turkey Vulture, Larry.



Larry was joshing - the Flickr set is labeled "Vultures."

I for one appreciate his humor.

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Re: PESO Really ugly chicken eating a huge worm

2018-05-12 Thread Jack Davis 
...and thanks for that!
J

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> On May 12, 2018, at 4:34 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Jack Davis wrote:
>> That "ugly chicken" is a Turkey
>> Vulture, Larry.
> 
> Yes, that was the joke.  Although, since it was taken at the airport, I was 
> tempted to make a joke about carrion luggage, but surprisingly I had the 
> decency to spare folks from such a pun.
> 
>> They ride the CA sky thermals
>> continuously searching for road
>> kills.
> 
> Yup, and very attractive from that distance. They're a lot easier to 
> photograph than our local hawks which tend to fly a lot faster and are gone 
> before I can get a decent photo.
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Re: PESO Really ugly chicken eating a huge worm

2018-05-12 Thread Dale H. Cook 
At 07:22 PM 5/12/2018, Jack Davis wrote:

>That "ugly chicken" is a Turkey Vulture, Larry.

Larry was joshing - the Flickr set is labeled "Vultures."

I for one appreciate his humor.

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Re: PESO Really ugly chicken eating a huge worm

2018-05-12 Thread Larry Colen 



Jack Davis wrote:

That "ugly chicken" is a Turkey
Vulture, Larry.


Yes, that was the joke.  Although, since it was taken at the airport, I 
was tempted to make a joke about carrion luggage, but surprisingly I had 
the decency to spare folks from such a pun.



They ride the CA sky thermals
continuously searching for road
kills.


Yup, and very attractive from that distance. They're a lot easier to 
photograph than our local hawks which tend to fly a lot faster and are 
gone before I can get a decent photo.



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Re: PESO Really ugly chicken eating a huge worm

2018-05-12 Thread Jack Davis 
That "ugly chicken" is a Turkey
Vulture, Larry. 
They ride the CA sky thermals 
continuously searching for road
kills.
J



Sent from my iPhone

> On May 12, 2018, at 2:52 PM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
> 
> On 12/5/18, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed:
> 
>> I was driving to lunch yesterday and saw this really ugly chicken by the 
>> side of the road eating a huge worm. I got a couple of photos of it with 
>> my 28-75 before a motorcycle drove past and scared it away
>> 
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/42021343122/in/album-72157668896223998/
> 
> The hell is that? Surely a snake?
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Re: PESO Really ugly chicken eating a huge worm

2018-05-12 Thread Larry Colen 



Steve Cottrell wrote:

On 12/5/18, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed:


I was driving to lunch yesterday and saw this really ugly chicken by the
side of the road eating a huge worm. I got a couple of photos of it with
my 28-75 before a motorcycle drove past and scared it away

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/42021343122/in/album-72157668896223998/


The hell is that? Surely a snake?


I'm pretty sure it's a snake, in retrospect I could have gone and looked 
more closely once they had both flown away. From what I can tell, I'd 
guess it was a gopher snake.  The grass looks fairly freshly mown so 
that's probably what killed it.






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Re: PESO Really ugly chicken eating a huge worm

2018-05-12 Thread Steve Cottrell 
On 12/5/18, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed:

>I was driving to lunch yesterday and saw this really ugly chicken by the 
>side of the road eating a huge worm. I got a couple of photos of it with 
>my 28-75 before a motorcycle drove past and scared it away
>
>https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/42021343122/in/album-72157668896223998/

The hell is that? Surely a snake?

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Re: PESO Really ugly chicken eating a huge worm

2018-05-12 Thread Steve Cottrell 
On 12/5/18, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed:

>I was able to get my K-3+bigma out of the back of my van and got some 
>photos of it's friend sitting on the airport fence, for those interested 
>in the whole set
>
>https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157668896223998

I spent some time but still can't decide between 44803 and 44807.


(for the avoidance of doubt, that was my attempt at humour, by the way)



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Re: PESO Really ugly chicken eating a huge worm

2018-05-12 Thread Larry Colen 



Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

LOL!

Nice capture Larry!


Thanks. Many of my best photos are a direct result of always having a 
camera handy.


Putting the case with the K-3/bigma in the van on my way to work was a 
last moment decision yesterday, but I keep seeing a lot of cook birds 
near the jobsite.  I actually got a pretty good photo of a junco last 
week, using my cell phone.  I didn't have time (being at work at a 
construction site) to grab a real camera, but the bird was really bold 
and I could get as close as about 5 feet from it and had to get the shot 
just because I could.





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On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 5:21 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:


I was driving to lunch yesterday and saw this really ugly chicken by the
side of the road eating a huge worm. I got a couple of photos of it with my
28-75 before a motorcycle drove past and scared it away

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/42021343122/in/album-
72157668896223998/

I was able to get my K-3+bigma out of the back of my van and got some
photos of it's friend sitting on the airport fence, for those interested in
the whole set

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157668896223998

I'm afraid that combination did not work so well for birds in flight, part
of it seems to be CA, but I also had some focus issues.  I also had some
issues with the K-3 focusing on the barbed wire rather than the eye,
possibly exacerbated by my not being as careful with focus points, and not
stopping down as much as I should have, for such a sunny day.

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Re: PESO Really ugly chicken eating a huge worm

2018-05-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola 
LOL!

Nice capture Larry!


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On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 5:21 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:

> I was driving to lunch yesterday and saw this really ugly chicken by the
> side of the road eating a huge worm. I got a couple of photos of it with my
> 28-75 before a motorcycle drove past and scared it away
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/42021343122/in/album-
> 72157668896223998/
>
> I was able to get my K-3+bigma out of the back of my van and got some
> photos of it's friend sitting on the airport fence, for those interested in
> the whole set
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157668896223998
>
> I'm afraid that combination did not work so well for birds in flight, part
> of it seems to be CA, but I also had some focus issues.  I also had some
> issues with the K-3 focusing on the barbed wire rather than the eye,
> possibly exacerbated by my not being as careful with focus points, and not
> stopping down as much as I should have, for such a sunny day.
>
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PESO Really ugly chicken eating a huge worm

2018-05-12 Thread Larry Colen 
I was driving to lunch yesterday and saw this really ugly chicken by the 
side of the road eating a huge worm. I got a couple of photos of it with 
my 28-75 before a motorcycle drove past and scared it away


https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/42021343122/in/album-72157668896223998/

I was able to get my K-3+bigma out of the back of my van and got some 
photos of it's friend sitting on the airport fence, for those interested 
in the whole set


https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157668896223998

I'm afraid that combination did not work so well for birds in flight, 
part of it seems to be CA, but I also had some focus issues.  I also had 
some issues with the K-3 focusing on the barbed wire rather than the 
eye, possibly exacerbated by my not being as careful with focus points, 
and not stopping down as much as I should have, for such a sunny day.


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Re: OT: Latest Nat Geo Gallery Images

2018-05-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola 
That is a nice gallery they have there, isn't it?


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On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 11:00 AM, Rick Womer  wrote:

> I stopped at that gallery when I was in Maui in November, but this
> collection wasn't up.
>
> My favorite is the swimming elephant; a great concept and nicely done.
>
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Re: Sony A7II

2018-05-12 Thread Steve Cottrell 
On 12/5/18, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed:

>I had the chance to hold the Sony A7 II--the mirrorless full frame. 
>Wow!  It felt really nice in-hand.  I thought the auto-focus had some
>zip to it as well.  

The A7 has ended up being the weapon of choice as a small 3rd video camera for 
professional TV camera monkeys so the video must be good. I haven't trodden 
that path, mainly because I'm scaling back as I head to retirement soon. 
They're all buying 4K stuff now (even though nobody's asking for TX in 4K yet, 
still HD).

I've already bought my retirement present (the Pen F) and I'm looking forward 
to doing some shooting with it any my Fujis when I can pack in all this TV 
nonesense ;-)

And just to keep it on-topic, I do (of course) use some Pentax lenses :-D

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Re: Sony A7II

2018-05-12 Thread Jay Taylor 
 blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px 
#715FFA solid !important;  padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white 
!important; }  You’re in trouble now Christine!The A7III is even better and SMC 
glass can be used with these cameras too.
JayT


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Hi All:

I had the chance to hold the Sony A7 II—the mirrorless full frame.  Wow!  It 
felt really nice in-hand.  I thought the auto-focus had some zip to it as well. 
 

Just sayin  :-)

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Sony A7II

2018-05-12 Thread Christine Aguila 
Hi All:

I had the chance to hold the Sony A7 II—the mirrorless full frame.  Wow!  It 
felt really nice in-hand.  I thought the auto-focus had some zip to it as well. 
 

Just sayin  :-)

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Re: OT: Latest Nat Geo Gallery Images

2018-05-12 Thread Rick Womer 
I stopped at that gallery when I was in Maui in November, but this
collection wasn't up.

My favorite is the swimming elephant; a great concept and nicely done.

Rick

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Re: PESO Flying Mouse

2018-05-12 Thread Subash Jeyan 
On Thu, 10 May 2018 17:27:00 -0400
Paul Stenquist  wrote:

> A Titmouse atop one of my shepherd crooks. Pretty little bird. I see
> them only rarely. https://www.photo.net/photo/18472592/Titmouse

nice and crisp Paul 


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Re: The Dog & Pony Show

2018-05-12 Thread Jan van Wijk 
On Fri, 11 May 2018 17:18:42 -0600 Bill wrote:
>
>   We discussed the changes from the K1 to the K1II. For practical 
> purposes there are three. The signal processor is all about cleaning up high 
> ISO signals. It should have little to no effect at low 
ISO, no matter what DPReview and Forums Neurotica say.
>
>   Handheld pixel shift has been discussed ad nauseam on Forums Neurotica. 
> What Ricoh is saying is that the photographer needs a pretty steady hand to 
> make it work properly. The native 
shake caused by shutter bounce is enough to make it work.
>
>   The biggie, and what should be of interest is that they have rewritten 
> the AF algorithm, the result being that autofocus has been sped up 
> considerably. Gone is the slow down as the lens 
approaches focus, gone is the check/double check routine that made the AF the 
most accurate in the business at the expense of speed (well, except for the K5 
and it's colour failure assisted focus 
botch).
>
>   The AF algorithm should put Pentax into the AF speed game, except for 
> the limited number of focus points. Expect a new camera to address that.

Sounds good, too bad they don't seem to be able to address that in the original 
K1 firmware ...

I will wait for the next iteration and skip the K1 II.

Thanks for the heads up!

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