Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-17 Thread eckinator
What Cotty said Cheers Ecke 2010/1/16 Cotty cotty...@mac.com: On 14/1/10, Christian, discombobulated, unleashed: Here's a few shots of the local wildlife around my in-laws' house.  The bat (a gray-headed flying fox) is from the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens.  There are thousands of them

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-16 Thread Cotty
On 14/1/10, Christian, discombobulated, unleashed: Here's a few shots of the local wildlife around my in-laws' house. The bat (a gray-headed flying fox) is from the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens. There are thousands of them roosting there during the day. Even though we had more sun in Sydney,

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-16 Thread Christine Aguila
Those are great, Christian. Love the bat! but all are super. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Christian christ...@skofteland.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 12:23 PM Subject: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat The weather

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-16 Thread eactivist
In a message dated 1/14/2010 10:24:05 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, christ...@skofteland.net writes: http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com/ Scroll down smartasses... you can click the images to make them larger. comments appreciated. -- === Love the peacock shot, had missed

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-16 Thread Bruce Dayton
All are very good, but the Crested Shrike is my fave. -- Bruce Thursday, January 14, 2010, 10:23:16 AM, you wrote: C The weather really sucked for the first 2 weeks when I went to Australia C over the holidays. 8 inches of rain in 10 days. Everyone was so C excited about it that I couldn't

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-15 Thread Christian
Brian Walters wrote: On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:23 -0500, Christian christ...@skofteland.net wrote: Here's a few shots of the local wildlife around my in-laws' house. The bat (a gray-headed flying fox) is from the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens. There are thousands of them roosting there during

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-15 Thread Christian
Thanks, mike, Ann, Graydon, Dave and Tom. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/ Michael Beacom wrote: A really nice bunch of pictures. And the parrots- beautiful plumage. What happened to his cigar? The frog put me in mind of Winston Churchill. Cheers Mike On Jan 14, 2010,

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread paul stenquist
All great shots, but the frog is awesome. Wow! Paul On Jan 14, 2010, at 1:23 PM, Christian wrote: The weather really sucked for the first 2 weeks when I went to Australia over the holidays. 8 inches of rain in 10 days. Everyone was so excited about it that I couldn't be glum so I tried to

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Jack Davis
Glorious stuff!! Love them, Christian. Well cropped and crisply caught. Jack --- On Thu, 1/14/10, Christian christ...@skofteland.net wrote: From: Christian christ...@skofteland.net Subject: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, January

RE: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Bob W
[... Here's a few shots of the local wildlife around my in-laws' house. The bat (a gray-headed flying fox) is from the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens. There are thousands of them roosting there during the day. Even though we had more sun in Sydney, when I went to the botanic gardens

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Ken Waller
All very well captured. The double barred finch really stands out for its unusual markings ! Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Christian christ...@skofteland.net Subject: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat The weather really sucked for the first

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Christian
Thanks, Paul! That's very kind of you. That frog was so accommodating. I took a few shots, went inside, downloaded them checked them over, decided I didn't like the angle or lighting or whatever, went back out took some more shots... etc. etc. Probably an hour or so and he didn't move at

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Christian
Thanks, Ken, Jack and Bob. There are at least three species of very pretty finches that hang out at the in-laws' house. The zebra finches are the prettiest but I never got a good shot at them. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/ Ken Waller wrote: All very well captured. The

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Bob Sullivan
Christian, Sorry about the weather, but you have some great shots. Like Paul said, the frog is a stunner. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Christian christ...@skofteland.net wrote: The weather really sucked for the first 2 weeks when I went to Australia over the holidays.  8

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Glorious stuff!! Love them, Christian. Well cropped and crisply caught. I agree with Jack. Terrific stuff, Christian! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread David J Brooks
Great stuff. The frog is wonderful Dave On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Christian christ...@skofteland.net wrote: The weather really sucked for the first 2 weeks when I went to Australia over the holidays.  8 inches of rain in 10 days.  Everyone was so excited about it that I couldn't be

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Christian
frank theriault wrote: On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Glorious stuff!! Love them, Christian. Well cropped and crisply caught. I agree with Jack. Terrific stuff, Christian! Thanks, frank! -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/ -- PDML

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Christian
Thanks, Bob and Dave. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/ David J Brooks wrote: Great stuff. The frog is wonderful Dave On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Christian christ...@skofteland.net wrote: The weather really sucked for the first 2 weeks when I went to Australia over

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Brian Walters
On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:23 -0500, Christian christ...@skofteland.net wrote: Here's a few shots of the local wildlife around my in-laws' house. The bat (a gray-headed flying fox) is from the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens. There are thousands of them roosting there during the day. Even

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Michael Beacom
A really nice bunch of pictures. And the parrots- beautiful plumage. What happened to his cigar? The frog put me in mind of Winston Churchill. Cheers Mike On Jan 14, 2010, at 1:23 PM, Christian wrote: The weather really sucked for the first 2 weeks when I went to Australia over the

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Graydon
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 01:23:16PM -0500, Christian scripsit: [snip] Here's a few shots of the local wildlife around my in-laws' house. The bat (a gray-headed flying fox) is from the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens. There are thousands of them roosting there during the day. Even though we

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread ann sanfedele
Christian -- Stunning stuff! as PJ would say I hate you :-) but where are the Cormies? ann Christian wrote: The weather really sucked for the first 2 weeks when I went to Australia over the holidays. 8 inches of rain in 10 days. Everyone was so excited about it that I couldn't be glum so

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread David Mann
On Jan 15, 2010, at 7:23 AM, Christian wrote: http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com/ Lovely silvereye shot (we call them waxeyes here). We have a few flowering plants in our garden that they tend to hang around. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Tom C
Everyone of those new ones are simply excellent! I enjoyed each one. Tom On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Christian christ...@skofteland.net wrote: The weather really sucked for the first 2 weeks when I went to Australia over the holidays.  8 inches of rain in 10 days.  Everyone was so