RE: PEOW: Great Blue Heron Portrait

2006-07-10 Thread Tom C
This picture works for me because it's a closeup and is such an usual shot. DOF does not bother me at all. Nice choice on framing. I could see this being some sort of silly animal greeting card. Tom C. From: Jay Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net

Re: PEOW: Great Blue Heron Portrait

2006-07-08 Thread Keith McGuinness
I like the photo a lot but, alas, I don't think that the bird is very attractive! Keith McG Jay Taylor wrote: Here's a shot taken a couple months back with the *istDS with the FA*300 f4.5 stacked with the F1.7X Adapter. This combo gives me a 510mm focal length and is not too shabby

Re: PEOW: Great Blue Heron Portrait

2006-07-08 Thread Don Williams
There is something sinister and frightening about that bird -- in focus or out. Don Keith McGuinness wrote: I like the photo a lot but, alas, I don't think that the bird is very attractive! Keith McG Jay Taylor wrote: Here's a shot taken a couple months back with the *istDS with the

RE: PEOW: Great Blue Heron Portrait

2006-07-08 Thread Jens Bladt
: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Re: PEOW: Great Blue Heron Portrait There is something sinister and frightening about that bird -- in focus or out. Don Keith McGuinness wrote: I like the photo a lot but, alas, I don't think that the bird is very attractive! Keith McG Jay Taylor wrote

Re: PEOW: Great Blue Heron Portrait

2006-07-08 Thread Bruce Dayton
My feelings exactly - excellent shot, but ugly bird. I was thinking these birds were nicer looking - perhaps only at a distance. -- Bruce Friday, July 7, 2006, 11:34:04 PM, you wrote: KM I like the photo a lot but, alas, I don't think that the bird is KM very attractive! KM Keith McG KM

RE: PEOW: Great Blue Heron Portrait

2006-07-07 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hello, Jay ... I almost stopped the download of your file, but I was into it quite a bit and decided to wait until it loaded completely. There's no reason or need to post an 825K file fore a web image. Many viewers are on slow, dial-up connections, and the wait to see a file of so great a size

RE: PEOW: Great Blue Heron Portrait

2006-07-07 Thread Don Sanderson
get more viewers that way. Don -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 6:41 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: RE: PEOW: Great Blue Heron Portrait Hello, Jay ... I almost stopped the download

RE: PEOW: Great Blue Heron Portrait - Smaller Version Re-posted

2006-07-07 Thread Jay Taylor
? What would be nice is if our cameras had an auto bracketing feature for DOF. I guess when making these images it might be worth taking several shots at different f-stops. JayT Message: 1 Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 04:40:40 -0700 From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: PEOW: Great Blue

Re: PEOW: Great Blue Heron Portrait - Smaller Version Re-posted

2006-07-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 04:40:40 -0700 From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: PEOW: Great Blue Heron Portrait To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Hello, Jay ... I almost stopped the download