Re: A reason to want the 150-450

2018-12-15 Thread Jostein
Snow is inevitable here. Uphills are avoidable, fortunately. Jostein Den 14.12.2018 16:14, skrev Larry Colen: Jostein wrote on 12/14/18 1:14 AM: Interesting. Come to think of it, I have frequently photographed the place in space where the Andromeda galaxy was two million years ago. :-)

Re: A reason to want the 150-450

2018-12-15 Thread Jostein
Indeed. And not to mention lifting that lens in Jupiter gravity. Jostein Den 14.12.2018 21:59, skrev l...@red4est.com: He could probably do so from Jupiter, but a lens with a 500 km focal length might be out of his budget. On December 14, 2018 11:13:55 AM PST, John wrote: I wonder how

Re: A reason to want the 150-450

2018-12-15 Thread Jostein
LOL! Don't think distance would compensate for my slow reaction time though. Jostein Den 14.12.2018 20:13, skrev John: I wonder how high up in the nosebleed seats you'd have to be so that you're enough light-years away from the stage to catch the singer still at the microphone? On

Re: A reason to want the 150-450

2018-12-14 Thread lrc
He could probably do so from Jupiter, but a lens with a 500 km focal length might be out of his budget. On December 14, 2018 11:13:55 AM PST, John wrote: >I wonder how high up in the nosebleed seats you'd have to be so that >you're >enough light-years away from the stage to catch the singer

Re: A reason to want the 150-450

2018-12-14 Thread John
I wonder how high up in the nosebleed seats you'd have to be so that you're enough light-years away from the stage to catch the singer still at the microphone? On 12/14/2018 04:14:25, Jostein wrote: Interesting. Come to think of it, I have frequently photographed the place in space where the

Re: A reason to want the 150-450

2018-12-14 Thread P. J. Alling
On 12/14/2018 11:08 AM, Eric Weir wrote: On Dec 12, 2018, at 11:07 PM, Alan C wrote: The local Green Wood Pigeons are very sensitive to human movement & will explode out of a tree at even as far as 30m. Amazingly, they are not fazed by cows or dogs. Of course! It's the humans who

Re: A reason to want the 150-450

2018-12-14 Thread Eric Weir
> On Dec 12, 2018, at 11:07 PM, Alan C wrote: > > The local Green Wood Pigeons are very sensitive to human movement & will > explode out of a tree at even as far as 30m. Amazingly, they are not fazed by > cows or dogs. Of course! It's the humans who dangerous.

Re: A reason to want the 150-450

2018-12-14 Thread Larry Colen
Jostein wrote on 12/14/18 1:14 AM: Interesting. Come to think of it, I have frequently photographed the place in space where the Andromeda galaxy was two million years ago. :-) And you've probably done it uphill, in the snow. Jostein Den 14.12.2018 00:49, skrev Dale H. Cook: At 03:25

Re: A reason to want the 150-450

2018-12-14 Thread Jostein
Interesting. Come to think of it, I have frequently photographed the place in space where the Andromeda galaxy was two million years ago. :-) Jostein Den 14.12.2018 00:49, skrev Dale H. Cook: At 03:25 PM 12/13/2018, Alex Sarbu wrote: I'm able to photograph the place where the concert was.

Re: A reason to want the 150-450

2018-12-13 Thread Dale H. Cook
At 03:25 PM 12/13/2018, Alex Sarbu wrote: >I'm able to photograph the place where the concert was. That reminds me of a NatGeo program about Area 51 (Groom Lake). When the Lockheed A-12 spy plane was in development for the CIA Radar Cross Section (RCS) testing was going on at the base. A

Re: A reason to want the 150-450

2018-12-13 Thread Mark Roberts
John wrote: >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFeNopYqthE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIV4poUZAQo >On 12/12/2018 23:24:01, l...@red4est.com wrote: >> >> >> On December 12, 2018 8:00:17 PM PST, Alan C wrote: >>> I think your hairstyle's the problem. >> >> Not a bit, they think it's a

Re: A reason to want the 150-450

2018-12-13 Thread John
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFeNopYqthE On 12/12/2018 23:24:01, l...@red4est.com wrote: On December 12, 2018 8:00:17 PM PST, Alan C wrote: I think your hairstyle's the problem. Not a bit, they think it's a shrubbery. Alan C On 12-Dec-18 11:53 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I went to a

Re: A reason to want the 150-450

2018-12-13 Thread Alex Sarbu
I'm able to photograph the place where the concert was. Alex On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 3:25 PM Jostein wrote: > > It could be worse, Larry. > > You could have excelled in photographing microphones where a singer has > recently been. > > That's about my level of skill at concert photography. > >

Re: A reason to want the 150-450

2018-12-13 Thread Bill
On 12/13/2018 12:02 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Since when do you need a reason to get another lens? MARK!!! -Original Message- From: Larry Colen http://red4est.com/lrc https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: A reason to want the 150-450

2018-12-13 Thread Ken Waller
Since when do you need a reason to get another lens? -Original Message- >From: Larry Colen Subject: A reason to want the 150-450 > >I went to a dance event in Portland last weekend and stayed at my friend >Phil's house. He has a bird feeder and I was able to get

Re: A reason to want the 150-450

2018-12-13 Thread Jostein
It could be worse, Larry. You could have excelled in photographing microphones where a singer has recently been. That's about my level of skill at concert photography. Jostein Den 13.12.2018 00:52, skrev Larry Colen: It is only exceeded by my ability to take perfectly focused photos of

Re: A reason to want the 150-450

2018-12-12 Thread P. J. Alling
We are the knights who say Ni!  But not that shrubbery... On 12/12/2018 11:24 PM, l...@red4est.com wrote: On December 12, 2018 8:00:17 PM PST, Alan C wrote: I think your hairstyle's the problem. Not a bit, they think it's a shrubbery. Alan C On 12-Dec-18 11:53 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I

Re: A reason to want the 150-450

2018-12-12 Thread Alan C
Flower Power? Alan C On 13-Dec-18 06:24 AM, l...@red4est.com wrote: On December 12, 2018 8:00:17 PM PST, Alan C wrote: I think your hairstyle's the problem. Not a bit, they think it's a shrubbery. Alan C On 12-Dec-18 11:53 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I went to a dance event in Portland last

Re: A reason to want the 150-450

2018-12-12 Thread lrc
On December 12, 2018 8:00:17 PM PST, Alan C wrote: >I think your hairstyle's the problem. Not a bit, they think it's a shrubbery. > >Alan C > >On 12-Dec-18 11:53 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> I went to a dance event in Portland last weekend and stayed at my >> friend Phil's house.  He has a bird

Re: A reason to want the 150-450

2018-12-12 Thread Alan C
The local Green Wood Pigeons are very sensitive to human movement & will explode out of a tree at even as far as 30m. Amazingly, they are not fazed by cows or dogs. Alan C On 13-Dec-18 03:47 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I’ve found that my birds are most disturbed by sudden movements and are

Re: A reason to want the 150-450

2018-12-12 Thread Alan C
I think your hairstyle's the problem. Alan C On 12-Dec-18 11:53 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I went to a dance event in Portland last weekend and stayed at my friend Phil's house.  He has a bird feeder and I was able to get a clear view of it from his living room with the sliding glass door open.

Re: A reason to want the 150-450

2018-12-12 Thread John
Reason? We don't need no steenkin' reason. This is PDML. You want what you want because you want it. That's all the "reason" you need. On 12/12/2018 16:53:20, Larry Colen wrote: I went to a dance event in Portland last weekend and stayed at my friend Phil's house.  He has a bird feeder and

Re: A reason to want the 150-450

2018-12-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
I’ve found that my birds are most disturbed by sudden movements and are more tolerant of noise. I try to be positioned with my hands on the camera when waiting for a bird shot. When the bird alights on a branch I slowly swing the ball head mounted camera into position. Paul > On Dec 12, 2018,

Re: A reason to want the 150-450

2018-12-12 Thread Subash Jeyan
On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 13:53:20 -0800 Larry Colen wrote: > I went to a dance event in Portland last weekend and stayed at my > friend Phil's house. He has a bird feeder and I was able to get a > clear view of it from his living room with the sliding glass door > open. The noise of my bigma

Re: A reason to want the 150-450

2018-12-12 Thread Larry Colen
It is only exceeded by my ability to take perfectly focused photos of microphones in front of singers. P. J. Alling wrote on 12/12/18 3:32 PM: I think that's a skill we all share. On 12/12/2018 4:53 PM, Larry Colen wrote: In other news, I'm getting pretty good at photographing the spot where

Re: A reason to want the 150-450

2018-12-12 Thread P. J. Alling
I think that's a skill we all share. On 12/12/2018 4:53 PM, Larry Colen wrote: In other news, I'm getting pretty good at photographing the spot where a bird recently had been. -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damn

Re: A reason to want the 150-450

2018-12-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
MARK! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 4:54 PM Larry Colen wrote: > I'm getting pretty good at photographing the spot where a > bird recently had been. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

A reason to want the 150-450

2018-12-12 Thread Larry Colen
I went to a dance event in Portland last weekend and stayed at my friend Phil's house. He has a bird feeder and I was able to get a clear view of it from his living room with the sliding glass door open. The noise of my bigma focusing would often scare the birds away, and a quieter focusing