At 09:42 PM 2/18/2005 -0500, you wrote:
worse than anything that ever came out of the rear end of a dog.
It's almost impossible to walk on the sidewalks without ruining one's shoes.
Jim
Tis true, but after ruining all my clothes, my face, and my camera I count my self lucky to escape with no more than my shoes soiled.
One lovely evening not too long ago I was wandering around taking photos of this and that when I happened upon a pretty little pond out in the middle of a field. The reflections were soo nice, the lighting was soo nice, every thing was nice...
I plunked my self down on (what I thought was) the grass, plunked my camera down on the grass, and smeared my face on the ground trying to look through the viewfinder.
There was about three second before it hit, but when it did the smell was like a salvo from an above-average battery of forty-two pounders.
I ran, but it made chase. As soon as I settled down (thinking that I had escaped) and put eye to viewfinder I was once more assaulted by that characteristic stench. This time instead of fleeing I looked around hoping to engage my opponent and be rid of it, and "what to my wondering eye should appear" but excreta of Branta Canadensis smeared lavishly over my arms, legs, torso, nose, right ear AND all over my beautiful new K 200mm f2.5. I spent the rest of the day trying to rid myself of it.
I am still vehemently opposed to shooting them (or anything else) and would happily donate a black eye to any one who did such a thing.
Francis, with smoke rising from his collar :)
SAMURAI! not just pentax ;-)
frank theriault wrote:
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 18:43:04 -0700, Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Not a dead dog, I promise. Comments welcome.
Joe
http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/3526/display/2616858
Ah, Canada Geese. Have I told the list my thoughts on these vile
creatures? <vbg>
I'll set aside my personal feelings long enough to tell you what a
terrific photo this is, Joe. Well caught, nicely panned, I like the
blurry background.
Now, I have to admit, Canada Geese, flying in their V formation,
honking along, are pretty cool. It's when they're on the ground that
I hate them.
Hopefully, once you captured these fellows, you put down your camera,
swung your 12 guage around your shoulder, and blasted the living crap
outta them.
cheers, frank (who, being the citified pinko bleeding heart commie that he is,
hates guns and hunting - except when it comes to Canada Geese!)
