What really piss the local fishermen off are not cormorants, its seals. I know it isn't politically correct to say this; but I do understand them. Seals have nothing to do in the fjords. But they are sweat animals ;-)
Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > -----Original Message----- > From: Markus Maurer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 20. mars 2006 00:48 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: PESO: Fisrt attempt at birds > > Hi Tim > I'm looking forward to see more photos from your experiments. > You have them for free with the digital body, mine will take longer and > cost > a bit ;-) > I will post test shots of cormorants here, and (psst, of course, fishermen > do not like them here as well)... > greetings > Markus > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Tim Øsleby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 12:35 AM > >>To: [email protected] > >>Subject: RE: PESO: Fisrt attempt at birds > >> > >> > >>I would be careful making drastic conclusions on this one shot. My > Vivitar > >>is in desperate need for a CLA. The aperture blades are slow, and it > does > >>not perform at its best near infinite. At closer range it performs a lot > >>better. Your lenses could be the other way around. > >> > >>I would recommend doing some tests. Go out and fire away, just as > >>I did. It > >>could be a waste of film, but you also might be positively surprised. > >> > >>BTW. I have managed to get hold on another Vivitar S1 lens for a pretty > >>cheap price. I like the built, and Mark Roberts says it is a very good > >>performer, so I have decided to give it another go. I have not > >>bought it as > >>a bird lens, more a walk about long zoom. > >> > >> > >>Tim > >>Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > >> > >>Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds > >>(Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Markus Maurer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> Sent: 20. mars 2006 00:20 > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Subject: RE: PESO: Fisrt attempt at birds > >>> > >>> Hi Tim > >>> I'm very interested in your results because I would like to get > >>some bird > >>> shots too and do not have the proper equipment too ;-) > >>> You first sample does not look not very promising. I really wonder if > I > >>> should start doing birds with similar tools with film if you do not > get > >>> better results digitally :-( > >>> > >>> greetings > >>> Markus > >>> > >>> >>-----Original Message----- > >>> >>From: Tim Øsleby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> >>Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 6:30 PM > >>> >>To: [email protected] > >>> >>Subject: PESO: Fisrt attempt at birds > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >>My first attempt in my eco political photodoc "Fuglefjæra på > >>> >>Nordfjordeid". > >>> >>While waiting at my "new" long zoom, I am using my Vivitar 70-210 S1 > >>> plus > >>> >>AF1.7x. Not the best combo for this, but I got to start > >>> >>somewhere. I have a > >>> >>lot of practising ahead of me before I am a bird photographer. > >>> >>http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildegalleri/vis_bilde.cgi?id=225879&bruker > >>> id=35178&n > >>> omenus= > >>> 400 ISO, tripod, f:6,5, 1/640, cropped to portrait format. > >>> > >>> I really need some feedback on this to get me going. This image is not > >>> meant > >>> as documentation on the specie, more a getting the "mood" picture. > >>> > >>> > >>> Tim > >>> Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > >>> > >>> Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds > >>> (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> >
