Thanks Christian. I did see what looked like a Blue Heron but was too far away without the zoom. It looks like a great place for both seabirds and other water birds with all the swampy ponds around there.
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Christian <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice shots, Tom. I go to Asseteague just about every year (My parents live > on the MD DE border) and love shooting the ponies. There are some great > opportunities for wading birds too. > > > -- > > Christian > http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/ > > Tom C wrote: >> >> Thanks Ann. >> >> I found this difficult because for one, they had their heads in the >> grass chowing down 95% of the time. The bright sky also made it >> difficult, combined with the fact that my zoom I had with me was out >> of commission. In addition to not working in AF, it appears to be >> locked/stopped down at minimum aperture so when it's on the camera I >> can barely see anything through it. Almost all of these are with the >> 31 LTD. >> >> Despite being wild they seem acclimated to humans in spite of all the >> NPS warnings not to feed or touch. I got within 5 or 6 feet of them. >> I observed autos stopped with people petting them through the window. >> >> It was worth the 6 hour RT + 4 or 5 hours there. >> >> On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 6:19 PM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Tom, these are lovely! >>> >>> The light is just right for them, nice detail with no glaring sun. These >>> looked healthier than >>> the critters I met back in the 1980's - but I notice they are equally >>> tame.. >>> I still calls 'em ponies - not that they aren't horses in a broader >>> sense >>> , of course. ;-) >>> ann >>> >>> Tom C wrote: >>> >>>> I was going to debate whether these were ponies or horses. I guess >>>> it's sort of like arguing over whether a lion can correctly be called >>>> a cat or not. It seems that even the equine experts don't agree. The >>>> people most closely associated with these horses often refer to them >>>> as ponies, which differ from standard horses in a number of ways, >>>> predominantly being smaller in stature. From what I read, if a foal >>>> of one of these ponies is taken out of the harsh island habitat and >>>> put out to a normal horse pasture and feeds on a normal horse diet, >>>> they grow to the full stature of a horse. >>>> >>>> I was happy I went and it was a fun trip. Of course no wild horse >>>> running through the surf, especially not on a cold, blustery winter >>>> day. Most of these look better if you double-click on the normal >>>> sized image to enlarge it further. >>>> >>>> http://photo.net/photodb/presentation?presentation_id=492278 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
