On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Miserere <[email protected]> wrote: > You need pet face recognition in your camera. Maybe a possible > firmware update in the future?
I think that's "wetware" ... ;-) > Nice shot anyway, Godfrey. Not everything has to be in focus, right? > Just ask Knarf. Tomiko's smile is what makes the shot, bird or no > bird. Thanks! That's my thought. Looking forward to giving her a print when next I run into her. :-) > On 22 March 2012 02:20, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: >> Managed to get out for a little shooting this evening in Japan Town. I >> stopped at Roy's Station and had my cuppa espresso. There were three young >> women at the table near me chatting with this gal and her Sulphur Crested >> Cockatoo. As I went to go for a walk, she spied my camera and exclaimed, >> "Ooh, an M9! I just got myself an M8!" so I stopped and we talked for a bit. >> Her name is Tomiko, she's a regular in the Japan Town neighborhood (I've >> seen her before). >> >> The cockatoo is Wendy, she is a Rescue bird. She's about sixteen years old >> and was maltreated for a long time. A local vet nursed her back to health >> but couldn't keep her. Tomiko has experience with a few Rescue birds (she >> has four at present) so she took Wendy in. Wendy's still a little skittish >> but her health and her disposition are coming around. >> >> Of course, I asked to take a picture and Tomiko was obliging: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/7005060071/lightbox/ >> or >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/7005060071/ >> >> That was the third exposure ... Wendy wasn't. She kept turning her head at >> the moment I released the shutter. You can see she's turned her head away >> from Tomiko and out of the plane of best focus. Oh well. I like the photo >> anyway. :-) >> >> Great time out on this one. This new lens (a Nokton 50mm f/1.5) is truly >> terrific. It needs a focusing tab, I'll fit one soon. >> >> enjoy >> Godfrey >> - >> flickr.com stream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/ >> >> -- >> 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. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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.
