On Jun 20, 2012, at 10:42 AM, Bob W wrote: > That would be me, and I stand by it! Although apparently HCB used to > photograph ducks to test his lenses. Fortunately he kept them mostly to > himself - at least, I can only think of one duck snap by him. But it's a > decisive one.
Wasn't the line something along the lines of "God made ducks so that the rest of us would have a bird to photograph". > > B > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> [email protected] >> Sent: 20 June 2012 14:37 >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >> Subject: RE: PESO - Heading Your Way >> >> I recall that a couple of years ago someone here said (tongue in cheek) >> that generally one should keep our ducks to ourselves. And mostly I >> agree. >> >> But sometimes even a duck makes a good photo. This is such a case. >> >> Unusual angle: the markings on the duck's bill seem to mimic the wake >> behind the duck. Cool! >> >> All in all a wonderful duck pic! >> >> Cheers, >> frank >> >> "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- >> Christopher Hitchens >> >> --- Original Message --- >> >> From: Brian Walters <[email protected]> >> Sent: June 20, 2012 6/20/12 >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Subject: PESO - Heading Your Way >> >> >> G'day all >> >> This duck seemed to have a very definite idea of where it wanted to go: >> >> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP4080a-peso.html >> >> >> K200D; DA 55-300mm; cropped. >> >> Comments/criticism appreciated >> >> >> >> -- >> Cheers >> >> Brian >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Brian Walters >> Western Sydney Australia >> http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
