I still prefer the angle of the first one. I guess i always saw the legs as folded back and not missing.
On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 7:32 AM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > Prefer this shot, John. Slightly higher contrast and complete front legs. > > Jack Davis________________________________ > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis > http://www.photolightimages.com/ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: ""Pentax-Discuss Mail List"" <[email protected]> > Cc: > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 8:05 PM > Subject: Re: PESO: Critter > > Another amazing shot! > > Thanks for the clarification wrt the legs. I doubt he'd survive long were > they cut off where they seem to be in the first photo. I imagine he wouldn't > be able to capture and eat prey without full use of those front appendages. > > Cheers, > frank > > "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- > Christopher Hitchens > > --- Original Message --- > > From: John Sessoms <[email protected]> > Sent: August 15, 2012 8/15/12 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: PESO: Critter > > He just has them folded under and they're kind of hidden from the angle > I was photographing him. > > When he got tired of me poking the lens in his face he hopped down from > the rose bush and tried to escape by climbing a maple tree. Once he got > up about tripod level I was able to get a couple more good shots. > > Here's the other one I liked: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/7792517030/lightbox/ > K20D, A* 100 f/2.8 macro @ f/5.6, 1/50 > > You can see the front legs are intact. > > From: Jack Davis > >> Did the mower possibly cut off part its two front legs? They?appear to be >> somewhat incomplete. >> >> >> Jack Davis________________________________ >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis >> http://www.photolightimages.com/ >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: John Sessoms <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: >> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 1:42 PM >> Subject: PESO: Critter >> >> I have been so uninspired I haven't even felt like picking my camera >> up for several months. I think the last photos I took were at GFM >> Nature Photography Weekend. >> >> Yesterday while I was cutting the grass, this little fellow got >> dumped out when I was emptying the catcher bag. I kind of scooped him >> up and dropped him on my rose bush so he would be out of the way. He >> was still hanging on the rose bush when I finished my yard work, so I >> went and got my camera & put my A* 100 f/2.8 macro on it. >> >> I took about 50 frames before he got irritated and left. This is one >> of the two I'm relatively happy with: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/7790647954/lightbox/ >> >> K20D, A*100 f/2.8 macro @ f/8 and I'm not going to walk back into the >> other room just to see what the shutter speed was. >> >> When I was prepping it in Bridge, I noticed I've got a hot pixel that >> causes a sharp line to appear across the frame. I tried to clone it >> out, but I can see I need to go back and work on it again in some >> places. > > -- > 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
