Well earned too, Dan! Jack
----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel J. Matyola" <[email protected]> To: "PDML" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2014 12:48:25 PM Subject: Re: PESO: Daddy Thanks, David, Jack, Bruce and Ann! When I first saw this critter, he was flat against the middle of the trunk, and not moving. I couldn't get a good angle on him, but I was afraid to disturb him. I took a chance, and nudged him ever so gently, and he scrambled a few inches up the tree, where I could get a better angle on him. Still, I hand to wrap the leg of the tripod around the tree to get the lens under him and close enough to get as much detail as possible. I kept losing him entirely when I was trying to focus, but eventually I managed to grab the focus close enough. I was shocked that he remained still for so long, but it was a chilly morning, and that helped I surmise. I also had a bit of a problem with the bright spots in the background. The brightest one, to the upper left of the spider, tended to overwhelm it when it was close to the Daddy Long Legs, so I had to move the camera to get it out of the way. The longer bright spot behind him fortunately allowed itself to be aligned along one of the "long legs," setting it off in a way that I found pleasing pleasing. It was a fun image to make. Thanks for looking and commenting. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah - nice one, Dan > > ann > > > On 6/15/2014 10:30, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> A lanky one. That's very good, Dan. I love the perspective and background >> too. >> >> On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 11:23 PM, Daniel J. Matyola >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> For Father's Day: >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17790095 >>> K-5IIs, DA 35 mm F2.8 macro ltd >>> Comments are invited >>> >>> Dan Matyola >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>> >>> -- >>> 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. -- 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.
