Re: GESO: Lens handover and trip to Primrose Hill

2013-09-11 Thread Bob Sullivan
Ben, I forgot to mention how effective those pictures of the butterflies on the plain white background were. Not a choice I thought I'd like. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Ben Price wrote: > Thanks for looking and for the comments Bob S., Bob W., Bruce, Chris, > Darren & Dan

Re: GESO: Lens handover and trip to Primrose Hill

2013-09-11 Thread Ben Price
Thanks for looking and for the comments Bob S., Bob W., Bruce, Chris, Darren & Dan! I'm no Butterfly expert (my job is Curator of Dragonflies and Small Orders, which is essentially the river insects and lacewings), but John I think the leaf mimics would probably move once a caterpillar started cli

Re: GESO: Lens handover and trip to Primrose Hill

2013-09-10 Thread John
I did kind of wonder if the one whose wings mimic a leaf ever has problems with caterpillar's trying to eat his wings? On 9/10/2013 5:00 PM, Chris Mitchell wrote: No Bob, it's not the lens - he must be an insect expert of some sort. If I'd known he was that good, I'd have thought twice about l

Re: GESO: Lens handover and trip to Primrose Hill

2013-09-10 Thread Chris Mitchell
No Bob, it's not the lens - he must be an insect expert of some sort. If I'd known he was that good, I'd have thought twice about letting you him that lens. Too much of an advantage! Great stuff - let us see more. Chris On 10 September 2013 19:18, Bob W wrote: > They're really impressive! You

Re: GESO: Lens handover and trip to Primrose Hill

2013-09-10 Thread Darren Addy
I'd like to add my welcome to Ben. Those are ALL quality images in your Flickr account. Looking forward to seeing and hearing more from you. On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 12:07 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Ben, > Welcome and nice to see you're making good use of the 300mm. > The butterfly shots are excell

Re: GESO: Lens handover and trip to Primrose Hill

2013-09-10 Thread Bruce Walker
Welcome out into the open, Ben. Some very good images of very beautiful specimens. My faves would be the first two shots. Looking forward to more from you. On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Ben Price wrote: > Ben the ex-lurker here > > Chris & Bob - it was great to meet you guys, now that I ha

Re: GESO: Lens handover and trip to Primrose Hill

2013-09-10 Thread Bob Sullivan
Ben, Welcome and nice to see you're making good use of the 300mm. The butterfly shots are excellent and the flower shots mixed in are georgeous. I particularly like the composition of the lantana on right with B&W butterfly out of focus on left. The delicate circular nose/tongue are good captures a

Re: GESO: Lens handover and trip to Primrose Hill

2013-09-10 Thread Bob W
They're really impressive! You must have an awfully good lens! Bob On 10 Sep 2013, at 14:17, Ben Price wrote: > Ben the ex-lurker here > > Chris & Bob - it was great to meet you guys, now that I have some > quality glass (thanks to Chris!) I'm looking forward to sticking > something intere

Re: GESO: Lens handover and trip to Primrose Hill

2013-09-10 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Wonderful and interesting gallery, Ben. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Ben Price wrote: > Ben the ex-lurker here > > Chris & Bob - it was great to meet you guys, now that I have some > quality glass (thanks to Chris!) I'm lookin

Re: GESO: Lens handover and trip to Primrose Hill

2013-09-10 Thread Ben Price
Ben the ex-lurker here Chris & Bob - it was great to meet you guys, now that I have some quality glass (thanks to Chris!) I'm looking forward to sticking something interesting in front of it :) I spent Monday's lunch hour at the Natural History Museum's Butterfly Garden (closing at the end of

Re: GESO: Lens handover and trip to Primrose Hill

2013-09-09 Thread Chris Mitchell
> > - Original Message - > From: Chris Mitchell > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Cc: > Sent: Monday, September 9, 2013 5:17 AM > Subject: Re: GESO: Lens handover and trip to Primrose Hill > > Ah, you noticed. That 14mm lens hasn't been taken off since I got it

Re: GESO: Lens handover and trip to Primrose Hill

2013-09-09 Thread Rick Womer
: Lens handover and trip to Primrose Hill Ah, you noticed. That 14mm lens hasn't been taken off since I got it last month. Chris On 9 September 2013 07:21, Steve Cottrell wrote: > On 8/9/13, Chris Mitchell, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Bob beat me to it - here's my re

Re: GESO: Lens handover and trip to Primrose Hill

2013-09-09 Thread Chris Mitchell
Ah, you noticed. That 14mm lens hasn't been taken off since I got it last month. Chris On 9 September 2013 07:21, Steve Cottrell wrote: > On 8/9/13, Chris Mitchell, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Bob beat me to it - here's my record of a pleasant day. >> >>PDML lurker Ben Price relieved me of my

Re: GESO: Lens handover and trip to Primrose Hill

2013-09-08 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 8/9/13, Chris Mitchell, discombobulated, unleashed: >Bob beat me to it - here's my record of a pleasant day. > >PDML lurker Ben Price relieved me of my F* 300 4.5. I'm pleased that >it's going to a good home. Ben threatens to de-lurk sometime soon... > >Bob and I had a rather pleasant lunch at

Re: GESO: Lens handover and trip to Primrose Hill

2013-09-08 Thread Bob W
Very nice - fascinating to see the same basic shots from slightly different viewpoints. B On 8 Sep 2013, at 11:16, Chris Mitchell wrote: > Bob beat me to it - here's my record of a pleasant day. > > PDML lurker Ben Price relieved me of my F* 300 4.5. I'm pleased that > it's going to a good ho

Re: GESO: Lens handover and trip to Primrose Hill

2013-09-08 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Quie nice! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 6:16 AM, Chris Mitchell wrote: > Bob beat me to it - here's my record of a pleasant day. > > PDML lurker Ben Price relieved me of my F* 300 4.5. I'm pleased that > it's going to a good home. Ben threa

GESO: Lens handover and trip to Primrose Hill

2013-09-08 Thread Chris Mitchell
Bob beat me to it - here's my record of a pleasant day. PDML lurker Ben Price relieved me of my F* 300 4.5. I'm pleased that it's going to a good home. Ben threatens to de-lurk sometime soon... Bob and I had a rather pleasant lunch at L'Absinthe (no, we didn't partake of any) and a general wander