Re: Peso: Snow Geese

2013-09-08 Thread Mark C
On 9/6/2013 7:38 PM, John wrote: Panorama cropped from a single frame. K10D, Tokina AT-X Pro 287 @ 70mm, f/8, 1/800sec, ISO 800 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/9690539472/lightbox/ Wow! Get outta the way... Great capture. Mark -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdm

Re: Peso: Snow Geese

2013-09-08 Thread John
I don't know. It might have been a Bald Eagle flying over. I saw that happen several times earlier in the day. I also saw two red shoulder hawks squabbling over a snow goose carcase that one or the other must have brought down. That was over near the feeding grounds. This is just part of one of

Re: Peso: Snow Geese

2013-09-07 Thread Bruce Walker
Wow! That's a great shot, John. Did someone pop a paper bag to startle them? :-) On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 7:38 PM, John wrote: > Panorama cropped from a single frame. > K10D, Tokina AT-X Pro 287 @ 70mm, f/8, 1/800sec, ISO 800 > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/9690539472/lightbox/ > > --

Re: Peso: Snow Geese

2013-09-07 Thread David J Brooks
great shot Dave On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 7:38 PM, John wrote: > Panorama cropped from a single frame. > K10D, Tokina AT-X Pro 287 @ 70mm, f/8, 1/800sec, ISO 800 > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/9690539472/lightbox/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net

Re: Peso: Snow Geese

2013-09-07 Thread Jack Davis
Very well done shot that works great as a pano. Jack - Original Message - From: knarf To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Friday, September 6, 2013 8:42 PM Subject: Re: Peso: Snow Geese Impressive photograph! Cheers, frank John wrote: >Panorama cropped from a single fr

Re: Peso: Snow Geese

2013-09-07 Thread Eactivist
Oh, that's lovely. What a great flock. You lucky guy. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 9/6/2013 4:38:43 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, johnsess...@yahoo.com writes: Panorama cropped from a single frame. K10D, Tokina AT-X Pro 287 @ 70mm, f/8, 1/800sec, ISO 800 http://www.flickr.com/photos/

Re: Peso: Snow Geese

2013-09-06 Thread knarf
Impressive photograph! Cheers, frank John wrote: >Panorama cropped from a single frame. >K10D, Tokina AT-X Pro 287 @ 70mm, f/8, 1/800sec, ISO 800 > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/9690539472/lightbox/ “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Peso: Snow Geese

2013-09-06 Thread Bruce
Wow, you have to wonder how they are all managing to fly rather than crashing into each other. Cool shot - needs to be seen big to appreciate it. -- Bruce Sent from my iPad On Sep 6, 2013, at 4:38 PM, John wrote: > Panorama cropped from a single frame. > K10D, Tokina AT-X Pro 287 @ 70mm, f

Re: Peso: Snow Geese

2013-09-06 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Always nice to have an excuse... Can I come along? :-) Ann On 9/6/2013 20:06, John wrote: Well, I certainly want to go back again. Maybe later this year. I didn't get the kind of Sandhill Crane photos I wanted, so that's gonna' be my excuse. On 9/6/2013 7:45 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Wonderf

RE: Peso: Snow Geese

2013-09-06 Thread Bob W
that shot's really something! > > Well, I certainly want to go back again. Maybe later this year. > > I didn't get the kind of Sandhill Crane photos I wanted, so > that's gonna' be my excuse. > > > On 9/6/2013 7:45 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > Wonderful! > > > > I so love the Bosque and tha

Re: Peso: Snow Geese

2013-09-06 Thread John
Well, I certainly want to go back again. Maybe later this year. I didn't get the kind of Sandhill Crane photos I wanted, so that's gonna' be my excuse. On 9/6/2013 7:45 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Wonderful! I so love the Bosque and that certainly is a sight I've witnessed. ann On 9/6/2013 1

Re: Peso: Snow Geese

2013-09-06 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Wonderful! I so love the Bosque and that certainly is a sight I've witnessed. ann On 9/6/2013 19:38, John wrote: Panorama cropped from a single frame. K10D, Tokina AT-X Pro 287 @ 70mm, f/8, 1/800sec, ISO 800 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/9690539472/lightbox/ -- PDML Pentax-Discus

Peso: Snow Geese

2013-09-06 Thread John
Panorama cropped from a single frame. K10D, Tokina AT-X Pro 287 @ 70mm, f/8, 1/800sec, ISO 800 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/9690539472/lightbox/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: PESO: Snow Geese

2010-11-24 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks! I was fortunate. In the last shot they almost appear to be posing. I think a good strong gust of wind happened just as I tripped the shutter. Jack --- On Wed, 11/24/10, paul stenquist wrote: > From: paul stenquist > Subject: Re: PESO: Snow Geese > To: "Pentax-Dis

RE: PESO: Snow Geese

2010-11-24 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, John! They really cooperated with me. ;) Jack --- On Wed, 11/24/10, John Sessoms wrote: > From: John Sessoms > Subject: RE: PESO: Snow Geese > To: pdml@pdml.net > Date: Wednesday, November 24, 2010, 2:51 PM > From: Jack Davis > > > Visited Gray Lodge again

Re: PESO: Snow Geese

2010-11-24 Thread paul stenquist
Wow! That is quite a gaggle. Excellent pics. I love the third one with large foreground geese and some small and distant ones behind. Well done! Paul On Nov 24, 2010, at 5:51 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: Jack Davis > >> Visited Gray Lodge again this AM. The Snow Geese are finally in and >>

RE: PESO: Snow Geese

2010-11-24 Thread John Sessoms
From: Jack Davis Visited Gray Lodge again this AM. The Snow Geese are finally in and in staggering numbers. Did the typical flock shooting and am offering three Representative grabs. I have a lot of editing yet to do and may offer a couple more..someday. I should go for a "hide", but haven't ha

Re: PESO: Snow Geese

2010-11-24 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, Christine! They were especially cooperative that day. When the K20 and DA55~300 have such inspired performances it instills K-5 price dropping patience. Jack --- On Tue, 11/23/10, Christine Aguila wrote: > From: Christine Aguila > Subject: Re: PESO: Snow Geese > To: "

Re: PESO: Snow Geese

2010-11-23 Thread Christine Aguila
Wow! Wow! Wow! Those are great, Jack. Most impressive. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "Jack Davis" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 9:00 AM Subject: Re: PESO: Snow Geese Thanks, Christian! Fun to do. Jack

Re: PESO: Snow Geese

2010-11-23 Thread Jack Davis
Appreciated comments, Boris. The last one has some fortunate accidental elements for which I'm very grateful. May even include same in my pre- Thanksgiving dinner remarks this week. ;) Jack --- On Tue, 11/23/10, Boris Liberman wrote: > From: Boris Liberman > Subject: Re: PESO:

Re: PESO: Snow Geese

2010-11-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Looks like the series of consecutive zoom ins. The last one is outstanding due to its depth of field and play of foreground and background which both are along the third dimension. On 11/22/2010 10:55 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Visited Gray Lodge again this AM. The Snow Geese are finally in and in

Re: PESO: Snow Geese

2010-11-23 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, Dave..and NO THANKS for the snow comment. ;) FTR, I agree with your choices. Jack --- On Tue, 11/23/10, David J Brooks wrote: > From: David J Brooks > Subject: Re: PESO: Snow Geese > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 7:04 AM >

Re: PESO: Snow Geese

2010-11-23 Thread David J Brooks
Great shots, needs more snow:-) I think #1 and #3 are my favorites. Dave On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > Visited Gray Lodge again this AM. The Snow Geese are finally in and in > staggering numbers. Did the typical flock shooting and am offering three   > Representative gra

Re: PESO: Snow Geese

2010-11-23 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, Christian! Fun to do. Jack --- On Tue, 11/23/10, Christian Skofteland wrote: > From: Christian Skofteland > Subject: Re: PESO: Snow Geese > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 6:48 AM > On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 12:55:59PM

Re: PESO: Snow Geese

2010-11-23 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 12:55:59PM -0800, Jack Davis wrote: > Visited Gray Lodge again this AM. The Snow Geese are finally in and in > staggering numbers. Did the typical flock shooting and am offering three > Representative grabs. I have a lot of editing yet to do and may offer a > couple more

Re: PESO: Snow Geese

2010-11-22 Thread Jack Davis
ola > Subject: Re: PESO: Snow Geese > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Monday, November 22, 2010, 1:19 PM > Wonderful images, Jack! > The third image is my favorite, because of the amazing > amount of detail. > > Thanks for freezing and sharing the

Re: PESO: Snow Geese

2010-11-22 Thread Bob Sullivan
Jack, I like the geese in the background of the 3rd photo. They add a sense of magnitude to the whole thing. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > Visited Gray Lodge again this AM. The Snow Geese are finally in and in > staggering numbers. Did the typical flock sho

Re: PESO: Snow Geese

2010-11-22 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Wonderful images, Jack! The third image is my favorite, because of the amazing amount of detail. Thanks for freezing and sharing the results so we don't have to freeze. Dan On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > Visited Gray Lodge again this AM. The Snow Geese are finally in and i

PESO: Snow Geese

2010-11-22 Thread Jack Davis
Visited Gray Lodge again this AM. The Snow Geese are finally in and in staggering numbers. Did the typical flock shooting and am offering three Representative grabs. I have a lot of editing yet to do and may offer a couple more..someday. I should go for a "hide", but haven't had the urge to get

Re: PESO - snow geese and moon

2007-02-02 Thread Christian
Boris Liberman wrote: >> >> http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/snow_moon_IMG_6067.jpg >> http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut >> >> What do you think? > > I think it's an excellent work. > Thanks, Boris! -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss M

Re: PESO - snow geese and moon

2007-02-02 Thread Boris Liberman
Christian, Christian wrote: > I was visiting my parents this weekend in Fenwick Island, Delaware, > about 5 miles from the Atlantic beaches and some really nice wetlands. > Unfortunately, my visit was to help my dad pump about 200 gallons of > water out of their crawl space... with a Sears 6 g

Re: PESO - snow geese and moon

2007-02-01 Thread ann sanfedele
Christian wrote: >ann sanfedele wrote: > > > >>>http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/snow_moon_IMG_6067.jpg >>>http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut >>> >>>What do you think? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>I think I like it quite a lot... >>decisive moment stuff (unless, of course,

Re: PESO - snow geese and moon

2007-01-31 Thread Christian
Henk Terhell wrote: > Christian > I visited the exhibition of the World Wild Life contest yesterday and I > think your picture is of the level I have seen there. you are way too kind, but thanks. The geese in my shot are WAY to blurry to print this thing bigger than 4x6 and would never pass mus

RE: PESO - snow geese and moon

2007-01-31 Thread Henk Terhell
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Re: PESO - snow geese and moon

2007-01-31 Thread Christian
Tim Øsleby wrote: > A mighty fine picture. tional reasons. > > http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/snow_moon_IMG_ > 6067.jpg > http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut Thanks, Tim. -- Christian (mostly Norwegian, not so harmless) http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-D

Re: PESO - snow geese and moon

2007-01-31 Thread Christian
ann sanfedele wrote: >> >> http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/snow_moon_IMG_6067.jpg >> http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut >> >> What do you think? >> >> >> > I think I like it quite a lot... > decisive moment stuff (unless, of course, you made two different pixs > and combine

RE: PESO - snow geese and moon

2007-01-31 Thread Tim Øsleby
A mighty fine picture. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christian Sent: 29. januar 2007 16:43 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - snow geese and moon I was visiting my parents this

Re: PESO - snow geese and moon

2007-01-30 Thread ann sanfedele
Christian wrote: >. >When I finished I looked up to see thousands of snow geese flying >overhead. Grabbed the ol' camera, 300mm lens and 1.4x TC and started >shooting. The light was fading so most of the images are crap but I >thought I'd post this one for compositional reasons. > >http

Re: PESO - snow geese and moon

2007-01-30 Thread mike wilson
> > From: Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/snow_moon_IMG_6067.jpg > http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut > > What do you think? Tolerable. 8-) - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfe

Re: PESO - snow geese and moon

2007-01-29 Thread SJ
On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:42:40 -0500 Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/snow_moon_IMG_6067.jpg > http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut hi christian, that's a beautiful photograph. thanks for sharing. regards, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Ma

Re: PESO - snow geese and moon

2007-01-29 Thread Christian
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Excellent composition. Does it hold up when viewed high res? If so, it's a > great photo. > Paul >>> http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut Thanks, Paul. No, unfortunately, the geese are pretty OOF because they were moving across the frame while I held steady on the moon. The mo

Re: PESO - snow geese and moon

2007-01-29 Thread pnstenquist
Excellent composition. Does it hold up when viewed high res? If so, it's a great photo. Paul -- Original message -- From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Very very nice! > > G > > On Jan 29, 2007, at 7:42 AM, Christian wrote: > > > I was visiting my paren

Re: PESO - snow geese and moon

2007-01-29 Thread Christian
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Very very nice! >> >> http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/ >> snow_moon_IMG_6067.jpg >> http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut Thanks for looking and the kind remark, Godders. -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail L

Re: PESO - snow geese and moon

2007-01-29 Thread Christian
Tom C wrote: >>> http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/ >>> snow_moon_IMG_6067.jpg >> >>> http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut > I agree. Very nice! > > Tom C. Thanks, Tom! -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.

Re: PESO - snow geese and moon

2007-01-29 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Very very nice! G On Jan 29, 2007, at 7:42 AM, Christian wrote: > I was visiting my parents this weekend in Fenwick Island, Delaware, > about 5 miles from the Atlantic beaches and some really nice wetlands. > Unfortunately, my visit was to help my dad pump about 200 gallons of > water out of the

Re: PESO - snow geese and moon

2007-01-29 Thread Tom C
> > >http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/ > >snow_moon_IMG_6067.jpg > > > >http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut > > > >What do you think? > > >WOW. I'm gobsmacked. That's one hell of a shot. Beautiful. > I agree. Very nice! Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - snow geese and moon

2007-01-29 Thread Christian
Cotty wrote: > On 29/1/07, Christian, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/ >> snow_moon_IMG_6067.jpg > > >> http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut >> >> What do you think? > > > WOW. I'm gobsmacked. That's one hell of a shot. Beautiful. > You are

Re: PESO - snow geese and moon

2007-01-29 Thread Cotty
On 29/1/07, Christian, discombobulated, unleashed: >http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/ >snow_moon_IMG_6067.jpg >http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut > >What do you think? WOW. I'm gobsmacked. That's one hell of a shot. Beautiful. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) |

Re: PESO - snow geese and moon

2007-01-29 Thread Christian
Bruce Dayton wrote: > I like this one. It is somewhat unusual getting the moon in there > like that without some photoshop trickery. You also managed to keep > them in frame. Not a shore bird, but nice anyway. > Thanks, Bruce. There were what seemed like 20 thousand of those guys flying over

Re: PESO - snow geese and moon

2007-01-29 Thread Christian
Jack Davis wrote: > Christian, > I understand the focus/movement difficulties you mentioned. Simply a > way of telling you I notices, but I consider them no problem. > May I suggest you remove the part birds in Photoshop rather than by > cropping? :-) I consider it a problem! Yeah, I'm gonna go

Re: PESO - snow geese and moon

2007-01-29 Thread Jack Davis
Christian, I understand the focus/movement difficulties you mentioned. Simply a way of telling you I notices, but I consider them no problem. May I suggest you remove the part birds in Photoshop rather than by cropping? Jack --- Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jack Davis wrote: > > Very ni

Re: PESO - snow geese and moon

2007-01-29 Thread Bruce Dayton
I like this one. It is somewhat unusual getting the moon in there like that without some photoshop trickery. You also managed to keep them in frame. Not a shore bird, but nice anyway. -- Bruce Monday, January 29, 2007, 7:42:40 AM, you wrote: C> I was visiting my parents this weekend in Fenw

Re: PESO - snow geese and moon

2007-01-29 Thread Christian
Jack Davis wrote: > Very nice!. Beautiful V. > Appears possible that the final composition was achieved through > cropping. I do it all the time, for that matter, but if you have a > scosh more room, it may benefit from being slightly opened up. > Moon focus is great! Geese, understandably, slight

Re: PESO - snow geese and moon

2007-01-29 Thread Christian
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 1/29/2007 7:46:02 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/snow_moon_IMG_60 > 67.jpg > http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut > > What do you think? > > = > Oh, I really lik

Re: PESO - snow geese and moon

2007-01-29 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 1/29/2007 7:46:02 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/snow_moon_IMG_60 67.jpg http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut What do you think? = Oh, I really like that. That's great. If someone says the le

Re: PESO - snow geese and moon

2007-01-29 Thread Jack Davis
Very nice!. Beautiful V. Appears possible that the final composition was achieved through cropping. I do it all the time, for that matter, but if you have a scosh more room, it may benefit from being slightly opened up. Moon focus is great! Geese, understandably, slightly soft which doesn't really

PESO - snow geese and moon

2007-01-29 Thread Christian
I was visiting my parents this weekend in Fenwick Island, Delaware, about 5 miles from the Atlantic beaches and some really nice wetlands. Unfortunately, my visit was to help my dad pump about 200 gallons of water out of their crawl space... with a Sears 6 gallon wet-vac. It pretty much took