Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, Thanks for looking. In National Parks here it is forbidden to get off the vehicle, so getting closer is not an option. Luck is one option, and getting 500/600mm behemoths is another. I prefer to handhold, because a tripod is a pain in the backside in an open jeep, so light VR lenses are my choice. Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 12:54 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > I had been to these national Parks in early March with a bunch of people > who > > were in school with me in the 1960s, a reunion of sorts: > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jayanand/sets/72157604253194288/ > > > > The equipment was Nikon D300 with AFS VR 70-200 + 1.7TC, or Nikon D40X > with > > AFS VR 18-200. > > > > Comments and Criticism welcome. > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > > Great shots from what I can see of them its very frustrating as a viewer > to > have shots not blow up very big at all so you really can't see them I > normally would only look at a few of a such formatted group. I guess i'm > not > a Flicker guy. Also squares turning into rectangles. Better off in > reverse. > > Its always like to see what a fellow Lugger looks like and now I have your > picture copied into my Entourage email people program with all the other > Luggers so I can see what you look like before I make my ecstatic or the > agitated reply. > > Animal lover that I am I found the people shots of much more interest in > this group. Possibly because their camouflage was no good- making for > better > contrast. The animals blend in splendidly and I'm going "look at the Emo > you can hardly see!" I'd get even closer. > > And I think they all looked a tad light. Blazing sun sure but I always > think > its a good idea to enrichen things a bit. Even if its not what you "saw" > when you were there. > > > > Mark William Rabiner > markrabiner.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >