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01/18/2007 12:59:31 PM · #1401

Originally posted by meyers:

Happy Birthday to Jason, a frequent subject of my dpc entries. Today he's 3.

Oh, my goodness, what a cutie! Happy Birthday!

01/18/2007 01:01:01 PM · #1402

Is there any chance DPC could have chosen a worse week for wildlife photos for people living in the US? (Aside from SC, of course!) Plus I heard there is a rare hurricane headed for Germany? Hopefully not to your neck of the woods, Deb!

01/18/2007 01:08:30 PM · #1403

Unless I'm confused you would probably need a good image-stabilized telephoto lens for wildlife?

I don't think I have the lens for this one.

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

01/18/2007 01:13:45 PM · #1404

Originally posted by quiet_observation:

Unless I'm confused you would probably need a good image-stabilized telephoto lens for wildlife?

Don - I agree that many excellent wildlife photos are taken with a tripod and telephoto. However, I've actually done better in some situations - including very fast exposure to capture birds in flight - with hand held standard lens. The essential ingredient, of course, is a lot of light if you don't have a telephoto and tripod.

snaffles

Nikon D7100

01/18/2007 01:19:16 PM · #1405

Hi everyone, off to shoot wildlife soon (no not horsey butts, as threatened yesterday) and here's what's happening in the Ottawa Valley:

Battle
Votes: 196
Views: 336
Avg Vote: 4.5714
Comments: 2

Match
Votes: 88
Views: 116
Avg Vote: 4.4432
Comments: 3
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0

Welcome to our new teammates, I think you'll enjoy it here!

Happy birthday to the little cutie! Though normally I am immune to cuteness, he got a grin and an awww out of me!

NikonJeb, must go see if you commented yet on my pix...

And have yet to decide whether to do exit/entrance. Can you also do something entrancing, I wonder?

Bye now, gotta go shoot Bambi!

Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G

01/18/2007 01:36:42 PM · #1406

I wasn't aware it's a hurricane, but we are indeed having a Wind Event. I don't have German TV - I don't have ANY TV at the moment - so I haven't been following along. The German version of Weather.com indicates no warnings but lemme tell ya, the wind is seriously howling here. And from what I understand, that's very unusual. And it's quite warm for winter here at the moment, too.

Are we very sure that a wild housecat named Thomas the Terrible, captured in his natural environment (like say on the back of the couch) wouldn't count as Wildlife?

bmartuch

Nikon D7200

01/18/2007 01:44:50 PM · #1407

Wildlife is out for me. Right now, the weather is just not conducive to that unless I want to wait for a squirrel to happen along. However, I do have some ideas for "Entrance".

One thing about Saginaw is that there is a lot of old buildings from the 1800's. Hopefuly, I can get out this weekend and shoot a few of them. Unfortunately, during the week, it's dark when I get home from work.

What ever happened to

cuspie and

liltritter? Haven't seen anything from them in a while.

SteveJ

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

01/18/2007 01:47:47 PM · #1408

Looks like most challenges are out for at least another week. Camera arrived today, wrong model K110D. So, it has to go back and they are sending the right one.

Still, back to old username again.

01/18/2007 02:07:07 PM · #1409

Let us know what you think of the K100D after you have used it for a bit.

01/18/2007 02:10:32 PM · #1410

Originally posted by bmartuch:

What ever happened to cuspie and liltritter? Haven't seen anything from them in a while.

They are still around.

liltritter stopped by on her birthday. Looks like

Cuspie enters the monthly free studies.

Brookied

Apple iPhone 6

01/18/2007 02:16:00 PM · #1411

Hi
well i am going for a wacky idea for my best of challenge in Jan, I know it wont be well received as has happened in the past but i think it may well turn out OK

Heres hoping

Message edited by author 2007-01-18 14:55:18.

poser

Canon EOS-60D

Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon

01/18/2007 02:52:39 PM · #1412

Well I put one in Wildlife. I got a crash course in ps so maybe I won't be as suckey :)

klstover

Panasonic DMC-FZ8

01/18/2007 03:03:11 PM · #1413

Originally posted by levyj413:

Klstover, I find that turning on my camera is easy when I use champagne, soft music, and dark chocolate. Oh, and maybe some porn, like this or, depending on how you value heft vs. length, this. ;)

*snicker*

levyj413

Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max

01/18/2007 03:21:41 PM · #1414

Originally posted by The Right Honorable and Most Revered Site Council:

We are happy to inform you that your submission to the Motion Panning II challenge has been validated.

:)

They got to that one fast. It often takes a few days.

Julianne, did you get validated yet? Or was it someone else?

JuliBoc

Apple iPhone 6s+

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

01/18/2007 03:28:52 PM · #1415

I'm in Wildlife. With this busy week, I only had one afternoon to shoot. So my entry is okay, but not as spectacular as I would have liked.

I mostly use my camera hand-held, with the built in 12x zoom, and a fast shutter speed, when shooting wildlife. Sometimes I use a monopod, but half the time I am still hand-holding the camera with the monopod dangling down loosely. I find that unless I am aiming at a nest and waiting for some nice action in that exact spot, in which case a tripod is appropriate, I would rather have the freedom of motion and fast reaction time that hand holding allows.

BTW, my Battle of the Sexes entry was validated. Phew!

01/18/2007 03:32:00 PM · #1416

I feel left out. I've never ever been asked to validate anything. Wah!

Probably won't be in wildlife. Supposed to rain all weekend here and that's my shootin' time. Maybe I'll have to figure out how to put a baggie on the camera.

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

01/18/2007 03:54:19 PM · #1417

Validation is overrated. I went from 4th place to nothing. I had accidently set the year in my camera to 2005 instead of 2006.

silverfoxx

Canon EOS-5D

01/18/2007 03:59:26 PM · #1418

Originally posted by quiet_observation:

Validation is overrated. I went from 4th place to nothing. I had accidently set the year in my camera to 2005 instead of 2006.

aaah!:) welcome to my little world Mary. the time here is one year behind everybody's time but that's what make it special, right?
I'm sorry to hear that though!:(

bmartuch

Nikon D7200

Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G

01/18/2007 04:25:10 PM · #1419

Trying to comment on as many BO 2006 entries as I can. Have I got any team suck members yet?

Kelli

Canon EOS-D60

01/18/2007 04:28:24 PM · #1420

Originally posted by bmartuch:

Trying to comment on as many BO 2006 entries as I can. Have I got any team suck members yet?

Not me, keep trying! Deb got me though.

01/18/2007 04:31:08 PM · #1421

Kelli got me, too, but you haven't yet Bob. I'm not quite finished voting yet - will try to finish up tomorrow after work. Stats thus far:
You have rated 565 of 706 images (80%) in this challenge.
You have commented on 120 images (17%) in this challenge.
I have 18 comments and had a score below 6 and heading south when I turned off scores earlier in the week.

Message edited by author 2007-01-18 16:31:44.

SteveJ

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

01/18/2007 04:40:04 PM · #1422

Originally posted by bmartuch:

Trying to comment on as many BO 2006 entries as I can. Have I got any team suck members yet?

You've missed me, but there is still time.

For those who don't know me now. I was formerly sodoff, before that I was formerly Formerlee.

Message edited by author 2007-01-18 16:40:22.

01/18/2007 04:40:40 PM · #1423

I'm happy to report that out of 21 comments on my Best of 2006 entry, 3 come from Team Suck! Thank you to

kdsprog,

melethia and

silverfoxx!
I hope to return the favor to one and all. Have voted, am still fine-tuning and commenting.

Message edited by author 2007-01-18 16:41:30.