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12/02/2008 05:57:28 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Originally posted by SteveJ:
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Originally posted by SteveJ:
I don't interfer in any way with the insects. They are free to come and go as they please with no freezers, ether or death imposing implements. If I miss a shot, that is just the way it is :))
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You are one of those people who like to cut and chop everything. If it is living, perhaps it looks better and certainly doesn't move as much when it is dead or comatosed types!! I, am greener:))
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Ya, I was just bugging you. I mainly chill them to keep them from flying away. I don't want to shoot through glass in some terrarium and if I've gone through the trouble of catching it, I want it to be around for a bit. Another trick is what I call "ant island". Set up a large flat rock on a cookie sheet filled with water. You can put something else on the rock if you want to shoot the bug on that (a leaf, etc). Let the ants or other flightless insect walk around and wait until it's doing what you want. It takes some time, but at least they don't just run away. |
I was just reading your tutorial on how you did the 'I'm in love' shot. Great idea and brilliantly executed! What is "The Hog" team by the way?
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12/02/2008 06:32:33 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by Prash:
I was just reading your tutorial on how you did the 'I'm in love' shot. Great idea and brilliantly executed! What is "The Hog" team by the way? |
The Ribbon Hogs were the infamous team that broke the DPL. It basically had at least five of the top ribbon winners at the time and was more or less the New York Yankees of DPL where everybody wanted to see them lose (it didn't happen). A little known fact is it was  Scalvert's brainchild and not mine... :)
Ribbon Hogs
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12/02/2008 07:09:42 PM · #28 |
You could try the California Academy of Scienes in San Francisco. They apparently have a 4 storey rain forest exhibit.
Message edited by author 2008-12-02 19:10:01. |
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12/02/2008 07:34:50 PM · #29 |
| Be very careful Prash, DrAchoo is a known ladybird murderer. |
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12/02/2008 07:34:54 PM · #30 |
Originally posted by banmorn:
You could try the California Academy of Scienes in San Francisco. They apparently have a 4 storey rain forest exhibit. |
Wow cool! So now I know where I will be this weekend. |
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12/02/2008 07:43:40 PM · #31 |
Originally posted by Prash:
Originally posted by banmorn:
You could try the California Academy of Scienes in San Francisco. They apparently have a 4 storey rain forest exhibit. |
Wow cool! So now I know where I will be this weekend. |
Go early and stay late. They sometimes stop entry after 2:00pm-3:00pm on some days because of the fire code. The expense of the ticket is making people stay longer then they normally would and they can't let more people enter unless people leave.
Haven't been inside yet ,but traffic is pretty crazy.
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12/02/2008 08:08:48 PM · #32 |
Originally posted by Prash:
Originally posted by banmorn:
You could try the California Academy of Scienes in San Francisco. They apparently have a 4 storey rain forest exhibit. |
Wow cool! So now I know where I will be this weekend. |
Yep, you have about a 1 1/2 to 2 hour window when it first opens at 9:30. but it means standing in line from 9:00 or so, outside. Not a hardship, the in-line people are friendly and interesting. At least, if you drive, you get a decent parking place in the garage. The rain forest is nicely done, will grow into something spectacular, undoubtedly. There are a few butterflies and birds(!) fluttering around. I didn't spot any bugs - except for the multitudes of people who sometimes bugged me. I digressed into the aquarium first and that was a mistake (sort of) as, while the aquarium was interesting, it put me in large quantities of people for the rain forest later on. You get in at the base and walk up a gentle ramp several stories (maybe 5-6**). Once you're in, you're in for the duration. Elevators (when they are working) take you back down. They didn't when I was there. (ooof, ouch)
No matter what you do, find the white alligator on your way out. Worth the price of admission. And if you don't have your polarizer stuck on your lens you'll get some good pics.
**Just read  faidoi's post. Yes, it's probably 4 stories. When you have to take the stairs down they dump you in the basement - back in the aquarium - and that adds another couple of stories to the lot.
Message edited by author 2008-12-02 20:16:09. |
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