20D NAILS IT!

Bill K wrote:
Annika1980 wrote:
You can always count on the 20D to nail the shot!

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/65953942
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/65953988

I respectfully submit that it's the person behind the camera who
nailed it as opposed to the camera. Well done and thanks for sharing.
I guess I'm going to have to get up early some morning and sit out on
the dock to catch with resident Great Blue Heron with the D200.
Cheers

Surely you didn't miss the pun...regarding the ACTUAL NAIL sticking out of
this fellows throat...
?

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JimKramer wrote:
Annika1980 wrote:
Gerrit 't Hart wrote:
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/65953942
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/65953988

Why the sudden plethora of long-necked birds?
I don't shoot all long-necked birds .... just the ones with spikes
through their throats.



And why couldn't a different camera have got a similar (if not better) shot?
Don't know. I've never seen shots of long-necked birds with spikes
thorugh their throats taken with better cameras.

How about a shortneck bird with a starfish leg through its throat, same
camera, better lens?

http://www.jlkramer.net/Pictures/seafish.htm

Jim

how did you put the spike through its throat????

Annika1980 wrote:
Joan wrote:
Is anyone doing anything about the spike?

No.

There are two options that have been considered.

1. Leave the bird alone and let nature take it's course. The spike
doesn't seem to bother the bird at all, and it should eventually work
it's way out on it's own.

2. Try to capture the bird and remove the spike. This would prove
quite difficult and would probably traumatize the bird as well as
possibly seriously wounding it further in the attempt. How would one
catch a wild bird, anyway? I suppose they'd have to shoot it with a
tranquilizer gun, but then they'd have to hope the bird didn't fly up
in a tree where it could fall to it's death or where it would be
difficult to retrieve.

As a followup, a TWRA (Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency) truck pulled
up in front of our offices about an hour ago. After the guys went
across the street for barbeque, I asked them into my office and showed
them some pics of Spike. They agreed that trying to capture the bird
would only traumatize it and they agreed with option #1 above.

Interesting, I would have thought they'd be capable of catching and
releasing wildlife. From what we see and hear about, it happens
frequently all over the world.

--
Joan
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joan-in-manly

"Annika1980" wrote in message
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:
: As a followup, a TWRA (Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency) truck
pulled
: up in front of our offices about an hour ago. After the guys went
: across the street for barbeque, I asked them into my office and
showed
: them some pics of Spike. They agreed that trying to capture the bird
: would only traumatize it and they agreed with option #1 above.
:

"Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even number wrote in message
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Bill K wrote:
Annika1980 wrote:
You can always count on the 20D to nail the shot!

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/65953942
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/65953988

I respectfully submit that it's the person behind the camera who
nailed it as opposed to the camera. Well done and thanks for sharing.
I guess I'm going to have to get up early some morning and sit out on
the dock to catch with resident Great Blue Heron with the D200.
Cheers

Surely you didn't miss the pun...regarding the ACTUAL NAIL sticking out of
this fellows throat...
?



Yeah, he has no taste _and_ he's dense.

--
Regards,
Matt Clara
www.mattclara.com

Matt Clara wrote:
"Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even number wrote in message
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Bill K wrote:
Annika1980 wrote:
You can always count on the 20D to nail the shot!

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/65953942
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/65953988

I respectfully submit that it's the person behind the camera who
nailed it as opposed to the camera. Well done and thanks for
sharing. I guess I'm going to have to get up early some morning and
sit out on the dock to catch with resident Great Blue Heron with
the D200. Cheers

Surely you didn't miss the pun...regarding the ACTUAL NAIL sticking
out of this fellows throat...
?



Yeah, he has no taste _and_ he's dense.

Turn the oven UP a bit, and the timer DOWN, and I'm sure he'll be tasty and
tender next time...


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Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
www.pbase.com/markuson

Joan wrote:
Interesting, I would have thought they'd be capable of catching and
releasing wildlife. From what we see and hear about, it happens
frequently all over the world.

Who said they were "incapable"??
They merely said (and I agree) that catching it could well introduce new
damage.
Birds don't tend to sit idly by while you grab them. -They flail
away...having no idea that there's actually a large metal thingy sticking
out of their throat, and what they should/shouldn't do as they panick.



"Annika1980" wrote in message
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As a followup, a TWRA (Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency) truck
pulled up in front of our offices about an hour ago. After the guys
went across the street for barbeque, I asked them into my office and
showed them some pics of Spike. They agreed that trying to capture
the bird would only traumatize it and they agreed with option #1
above.

--
Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
www.pbase.com/markuson

Mark² wrote:
Joan wrote:
Interesting, I would have thought they'd be capable of catching and
releasing wildlife. From what we see and hear about, it happens
frequently all over the world.

Who said they were "incapable"??
They merely said (and I agree) that catching it could well introduce
new damage.
Birds don't tend to sit idly by while you grab them. -They flail
away...having no idea that there's actually a large metal thingy
sticking out of their throat, and what they should/shouldn't do as
they panick.

Oops.
Make that, "panic."



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Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
www.pbase.com/markuson

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:15:58 -0400, Bill wrote:

Matt Clara wrote:

Yeah, he has no taste _and_ he's dense.

The bird...?

:-)

No, the bird has taste; they taste like chicken. :-)
--
Bill Funk
replace "g" with "a"

Bill Funk wrote:
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:15:58 -0400, Bill wrote:

Matt Clara wrote:

Yeah, he has no taste _and_ he's dense.

The bird...?

:-)

No, the bird has taste; they taste like chicken. :-)

Not exactly: they taste _a lot_ like chicken.

--
Frank ess