20D GETS CLOSE !

One old adage about photography suggests that you should
always try to "get closer." One way to do that is to use a
long lens. Another way is to actually get close to your subject.

So with that in mind I took these pics this morning.


http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673036/original


http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673031


http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673033


http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673034


http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673035


http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673254


-Annika ----- loves having the whole day off !!!

Annika1980 wrote:
One old adage about photography suggests that you should
always try to "get closer." One way to do that is to use a
long lens. Another way is to actually get close to your subject.

So with that in mind I took these pics this morning.


http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673036/original


http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673031


http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673033


http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673034


Is that one of those red spider mites hitching a ride?



http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673035


http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673254


-Annika ----- loves having the whole day off !!!



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jer
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"Annika1980" wrote in message
ups.com...
One old adage about photography suggests that you should
always try to "get closer." One way to do that is to use a
long lens. Another way is to actually get close to your subject.

So with that in mind I took these pics this morning.


http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673036/original
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673031
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673033
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673034
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673035
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673254

Wow - great pix, Annika.

BTW - Is "spikeless" a picture of the same heron, sans spike?

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Mike Russell - www.curvemeister.com

Mike wrote on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 21:31:34 GMT:

MR "Annika1980" wrote in message
MR
ups.com...
?? One old adage about photography suggests that you should
?? always try to "get closer." One way to do that is to use
?? a long lens. Another way is to actually get close to your
?? subject.
??
?? So with that in mind I took these pics this morning.
??
?? http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673036/original
?? http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673031
?? http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673033
?? http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673034
?? http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673035
?? http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673254

MR Wow - great pix, Annika.

MR BTW - Is "spikeless" a picture of the same heron, sans
MR spike?

Really neat pictures! Remarkable lens! How close did you get?

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

Annika1980 wrote:
One old adage about photography suggests that you should
always try to "get closer." One way to do that is to use a
long lens. Another way is to actually get close to your subject.

So with that in mind I took these pics this morning.


http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673036/original


http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673031


http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673033


http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673034


http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673035


http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673254


-Annika ----- loves having the whole day off !!!

As I have come to expect from you--Great Pictures!
Allen

On Jul 4, 6:14 pm, BaumBadier wrote:


Nothing worse than flash used for macro-photography to destroy the image. They
might as well have been taken in a staged lab setting with dead specimens.


If they were dead then I wouldn't have needed the flash.
Without flash you are talking about long exposure times. Not such a
good idea when shooting handheld and your subject is on a leaf.

Oh yeah, here's a weather tip:
If you are ever sweating on a hot, humid day just get out the super
macro lens and try shooting bugs or flowers. It is guaranteed to make
the wind blow a nice steady breeze.

BaumBadier wrote:
On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:27:21 -0700, Annika1980
wrote:


If they were dead then I wouldn't have needed the flash.
Without flash you are talking about long exposure times. Not such a
good idea when shooting handheld and your subject is on a leaf.

That's what photography talent is for.

Try it sometime.

Gee, what a shock!
Doug has a new screen name...

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

Mark² wrote:
BaumBadier wrote:
On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:27:21 -0700, Annika1980
wrote:

If they were dead then I wouldn't have needed the flash.
Without flash you are talking about long exposure times. Not such a
good idea when shooting handheld and your subject is on a leaf.
That's what photography talent is for.

Try it sometime.

Gee, what a shock!
Doug has a new screen name...

Mark, the only times I see BB's arrogant and idiotic posts is when
someone copies them in a reply. Some things don't deserve to be read. I
subscribe to several classical music ngs and I tghought they had a hign
percentage of trolls and flakes. This ng, though, holds my personal
record. I want to say that you are one of the good guys, as is Annika.
Allen

Allen wrote:
Mark² wrote:
BaumBadier wrote:
On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:27:21 -0700, Annika1980
wrote:

If they were dead then I wouldn't have needed the flash.
Without flash you are talking about long exposure times. Not such
a good idea when shooting handheld and your subject is on a leaf.
That's what photography talent is for.

Try it sometime.

Gee, what a shock!
Doug has a new screen name...

Mark, the only times I see BB's arrogant and idiotic posts is when
someone copies them in a reply. Some things don't deserve to be read.
I subscribe to several classical music ngs and I tghought they had a
hign percentage of trolls and flakes. This ng, though, holds my
personal record. I want to say that you are one of the good guys, as
is Annika. Allen

Thank you (for that last part).
He's now in my kill-file...
I've never seen his screen name before...so perhaps he's from the aus.photo
only?

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

On Jul 5, 2:01 pm, BaumBadier wrote:
Newsgroups: rec.photo.digital, aus.photo
From: BaumBadier
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:01:37 -0500
Local: Thurs, Jul 5 2007 2:01 pm
Subject: 20D GETS CLOSE !
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That's what photography talent is for.

Try it sometime.

Is any of your stuff posted, "Baum"? (Or does it all mysteriously
vanish after 7 days? (O

FWIW, I've been posting some of mine, even tho' I don't usually do
macro - here's one, flawed as it is:
http://www.marktphoto.com/grasshopper.jpg
(no flash, overcast windy day, insufficient d-o-f, slightly
oversharpened..)

So how about you bravely show us *your* talents, especially given that
on another thread you said "Everyone that's seen my photography
wonders why I don't sell coffee-table books or enter them in galleries
or contact Nat. Geo...."
Oh... but then you said "But when I saw what kinds of undeserving
useless cretins were able to enjoy my photography just by handing me
their ill-gotten money I decided the best thing to do was take all of
it off the market and never reveal anything new to the general public
ever again."

Maybe you should go into comedy - you're hilarious and you don't even
realise it!

Regarding Bret's shots, I don't see much evidence of 'damage' from
harsh flash light, and I think they are very good.

mt
"Being professional is like being a lady - if you have to tell people
you are ... you aren't."