Thanks. He's lived in our pond in our courtyard for a year now, so he's
slowly gotten used to us and our voices. Last season he was much more
skittish - I was surprised to find this year that he really doesn't pay
that much attention to us. Now, if only Alvin the chipmunk would stop
running away...
On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 1:46 PM, Charles Geilfuss <
charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm amazed you are able to get that close, Paul. Big frogs will usually
> jump away long before you get that close. Well done.
>
> Charlie
>
> On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 1:39 PM, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Kermit was in a more photogenic mood yesterday morning - I put the 12-50
> > into macro mode and got down on his level and about 2" away from him.
> Nice
> > detail and nice bokeh.
> >
> > http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=17230
> >
> > I was in Chicago yesterday for Robie House duty. On my way back, I
> decided
> > to stop and grab a few photos - first one is of a soccer game between
> > several families in the Midway Plaisance (one of the remnants of the 1893
> > World's Fair left in town). The energy and color caught my eye. I was
> quite
> > a distance away, so I put the 75-300 on at f8 and held very still. EXIF
> > shows 179mm, so not too bad for a 360mm hand-held shot. I tried to be
> > inconspicuous and non-threatening since in this day and age, anybody
> taking
> > photos of kids is automatically painted as a predator...
> >
> > http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=17234
> >
> > And this shot is of a statue in the Midway as well that I've been driving
> > by for years without knowing who it was. So, I stopped. Turns out it's of
> > Thomas Masaryk, the founder and first president of Czechoslovakia.
> Chicago
> > has a large Czech population (my friend Jim Peterik is of Czech
> heritage),
> > so once I looked him up, it made sense. The statue was erected in the
> > 1950's according to the plaque on the base.
> >
> > http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=17232
> >
> > I found one that I had forgotten about from our trip to Tunica/Memphis a
> > couple of months back, so I'm going to cheat and include it here. It's an
> > abandoned vacation development called "Cottage Inn Luxury Chalets".
> Every
> > time we've driven by it, I laugh since my concept of "Luxury Chalet"
> isn't
> > a shoddy building on a flat corner lot along a highway in Tunica, MS.
> This
> > last time, I got a photo.
> >
> > http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=17096
> >
> > C&C encouraged. Enjoy!
> > --
> >
> > Paul Braun WD9GCO
> > Certified Music Junkie
> >
> > "Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Berthold
> > Auerbach
> > --
> > _________________________________________________________________
> > Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
> > Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
> > Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
> >
> >
> --
> _________________________________________________________________
> Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
> Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
> Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
>
>
--
Paul Braun WD9GCO
Certified Music Junkie
"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Berthold Auerbach
--
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
|