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03-04-2009, 08:38 AM
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The cup is always half full!
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Great shots, awesome!
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03-04-2009, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Hntr
Thanks!
I got a Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens. I'm still trying to get used to it. A lot of blurry shots for every clear one. I might just have to start carrying a tripod.
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Ah yes, the 70-300. I got the Sigma 70-300. I love it. I don't have any vibration reduction either. I find that proping up against a tree or down on 1 knee helps. If I'm hiking through the woods, I find the tripod to be cumbersome. |
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03-04-2009, 06:01 PM
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Yeah, same here, tree works good in a pinch. I have a couple of tripods, a wooden one, pretty heavy and an aluminium one. I'm not to crazy about taking the aluminium one when it's cold, the last one I had snapped while I was trying to adjust it. I think the temp was around zero.
Mine has vibration reduction, or image stablization, two modes, one for vertical stablization and the other for all around.
I worked on rigging up a monopod today, I'll have to see how it works tomorrow.
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03-04-2009, 07:36 PM
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No wonder you guys get great shots!  I remember helping Ray lug stuff, then I'd take a book and go off and read somewhere because he'd take forever just for one shot! Most of the time he preferred to be alone and I can't say that I blamed him. He ended up marrying a photographer, which does make sense!!! |
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03-04-2009, 07:40 PM
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Hntr, where in Wisconsin did you take those pics? They are beautiful!
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03-06-2009, 07:50 AM
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Saw pictures of a cougar on WBAY news this a.m.! I thought of you guys! A couple of awesome shots, wonder how close he was or type of camera. The cougar was up a tree and quite big, not a youngster!
The news reporter commented on how good the picture was and there would be no way he'd be there! I think they said in NW Wisconsin, Spooner maybe???
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03-06-2009, 09:03 AM
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Hntr, where in Wisconsin did you take those pics? They are beautiful!
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All of my picture are taken in central Wisconsin, Waupaca county. We have a chain of lakes with eighteen connected lakes plus another sixty or so lakes ranging from a few acres to a couple of hundred acres in size.
I missed the shot of the year this morning. Two bear cubs hightailing it across the woods. I caught a glimpse of one first, didn't really know what it was. I thought it might have been a turkey or a big raccoon. A couple of seconds later the second one went running thru, I got a better look at that one but it only last a few seconds in the opening. No time for a shot. |
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03-06-2009, 09:07 AM
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Originally Posted by susancruzs
Saw pictures of a cougar on WBAY news this a.m.! I thought of you guys! A couple of awesome shots, wonder how close he was or type of camera. The cougar was up a tree and quite big, not a youngster!
The news reporter commented on how good the picture was and there would be no way he'd be there! I think they said in NW Wisconsin, Spooner maybe??? |
I saw that too, it was in Spooner, way up north. I guess they were trying to dart it so they could put a tracking collar on it.
Article and picture:
Signs of the Times News for Fri, 06 Mar 2009 |
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03-06-2009, 07:26 PM
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Thanks, it is a big cat! |
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03-07-2009, 08:13 PM
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A couple of Moon shots from this afternoon:
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