Thanks to everyone who offered encouragement for my shutter clicking.
Yes, you know what those smoke rings are. All I have to say is that a Zuiko
600mm/F6.5 lens weighs almost as much as the entire photo kit I brought to
Costa Rica, and it's not much fun to hand hold. And how much extension would
you have to add to focus it as close as 7 feet?
Matt
At 19:06 30-04-03 -0400, Mickey Trageser wrote:
>Wonderful shots. I especially like the tiger heron. Now, the Blue Heron has
>quite a knack for blowing smoke rings, eh?
>-Mickey
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Matt BenDaniel" <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 3:02 AM
>Subject: [OM] Damas Estuary
>
>
>> I've had a chance to process pix from one roll I took at Damas Estuary in
>Costa Rica earlier this month. I used an OM-4 with a Sigma 600mm F8 mirror
>lens and Supra 800 film. I was in a boat and had to hand hold. I'm
>disappointed in these shots, because they are so grainy, but I needed all
>the speed I could get in order to hand hold. I gotta say that focusing a
>600/8 is difficult, especially while we were moving. It has a depth of focus
>you could measure in inches. My favorite of these shots is the Whiteface
>Monkey.
>>
>> http://starmatt.com/gallery/cr/damas.html
>> --
>> Matt BenDaniel
>> matt@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> http://starmatt.com
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