[LRflex] Re: Flying Lessons... (a wee bit OT)

Doug:

I'm truly sorry about your broken collar bone.  Theses things ahppen so 
sudden and who can say why?

I hope it will mend quickly, well, and that you find you are even more 
steady with long lens in failing light.!

As to the overabundance of fauna; sometimes you're not supposed to shoot, 
but to observe in wonder and let the panorama record in your brain.  
Circumstance does that to you when you leeast want it that way.

Thing is, you won't forget andy of those 'mind pix'.

A few weeks ago durint a lunch break on a short business rip to Sequim, I 
drove out to Dungeness Spit to see if I could photograph some water fowl 
(it's a huge Reserve on the Straits of Juan de Fuca).

Before I even got to the beach drive, I stopped the car, amazed at  three 
horses in a pasture, one of which had about a dozen blackbirds perching on 
it.  Sort of like those films you see about Africa with birds on a rhino.  
It struck me that is was exactly the kind of picture my 3-year old grandson 
would love.

Horsies and Birdies - what could be better?

I only had my Canon G5; I don't usually take my Leicas with me on business 
trips.  The G5's tele lens wasn't quite long enough and the shot was 
backlit.

I drive a Prius, which can be nearly silent in electric mode, so I 
"stealthed" along about 3 mph to get in closer and at a better angle.

Not quiet enough, I guess.

The blackbirds bolted and the horse trotted off.  No shot.  Who knows what 
they were up to?  If I'd had the R8 or 9 and the 70-180 APO it would have 
been a piece of cake.  But that phot wan't supposed to happen - at least not 
hat time.

I can still see the horse, the birds, another 50 or so on the telephone line 
watching me, a really large male pileated woodpecker whaking away at the 
power pole.  The whole thing was too big for a photo.

A Kodak moment without the Kodak part.

So I can see your bighorn, the golden eagles, baby moose etc. because you 
tell a great story.

Thank you, Doug.  Get well and thanks for sharing.


Bob



I only hope your recovery will be speedy>From: David Young <telyt@xxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [LRflex] Flying Lessons... (a wee bit OT)
>Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:09:09 -0800
>
>Robert O. SHAW wrote:
>
> >David:
> >
> >
> >Impressive research and amazing craftsmanship, given the century.
> >
> >But David, this has got to stop; you have GOT to get out more...
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Bob
> >
> >
>Good Mornin' Bob!
>
>Truth be told, I've been out a lot recently.  Just returned from a two
>week stint baby-sitting the Grandkids.
>
>Along the 7 hour drive (each way) Rose and I saw a pair of Juvenile
>Golden Eagles sitting in a tree... where they remained, in perfect
>light, for a full 10 minutes.  In Jasper Park, we saw a spectacular
>Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep in full curl.  He walked up to the road and
>waited, as you or I would at a crosswalk, for the traffic to stop and
>then slowly ambled across the road.  Further along, we saw several moose
>(including two "babies"), and two full flocks of RM Bighorns... not to
>mention both Blue and Canadian Jays, as well as some Holstien Pheasants
>(Magpies) all within easy photo range.  And all of these were, of
>course, in good light.
>
>I had my R8, 20D and all my lenses with me... and yet I've not a single
>picture of any of them.
>
>Why?  Because it's hard to lift a camera to your eye when your right arm
>is in a sling.  You see, nearly 3 weeks ago, I decided to step off my
>Quad (ATV).  Unfortunately, it was doing roughly 30 to 35km/hr at the
>time.  I took a hard landing, breaking my collar bone. Thankfully, Rose,
>who was with me at the time, was shaken up a bit, but otherwise fine. :-)
>
>This post is not, however, a pitch for sympathy. I'm doing as well as
>can be expected and I'm told I'll be healthy and able to wield a camera
>in time for our planned trip to Costa Rica at Christmas.
>
>It is, rather, a comment on the future of film.
>
>I'd always held that the medical X-ray field would support the b&w film
>industry for some time, for a single X-ray has a surface area equal to
>many 36 exposure rolls.  And we all know that quantity is what keeps
>Kodak and Fuji going.  So I was intrigued (and somewhat saddened) to
>learn that my X-rays were digital.  More so, when I learned that our
>tiny hamlet of Logan Lake (pop. 2,500) will go digital in the next 12
>months... and that it will be one of the last in the province to do so.
>I'm told that the cost of conversion is more than offset within a single
>year, in film costs alone!
>
>Apparently, the new radiologists being graduated don't even know how to
>develop film!  My X-ray tech was complaining that she cannot get
>relief/back-up staff because they are still using film!
>
>British Columbia is not normally at the forefront of  medical
>advancements... so if we are converting 100% to digital imaging within
>the next year, most others must be ahead of us, or at least not too far
>behind.  And that does not bode well for volume production in b&w film
>coatings. :-(
>
>The digital revolution marches onwards.
>
>Cheers!
>
>--
>David Young,
>Logan Lake, BC
>CANADA.
>
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