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

Bob, wasn't this supposed to be directed toward David?

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Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com


on 11/19/05 7:49 PM, Robert O. SHAW at rj5s@xxxxxxx wrote:

> 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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