A few things. First of all, my apologies for the huge files for the first bunch of GFM shots that I took with Cesar's *istD. I knew they were taken as Jpegs, but I had no idea that PS was converting them into something else. I mean I knew they were huge files, but I couldn't figure out why.
Now I know, the problem's been rememdied, and these are reasonable sized files, so they won't take long to load. Second, I only sharpened the foreground for the second shot, so the bokeh won't be so bad. Still not that lovely smooth buttery Pentax bokeh, but still, better than the cougar shots. I think there was a third thing, but I forget what it is. It'll come to me later. The Bear Pit: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3451475&size=lg Begging for Peanuts: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3451459&size=lg Mildred?: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3451450&size=lg The last one is my favourite. I cropped (gasp!) slightly (sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do), and I may have missed the focus on that front eye just a smidge, but not a hell of a lot (by my standards anyway <g>). I don't know if that is Mildred the bear or not; maybe someone who knows can tell me. As far as my kids are concerned, however, it's Mildred <g>. Comments are welcome. Oh yeah, now I remember what #3 (above) was: sort of an apology for so few people GFM shots to date - I have only one disk from GFM on hand (Mark burned it for me late Saturday afternoon), the rest of my digi-shots Cesar downloaded to burn at his place, and they're winging their way to me as we speak (I think - or do I need to give Cesar my address?). So, for now you'll have to be content with the Street Guy shooting animals and plants and nature and stuff he knows nothing about <LOL>. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
