Great Story! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 10:37 AM, Stanley Halpin < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Ann! I appreciate your comments. > > Backstory(s) on the woman-with-bird shot… > > 1. Betsy and her husband Mark were our travel companions for this Ecuador > + Peru adventure. Betsy is one of those who always uses a polarizer and > seldom uses a lens hood because it interferes with access to the polarizer. > I am one of those that always uses a lens hood and seldom use a polarizer, > even though I know I should be doing that. I chide her about the lens hood, > she chides me about the polarizer. > > 2. Our naturalist/guide that morning in the Galapagos shoots with a Canon > with a long lens of some sort (probably a 70-200) with lens hood. He knows > that the Galapagos Flycatchers love seeing their reflections and have > learned that if they perch on the bottom edge of a lens hood, they can see > themselves reflected in the lens. He held up his camera as though to take a > photo, the birds came. Betsy has several shots of me with a bird perched on > the front of my 70-200 lens hood. I have several shots of the bird on > Betsy’s lens. I think the bird is chiding Betsy for not having a hood to > sit on so that it can see its reflection. > > stan > > > > On Jul 16, 2018, at 8:39 AM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > got to these this morning... > > Wonderful stuff.. , but gotta single out this one for absolutely contest > winning content.. I laughed outloud. > > A similar shot (but without the great expressionon on the woman's face) > won1st place in one of the KINSA's I made the finals in back in the late > > 70's( or maybe 1980?) Her face belies what she must be saying to the > bird. > > > > 20180326-K1B_8464 > > > > BUt so many lovely shots! I could visit your trip again and again > > > > ann > > > > > > > > > > On 7/15/2018 4:06 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: > >> A large gallery (132 images) of shots from my trip in late March this > year. Some of the shots are there because I am quite pleased with them, > others are there because I think they help to provide a visual travelogue > of sorts… > >> > >> http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p691507445 > >> > >> stan > > > > -- > > ann sanfedele photography > > https://annsan.smugmug.com > > https://www.cafepress.com/annsanstuff > > https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
