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From: Savageduck on 6 Apr 2010 23:07
On 2010-04-06 19:52:05 -0700, tony cooper <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> said:

> On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 18:56:53 -0700 (PDT), Nervous Nick
> <nervous.nick(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Apr 5, 6:34�pm, "Larry Thong" <larry_th...(a)shitstring.com> wrote:
>>> Never did I think I would like shooting the good old 500/4 on a carbon fiber
>>> tripod and Wimberley head. �Damn, I did! �I must admit this is going to open
>>> up possibilities for shooting low and slow due to the rock solid support.
>>> Nothing beats shooting handheld, but this will do a better job in those low
>>> light situations. �Heck, even the old 500/4 and 1.4x TC at 700mm make a
>>> great portrait lens!!
>>>
>>> <http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm261/Ritaberk/Grid.jpg>
>>
>> It's a photo of a cat behind a screen.
>
> Thank you for pointing that out. I, for one, thought it was a
> photograph of a screen with a cat behind it. I'm glad that you were
> able to show me that I was wrong. It's so good that clever people are
> reading this newsgroup.

Cat? Cat?

I thought it was the Lab on a bad hair day. After all it was an easy
mistake to make as Rita has only shown us the South end of that pooch.


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Savageduck

From: Tzortzakakis Dimitrios on 7 Apr 2010 08:12

� "Larry Thong" <larry_thong(a)shitstring.com> ������ ��� ������
news:uImdnQuZwYpA7ifWnZ2dnUVZ_vqdnZ2d(a)supernews.com...
> Never did I think I would like shooting the good old 500/4 on a carbon
> fiber
> tripod and Wimberley head. Damn, I did! I must admit this is going to
> open
> up possibilities for shooting low and slow due to the rock solid support.
> Nothing beats shooting handheld, but this will do a better job in those
> low
> light situations. Heck, even the old 500/4 and 1.4x TC at 700mm make a
> great portrait lens!!
>
> <http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm261/Ritaberk/Grid.jpg>
>
>
Nice photo Rita, your cat has too long whiskers.


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From: George Kerby on 7 Apr 2010 10:45



On 4/7/10 7:12 AM, in article hphsr0$a67$1(a)mouse.otenet.gr, "Tzortzakakis
Dimitrios" <noone(a)nospam.com> wrote:

>
> Ï "Larry Thong" <larry_thong(a)shitstring.com> †ãñáøå óôï ìfiíõìá
> news:uImdnQuZwYpA7ifWnZ2dnUVZ_vqdnZ2d(a)supernews.com...
>> Never did I think I would like shooting the good old 500/4 on a carbon
>> fiber
>> tripod and Wimberley head. Damn, I did! I must admit this is going to
>> open
>> up possibilities for shooting low and slow due to the rock solid support.
>> Nothing beats shooting handheld, but this will do a better job in those
>> low
>> light situations. Heck, even the old 500/4 and 1.4x TC at 700mm make a
>> great portrait lens!!
>>
>> <http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm261/Ritaberk/Grid.jpg>
>>
>>
> Nice photo Rita, your cat has too long whiskers.
>
Whatever you do, don't trim them. They use them as a 'sixth' sense...

From: Neil Harrington on 8 Apr 2010 02:05

"tony cooper" <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:ensnr5lcutq86ck2jucih0p3ulr8pnul06(a)4ax.com...
> On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 18:56:53 -0700 (PDT), Nervous Nick
> <nervous.nick(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Apr 5, 6:34 pm, "Larry Thong" <larry_th...(a)shitstring.com> wrote:
>>> Never did I think I would like shooting the good old 500/4 on a carbon
>>> fiber
>>> tripod and Wimberley head. Damn, I did! I must admit this is going to
>>> open
>>> up possibilities for shooting low and slow due to the rock solid
>>> support.
>>> Nothing beats shooting handheld, but this will do a better job in those
>>> low
>>> light situations. Heck, even the old 500/4 and 1.4x TC at 700mm make a
>>> great portrait lens!!
>>>
>>> <http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm261/Ritaberk/Grid.jpg>
>>
>>It's a photo of a cat behind a screen.
>
> Thank you for pointing that out. I, for one, thought it was a
> photograph of a screen with a cat behind it. I'm glad that you were
> able to show me that I was wrong. It's so good that clever people are
> reading this newsgroup.

I thought it was some sort of lens test illustrating mild barrel distortion.
.. . . Oh, yes, the cat . . .


From: Neil Ellwood on 8 Apr 2010 04:14
On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:34:38 -0400, Larry Thong wrote:

> Never did I think I would like shooting the good old 500/4 on a carbon
> fiber tripod and Wimberley head. Damn, I did! I must admit this is
> going to open up possibilities for shooting low and slow due to the rock
> solid support. Nothing beats shooting handheld, but this will do a
> better job in those low light situations. Heck, even the old 500/4 and
> 1.4x TC at 700mm make a great portrait lens!!
>
> <http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm261/Ritaberk/Grid.jpg>

Try taking your stockings off before shooting.



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