From: George Kerby on



On 6/21/10 9:25 PM, in article lr6026pvdpo3gcij06emco51l99kklav69(a)4ax.com,
"Will T" <nospam(a)noaddress.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:49:43 -0700 (PDT), Rich <rander3127(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Jun 21, 5:37�pm, Robert Spanjaard <spamt...(a)arumes.com> wrote:
>>> http://www.arumes.com/temp/CRW_5834.jpg
>>>
>>> Shot with the Sigma 50-500 at 500mm (800mm equiv), cropped afterwards to
>>> about 1500mm equiv.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards, Robert � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �http://www.arumes.com
>>
>> Would have been more effective had you caught the bird going across
>> the face of the sun.
>
> Or waited for the green-flash (or the even rarer electric-blue-flash, only
> saw that once in my lifetime).

A side-effect og your anti-psychotic medications, no less.

>
> There's this one shot with a P&S super-zoom, but again it's not going
> across the sun.
>
> http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1257/4723215678_62bab62a8f_b.jpg
>
>
<Yawn>

From: Robert Coe on
On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:33:14 -0500, George Kerby <ghost_topper(a)hotmail.com>
wrote:
:
: On 6/21/10 4:37 PM, in article
: 87a30$4c1fdba7$546ac3cf$24526(a)cache60.multikabel.net, "Robert Spanjaard"
: <spamtrap(a)arumes.com> wrote:
:
: >
: > http://www.arumes.com/temp/CRW_5834.jpg
: >
: > Shot with the Sigma 50-500 at 500mm (800mm equiv), cropped afterwards to
: > about 1500mm equiv.
:
: (yawn)...zzzzzzzzzzz....

Yeah, George, it wasn't Robert's best effort. But at least he's trying.
Photography is all about trying.

A Shoot-In deadline came and went on Sunday. Robert submitted a picture; you
didn't. What do you suggest we infer from that?

Bob
From: George Kerby on



On 6/22/10 7:03 PM, in article uaiUkwBo9UIMFwvQ(a)kennedym.demon.co.uk,
"Kennedy McEwen" <rkm(a)nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <4hh226hfdd4qtcrtln4v8q6or1p2lrpapi(a)4ax.com>, Robert Coe
> <bob(a)1776.COM> writes
>> On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:33:14 -0500, George Kerby <ghost_topper(a)hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>
>> : (yawn)...zzzzzzzzzzz....
>>
>> Yeah, George, it wasn't Robert's best effort. But at least he's trying.
>> Photography is all about trying.
>>
>> A Shoot-In deadline came and went on Sunday. Robert submitted a picture; you
>> didn't. What do you suggest we infer from that?
>>
> George has higher personal quality standards than Robert?
>
> Hard to believe, given his comments but, if he had kept his gob shut, it
> might just have been possible... ;-)

I don't like trolls.

From: Robert Coe on
On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:51:08 -0500, George Kerby <ghost_topper(a)hotmail.com>
wrote:
:
: On 6/22/10 7:03 PM, in article uaiUkwBo9UIMFwvQ(a)kennedym.demon.co.uk,
: "Kennedy McEwen" <rkm(a)nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
:
: > In article <4hh226hfdd4qtcrtln4v8q6or1p2lrpapi(a)4ax.com>, Robert Coe
: > <bob(a)1776.COM> writes
: >> On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:33:14 -0500, George Kerby <ghost_topper(a)hotmail.com>
: >> wrote:
: >
: >> : (yawn)...zzzzzzzzzzz....
: >>
: >> Yeah, George, it wasn't Robert's best effort. But at least he's trying.
: >> Photography is all about trying.
: >>
: >> A Shoot-In deadline came and went on Sunday. Robert submitted a picture; you
: >> didn't. What do you suggest we infer from that?
: >>
: > George has higher personal quality standards than Robert?
: >
: > Hard to believe, given his comments but, if he had kept his gob shut, it
: > might just have been possible... ;-)
:
: I don't like trolls.

OK, George, you've convinced me. I'll vote for you instead of Rich for the
next "Non-sequitur of the Year" award. Don't bother to thank me; a good deed
is its own reward.

Bob
From: Paul Furman on
Robert Spanjaard wrote:
>
> http://www.arumes.com/temp/CRW_5834.jpg
>
> Shot with the Sigma 50-500 at 500mm (800mm equiv), cropped afterwards to
> about 1500mm equiv.

Cool!