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Jan 19, 2013 07:06:37   #
Nice images but you must lose the watermark, just looks dreadful especially when draped right across the image. Pretty please..
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Jan 19, 2013 07:02:13   #
Great image but now you've forced me to go and Google 'Guinness cake'... Very decadent..
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Jan 19, 2013 06:53:08   #
Just perfect, great composition too, love the shot.
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Jan 17, 2013 21:01:02   #
Bunko.T wrote:
Kinopless wrote:
Sunrise wrote:
The point of this is to show off photography skills. Which look very nice. Does it matter where or how he got his subject or whether it was dead or alive? Nice photos Bunko!!


G'day Sunrise, I agree with you about showing off your photography skills but surely there's not a great deal of skill in lining up a dead spider and taking what is in effect a snapshot.
There's no creativity involved, no use of light to give impact. It's just point and shoot. Have a look at the magnificent macro work with spiders and insects that others on this site have produced, stunning, beautifully lit images, none of them killed their subject first. It would be the last thing on their minds. They use skill and artistry, something sadly lacking in the photos we're talking about. Kind regards. K..
quote=Sunrise The point of this is to show off ph... (show quote)


Now you're showing the rest of the hog how arrogant you are. Since when is this forum restricted to those with the expertise you have acquired over your 40--50 years of photography. Many are less competent than me but many, like you are more so. That doesn't give you the right to judge. Have an opinion yes, but not judge. I have great fun & have come up with many pic's that are quite good, not NAT GEO quality but I'm quite proud of.
Now I've noticed you joined in November last & you've rubbed some folks up wrong with your bullying attitude.
You've posted a handful of pic's which are comensurate with the expense you went to to get them & in that short time put your self up there as an expert critique. That's not what floats my boat. If you want to bully your way through your criticisms on this global forum that's fine but you're showing the world what you are, an Arrogant Bully.
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Dear me, getting personal again, you really are a bundle of laughs.
My original posting was just concerned with the needless killing of something so that you could take a photograph of it. You made it personal by calling me arrogant. You've now descended to the playground level with the childish name calling so I'm out of here.
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Jan 17, 2013 19:49:13   #
Brian in Whitby wrote:
A less permanent method of sedation for small invertebrates is cooling. Put the specimen, (in this case the spider) in a jar and put it in the refrigerator until it stops moving.
Take it out of the refrigerator and place it in suitable surroundings in a suitable pose. and photograph. If the pose does not look natural, wait until it starts to warm up and assumes a more 'alive' posture.

This works because spiders and other small invertebrates are poikilothermic, (cold blooded) and their rate of metabolism is slowed considerably at low temperatures.
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Great point Brian, and thanks for the new word, now I just have to try and work poikilothermic into an after dinner conversation :)
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Jan 17, 2013 19:43:40   #
Sunrise wrote:
The point of this is to show off photography skills. Which look very nice. Does it matter where or how he got his subject or whether it was dead or alive? Nice photos Bunko!!


G'day Sunrise, I agree with you about showing off your photography skills but surely there's not a great deal of skill in lining up a dead spider and taking what is in effect a snapshot.
There's no creativity involved, no use of light to give impact. It's just point and shoot. Have a look at the magnificent macro work with spiders and insects that others on this site have produced, stunning, beautifully lit images, none of them killed their subject first. It would be the last thing on their minds. They use skill and artistry, something sadly lacking in the photos we're talking about. Kind regards. K..
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Jan 17, 2013 19:10:45   #
Ah, such incisive wit and command of language.
:)
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Jan 17, 2013 05:54:25   #
That's just not fair, it's taken me fifty years to get images like that ! Kudos to the student & teacher..
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Jan 17, 2013 05:27:32   #
Bunko.T wrote:
sarge69 wrote:
Sarcasm right ?

Sarge69 :D :D


It's OK Sarge, He's what they call an arrogant Aussie. Knows it all. We have a lotof them here.


Oh dear, getting personal.. A bit childish.
My comment wasn't arrogant, I merely questioned the need to kill something you didn't understand. You're comment was however based on your extreme ignorance.
Any moron can take a photo of a dead spider, this is supposed to be a site dedicated to photography, sharing and learning how to be better.
Killing things so that you can capture an image is completely pointless, it's dead, lifeless, kaput, finished. You say that you 'tried various poses', that's plainly pathetic, it was DEAD..
I'd try sarcasm but you just wouldn't understand...
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Jan 16, 2013 06:26:25   #
Can't understand the point of killing a harmless spider and posting photos of it. Unless it was to show how brave you were.. What a hero.
It'd be far more skillful to try and get a decent photo of it..
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Jan 15, 2013 00:28:06   #
A man and his wife were enjoying a bottle of a beautiful Californian red when the wife said, "I love you so much"..
Her husband looked up and asked, "Is that you or the wine talking?"
His wife replied, "It's me, talking to the wine"....
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Jan 14, 2013 18:28:03   #
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Great pic. Thanks for posting. Any idea where and when?


Sorry I'm really not sure. Looking at some of the buildings there are some Mansard roofs and a couple of Dutch Barns so it's likely to be Europe. Clothing looks 20's or 30's as does the camera. The flat cap was worn a lot in Europe.
We need an architectural historian... :)
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Jan 14, 2013 05:46:48   #
Yep I'm still using mine on a D300, great lens, and once you enter the max aperture and focal length into the camera under the 'Non-CPU' function in the Lens Data Menu, the exposure meter and focus indicator will work perfectly with it. I have to assume that the D600 will have the same feature. You just have to get used to focusing again and not having a zoom.
Hope you can get one at the right price. Of course as I'm using mine on a D300 it's effectively a 600mm lens. The 150-500 Sigma is another option, have a look at what 'Review God' Ken Rockwell reckons.
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Jan 13, 2013 22:32:46   #
Oops, I was a bit quick on the draw there, missed your smiley.
Sorry about that.. K
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Jan 13, 2013 22:22:51   #
Racmanaz wrote:
I would buy you a set of golf clubs. You might shoot better at that game :)


That's a bit mean Racmanaz, the lady just asked for some advice...
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