Stolen D300 shots salvaged.
Savageduck
been able to salvage most of the shots from my African trip.
It is good to be home. The return trip via Amsterdam, with bad European
and East coast weather was a nightmare. Each leg of the return was met
with a delay. I had a 39 hour day from Cape Town to SFO.
African Wild dogs, fast moving, well camouflaged, and tough to shoot.
http://homepage.mac.com/lco/Sites/Wilddogs-2009-H2/index.html
More cheetah,
http://homepage.mac.com/lco/Sites/Cheetah-2009-H1/index.html
and Southern Masked Weaver, totally engaged in nest building.
http://homepage.mac.com/lco/Sites/Weaver/index.html
Just a taste from a traveling amateur. I will be replacing the stolen
D300 with a D300s.
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Regards,
Savageduck
NameHere
<savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
>Just a waste from a traveling amateur.
Yeah, that's what I thought you typed.
Twibil
>
>
> <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
> >Just a waste from a traveling amateur.
>
> Yeah, that's what I thought you typed.
Cool.
So the high tide of your intellect peaks at counterfeiting other
poster's words and then replying to your own lies.
Good way to be sure that nobody ever mistakes you fer one of them durn
"intee-lectuals".
Twibil
> Even though I lost the D300 I had a redundant backup system, so I have
> been able to salvage most of the shots from my African trip.
> It is good to be home. The return trip via Amsterdam, with bad European
> and East coast weather was a nightmare. Each leg of the return was met
> with a delay. I had a 39 hour day from Cape Town to SFO.
>
> African Wild dogs, fast moving, well camouflaged, and tough to shoot.
Pretty cool. Nature's camo can be *amazingly* effective.
A few years ago I was walking one of our Greyhounds out in the canyon
behind my home when he suddenly froze and "fixed" on something that I
couldn't see.
After staring for ten seconds or so I finally caught a flicker of
movement and realised that there was a Bobcat standing next to a
sagebrush bush only about ten feet in front of us. (Which explained
why the dog was vibrating like a tuning fork.)
The cat's dappled camo fit into the background so well that I'd have
walked right past him -and never known he was there- had the dog not
spotted him.
~Pete
Atheist Chaplain
news:2009122219475675249-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom...
Glad to see you home safe and sound, its a pity about the Camera but good to
see something was salvaged :-)
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Christ." Gandhi
Savageduck
I also thought you would not be able to resist some snide comment.
You continue to behave as expected.
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Savageduck
Atheist Chaplain
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don't be so hard on yourself, after all you can think of your wasted life as
an example to others :-)
LOL!
<savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
>Even though I lost the D300 I had a redundant backup system, so I have
>been able to salvage most of the shots from my African trip.
>It is good to be home. The return trip via Amsterdam, with bad European
>and East coast weather was a nightmare. Each leg of the return was met
>with a delay. I had a 39 hour day from Cape Town to SFO.
>
>African Wild dogs, fast moving, well camouflaged, and tough to shoot.
>http://homepage.mac.com/lco/Sites/Wilddogs-2009-H2/index.html
>
Where's the hunt? Where's the kill? What's the matter? Didn't they allow
you off of your cushy tourist bus long enough to follow them and capture
them doing something interesting? Surely at 8fps you should have caught
these common wild-dogs doing something more interesting than ambling about
during their normal daily activities. Are you so lame that you couldn't
spend the time to find them doing anything more interesting than sniffing
each other's butts where the tour company drops off their daily treat? Just
like any zoo animal performs for the tourist.
The least you could have done was frame them with more than the shoot &
grab crap you have provided to the world.
Yeah, just as I thought. Lousy tourist snapshots, just like all the rest of
your crap has ever been. Let's at least hope you learn how to set your P&S
machine-gun shooting settings to something so at least the exposure are
correct some day.
It appears that no matter what camera is in your hand, you're a failure as
any kind of worthwhile photographer. Thanks for proving that -- AGAIN.
No sense looking at any other of your "tourist expedition crapshots", we've
seen enough. May you one day justify the cost of your tourist-crap trip.
Your photos prove otherwise.
Whatta snapshooting dolt.
LOL!
Savageduck
> On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:47:56 -0800, Savageduck
> <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
>
>> Even though I lost the D300 I had a redundant backup system, so I have
>> been able to salvage most of the shots from my African trip.
>> It is good to be home. The return trip via Amsterdam, with bad European
>> and East coast weather was a nightmare. Each leg of the return was met
>> with a delay. I had a 39 hour day from Cape Town to SFO.
>>
>> African Wild dogs, fast moving, well camouflaged, and tough to shoot.
>> http://homepage.mac.com/lco/Sites/Wilddogs-2009-H2/index.html
Well I am glad I was able to provide you a moment of cheer for the
holiday season
>
> Where's the hunt? Where's the kill? What's the matter? Didn't they allow
> you off of your cushy tourist bus long enough to follow them and capture
> them doing something interesting? Surely at 8fps you should have caught
> these common wild-dogs doing something more interesting than ambling about
> during their normal daily activities.
You seem to have mistaken these wild dogs for some "common" species you
are more familiar with in your basement, here is a little more
information, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_wild_dog these are
of a somewhat less "common" type.
...and as far as ambling goes, their quick movement does not lend
itself for staged posed shots. I captured what I could. I am sure you
have some fine example of how I should have done it buried somewhere in
your basement, but I just couldn't wait for you to share that with us.
Also, unlike you, I have never claimed to be anything more than a
hobbiest, amateur photographer. I had no idea there was any other
qualification for posting in any of the photo NG forums.
We have nothing but your self-inflating rants to support your claims of
photographic genius.
If my posts support your belief of my amateur, snapshooter status, so
be it. I have never claimed to be anything else.
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Regards,
Savageduck
Atheist Chaplain
news:cDnYm.18231$Ym4....@text.news.virginmedia.com...
> "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message
> news:2009122303062611272-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom...
>> On 2009-12-23 01:40:39 -0800, "Charles E Hardwidge"
>> <bo...@invalid.invalid> said:
>>
>>> And why the fuck are you cross-posting over 3 newsgroups you clueless
>>> attention seeking tosspot. Are you sure you haven't missed out a few
>>> like
>>> weather, wild animals, and tourism? Cross-posting fucks up newsgroup
>>> hierarchies and magnifies assholes like the P&S troll.
>>
>> BTW Chuck, as I have pointed out before, this OP is entirely appropriate
>> as it deals with photography, the equipment, and a digital slr system.
>> Cross posting is not absolutely verboten if the subject is group
>> apprpriate. In the case of this OP it is.
>> The P&S troll lurks in these groups and will make his presence known
>> regardless of what any of us do. You taking on the role of guardian of
>> the
>> photo NGs is not going to make him go away.
>
> It's too high level to really justify being cross-posted. Just because it
> mentions a particular thing doesn't make it appropriate. It's just a fact
> that cross-posting like this fucks up newsgroup hierarchies and magnifies
> trolling. This can and has destroyed newsgroups in the past.
>
> Don't alter my follow-ups without a good reason, and doing it without
> notification is against convention and rude. You're going to do whatever
> you
> want regardless so before we get into that ego game I'll point out this
> isn't an issue of netcopping but self-discovery.
>
> I could've wanred you before you went to Joberg but didn't as, I reckoned,
> you'd bitch and some of the other guys would accuse me of being a killjoy.
> You got your stuff stolen. Hey, ho. There's a similar cause and effect
> cycle
> with newsgroup posting *and* photography.
>
> If you're right, you're wrong. Certainty is an illusion.
>
> FU trimmed to alt.photography
>
> --
> Charles E Hardwidge
fuck I hate net cops, all puffed up on their own self importance.
I find the best solution is to just bin them and that way, even if they do
remove various groups from the headers it doesn't matter, because you never
see their infantile ramblings about some long dead conventions.
And it is even more odious when they complain about posts that generally fit
the bill of all the groups posted.
FU set to a group full of nutters :-)
Allen
Allen
I thoroughly enjoyed your pictures, Savageduck. Too bad LOL wasn't along
to get some cheetah pictures taken while he was running backward ahead
of a whole pack of them, while eating a sandwich and talking on a cell
phone and reading a book.
Allen
Savageduck
Thanks,
I was expecting some sort of comment from him, since he has yet to
provide evidence he does little more than behave as a troll, I try to
take his existence in these NGs as a pothole in the internet highway.
One which can be avoided.
--
Regards,
Savageduck
Atheist Chaplain
>
> "celcius" <celc...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:hgu6v0$4hk$1...@celcius.motzarella.org...
>
>> Savageduck,
>> Great to see you back!
>> Merry Christmas and a Happy New year!
>> I'll take a look at your picks to-morrow. But I'm sure from what I've
>> seen
>> before that they will be very special.
>> Warm welcome.
>> Marcel
>
> So, you had nothing to say. You wanna watch that irony thing. ;-)
Charles E Hardwidge
John McWilliams
> Asshole.
>
> FU trimmed to alt.photography
Mirror!
Kindly stop replying in groups other than alt., then, if your whinging
about x-posting causes you such distress.
--
lsmft
John McWilliams
> "Charles E Hardwidge" <bo...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:fPxYm.18437$Ym4....@text.news.virginmedia.com...
>>
>> "celcius" <celc...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:hgu6v0$4hk$1...@celcius.motzarella.org...
>>
>>> Savageduck,
>>> Great to see you back!
>>> Merry Christmas and a Happy New year!
>>> I'll take a look at your picks to-morrow. But I'm sure from what I've
>>> seen
>>> before that they will be very special.
>>> Warm welcome.
>>> Marcel
>>
>> So, you had nothing to say. You wanna watch that irony thing. ;-)
>>
Why not leave Mr. H. to watch over alt.? (removed).
I just don't like his posting here and setting fu elsewhere, although I
think that's a fine way to treat x-posters who do it only to try to
start something.
--
John McWilliams
Charles E Hardwidge
news:hgud5i$8pi$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
I'm just getting the job done. If you want to talk about a clueless whiner
pick on Savageduck who rumbled into a situation, got stripped to his skin,
then had to emo over three newsgroups like a girl when he got back.
Asshole.
FU trimmed to alt.photography
--
Charles E Hardwidge
rwalker
eading a book.
>> Allen
>
>Thanks,
>I was expecting some sort of comment from him, since he has yet to
>provide evidence he does little more than behave as a troll, I try to
>take his existence in these NGs as a pothole in the internet highway.
>One which can be avoided.
I've heard his type referred to in a similar manner: a speed bump on
the information superhighway.
Atheist Chaplain
FU reset
and the real arsehole here is the one trying to impose his will on everyone
else regardless of if it is wanted or needed.
Atheist Chaplain
the real whiny little girl here is you tosspot, get over your own self
importance.
No one asked you to impose your will here, everyone was getting on with it
just fine but you seem to need a cup of quick drying concrete so you can
harden the fuck up
FU re-set
Savageduck
Thanks,
I was expecting some sort of comment from him, since he has yet to
provide evidence he does little more than behave as a troll, I try to
take his existence in these NGs as a pothole in the internet highway.
One which can be avoided.
--
Regards,
Savageduck
Savageduck
Savageduck
George Kerby
On 12/23/09 2:55 AM, in article iul3j5pvv0j1ffku7...@4ax.com,
"LOL!" <l...@lol.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:47:56 -0800, Savageduck
> <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
>
>> Even though I lost the D300 I had a redundant backup system, so I have
>> been able to salvage most of the shots from my African trip.
>> It is good to be home. The return trip via Amsterdam, with bad European
>> and East coast weather was a nightmare. Each leg of the return was met
>> with a delay. I had a 39 hour day from Cape Town to SFO.
>>
>> African Wild dogs, fast moving, well camouflaged, and tough to shoot.
>> http://homepage.mac.com/lco/Sites/Wilddogs-2009-H2/index.html
>>
>
> Where's the hunt? Where's the kill? What's the matter? Didn't they allow
> you off of your cushy tourist bus long enough to follow them and capture
> them doing something interesting? Surely at 8fps you should have caught
> these common wild-dogs doing something more interesting than ambling about
> during their normal daily activities. Are you so lame that you couldn't
> spend the time to find them doing anything more interesting than sniffing
> each other's butts where the tour company drops off their daily treat? Just
> like any zoo animal performs for the tourist.
>
We all know that NO one can present anything that even approaches the
quality of your invisible captures. And that is the reason that we can't.
A mind is a terrible thing to waste.
George Kerby
On 12/23/09 12:06 PM, in article
2009122310063177923-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom, "Savageduck"
<savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
"Send" key stuck?
Savageduck
Not guilty!
This seems to have happened a couple of times to me and some others, so
There must have been some hiccups with the server. Who knows?
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Regards,
Savageduck
George Kerby
On 12/26/09 5:08 PM, in article
2009122615083377923-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom, "Savageduck"
<savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
True. My observation.
Glad you got back with some memoirs of your most likely "once in a lifetime"
trip.
Sorry for your physical loss, but so glad that your images were preserved.
That, and your health.
Happy New Year!
Savageduck
Thanks George, and a Happy New Year to you.
As to the "once in a lifetime" quality of my trip, that is not quite
how I would describe it. I am a frequent visitor to Africa and have
many friends there. It was just that there had been sometime between my
last visit in 2001 and this one. My retirement gave me an open calender
to plan a visit this year.
I have no intention of visiting in 2010 with the World Cup on the go
and much price gouging across the board.
Maybe early 2011 for another visit to South Africa, until then some
domestic travels and/or a visit to some other friends in Malaga and the
UK.
--
Regards,
Savageduck