GONE FLYING WITH THE SUPERIOR D300 !!!

Focus

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Jan 22, 2009, 8:18:11 AM1/22/09

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After the "GONE FISHING..." thread, I decided to put my money where my
mouth is.
So I dug up this old picture I made when I just had the D300.

http://www.atlantic-diesel.com/Seagull.jpg

Shot without compensation, no other changes then cropping.
AND: shot with a cheap 18-135, not an expensive 400 mm...

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Focus

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Jan 22, 2009, 9:00:07 AM1/22/09

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"Focus" <n...@nowhere.pt> wrote in message
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http://www.atlantic-diesel.com/Seagull.jpg

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PS: no animals were hurt in this shooting...

George Kerby

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Jan 22, 2009, 9:01:15 AM1/22/09

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On 1/22/09 7:18 AM, in article Yridnb6RIeWI7-XU...@novis.pt,
"Focus" <n...@nowhere.pt> wrote:

AND: It Shows. I bet you're so proud of that "work of art". I didn't know
that you slung your colostomy bag so well.

Focus

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Jan 22, 2009, 9:14:04 AM1/22/09

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>
>
>
> On 1/22/09 7:18 AM, in article Yridnb6RIeWI7-XU...@novis.pt,
> "Focus" <n...@nowhere.pt> wrote:
>
>> After the "GONE FISHING..." thread, I decided to put my money where my
>> mouth is.
>> So I dug up this old picture I made when I just had the D300.
>>
>> http://www.atlantic-diesel.com/Seagull.jpg
>>
>> Shot without compensation, no other changes then cropping.
>> AND: shot with a cheap 18-135, not an expensive 400 mm...
>>
>>
> AND: It Shows. I bet you're so proud of that "work of art".

I know: sharp from wingtip to wingtip.
If only Canon could ;-)

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John McWilliams

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Jan 22, 2009, 10:40:15 AM1/22/09

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It's a decent capture, but proves 0, zilch, nada, etc.

What's more interesting is your sucking Bret by emulating his all caps
braggadocio.

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Focus

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Jan 22, 2009, 11:51:40 AM1/22/09

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"John McWilliams" <jp...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Focus wrote:
>> After the "GONE FISHING..." thread, I decided to put my money where my
>> mouth is.
>> So I dug up this old picture I made when I just had the D300.
>>
>> http://www.atlantic-diesel.com/Seagull.jpg
>>
>> Shot without compensation, no other changes then cropping.
>> AND: shot with a cheap 18-135, not an expensive 400 mm...
>
> It's a decent capture, but proves 0, zilch, nada, etc.

I beg to differ:
A. everything is sharp
B. the colors are correct

So:
A. I'm a better photographer
B. the D300 outperforms the 5D MII
C. both of the above

> What's more interesting is your sucking Bret by emulating his all caps
> braggadocio.

It was meant to be sarcastic.
What is braggadocio? I don't speak African ;-)

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John McWilliams

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Jan 22, 2009, 12:52:59 PM1/22/09

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Focus wrote:
> "John McWilliams" <jp...@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:gla414$vsi$1...@reader.motzarella.org...
>> Focus wrote:
>>> After the "GONE FISHING..." thread, I decided to put my money where my
>>> mouth is.
>>> So I dug up this old picture I made when I just had the D300.
>>>
>>> http://www.atlantic-diesel.com/Seagull.jpg
>>>
>>> Shot without compensation, no other changes then cropping.
>>> AND: shot with a cheap 18-135, not an expensive 400 mm...
>> It's a decent capture, but proves 0, zilch, nada, etc.
>
> I beg to differ:
> A. everything is sharp
> B. the colors are correct
>
> So:
> A. I'm a better photographer

Not proven by anything submitted so far.

> B. the D300 outperforms the 5D MII

Ditto.

> C. both of the above

Conclusion based on facts not in evidence.

>
>> What's more interesting is your sucking Bret by emulating his all caps
>> braggadocio.
>
> It was meant to be sarcastic.

Of course. But you show his ownership.

> What is braggadocio? I don't speak African ;-)

Er, "African" is not a language; there are hundreds of languages spoken
on that continent.

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Noons

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Jan 23, 2009, 4:33:48 AM1/23/09

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Kindly remove aus.photo from your cross-posting.

Focus

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Jan 23, 2009, 9:17:26 AM1/23/09

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"Noons" <wizo...@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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Why? They don't understand English down under? Is aus.photo not about
photography?

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Focus

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Jan 23, 2009, 9:29:33 AM1/23/09

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"John McWilliams" <jp...@comcast.net> wrote in message

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Don't know what a smiley is?

John McWilliams

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Jan 23, 2009, 11:10:20 AM1/23/09

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Focus wrote:

>>
>> Kindly remove aus.photo from your cross-posting.
>
> Why? They don't understand English down under? Is aus.photo not about
> photography?

Just stop x-posting there, will ya'?? I've set followups.

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John McWilliams

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Jan 23, 2009, 11:11:02 AM1/23/09

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Focus wrote:

>>
>> Kindly remove aus.photo from your cross-posting.
>
> Why? They don't understand English down under? Is aus.photo not about
> photography?

Just stop x-posting there, will ya'?? I've set followups.
Not on the first reply. My bad.

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Alan Browne

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Jan 23, 2009, 3:58:12 PM1/23/09

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John McWilliams wrote:

> Just stop x-posting there, will ya'?? I've set followups.

Stop your x-x-post campaign, will ya?.

You're obviously not very good at it.

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Jan 23, 2009, 6:34:18 PM1/23/09

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Alan Browne wrote:
> John McWilliams wrote:
>
>> Just stop x-posting there, will ya'?? I've set followups.
>
> Stop your x-x-post campaign, will ya?.
>
> You're obviously not very good at it.

You're poor at reading and comprehending a whole thread before going of
half-cocked. I posted a correction about one minute later.

So stop yourself!

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Alan Browne

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Jan 23, 2009, 6:41:47 PM1/23/09

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Gee! I didn't see that!!!! (yeah, right :-> )

> So stop yourself!

I can't. But I did fix your newsgroup distro list for you above. And
you're very welcome.

John McWilliams

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Jan 23, 2009, 10:09:12 PM1/23/09

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Alan Browne wrote:
> John McWilliams wrote:
>> Alan Browne wrote:
>>> John McWilliams wrote:
>>>
>>>> Just stop x-posting there, will ya'?? I've set followups.
>>>
>>> Stop your x-x-post campaign, will ya?.
>>>
>>> You're obviously not very good at it.
>>
>> You're poor at reading and comprehending a whole thread before going
>> of half-cocked. I posted a correction about one minute later.
>
> Gee! I didn't see that!!!! (yeah, right :-> )
>
>> So stop yourself!
>
> I can't.

Yeah, I know. You played right along: Excellent!

> But I did fix your newsgroup distro list for you above. And
> you're very welcome.

Re-fixed.
Try to understand that a lot of folk don't appreciate the excess
x-posting that a handful foist onto the group.

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Annika1980

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Jan 23, 2009, 10:32:13 PM1/23/09

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On Jan 22, 11:51 am, "Focus" <n...@nowhere.pt> wrote:
> "John McWilliams" <jp...@comcast.net> wrote in message
>
> news:gla414$vsi$1...@reader.motzarella.org...
>
> > Focus wrote:
> >> After the "GONE FISHING..." thread, I decided to put my money where my
> >> mouth is.
> >> So I dug up this old picture I made when I just had the D300.
>
> >>http://www.atlantic-diesel.com/Seagull.jpg
>
> >> Shot without compensation, no other changes then cropping.
> >> AND: shot with a cheap 18-135, not an expensive 400 mm...
>
> > It's a decent capture, but proves 0, zilch, nada, etc.
>
> I beg to differ:
> A. everything is sharp
> B. the colors are correct
>
> So:
> A. I'm a better photographer
> B. the D300 outperforms the 5D MII
> C. both of the above
>

Not so fast there, sweetheart!

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/104569612/original
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/91615967/original

Noons

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Jan 24, 2009, 7:09:16 AM1/24/09

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Focus wrote,on my timestamp of 24/01/2009 1:17 AM:

>>
>> Kindly remove aus.photo from your cross-posting.
>
> Why? They don't understand English down under? Is aus.photo not about
> photography?

That was not a quizz, it was a request.

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Noons

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Jan 24, 2009, 7:28:43 PM1/24/09

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JT's Keeper wrote,on my timestamp of 25/01/2009 10:02 AM:

>> Try to understand that a lot of folk don't appreciate the excess
>> x-posting that a handful foist onto the group.
>>
>

> Correction... Most of the denizens of these groups do not care about
> messages x-posted to aus.photo.

Correct.

> It is after all only one "mission"
> poster that it really seems to be bothered by it...

Incorrect. What that poster asks - politely so far but not for much longer
given stupidity once again seems to be surfacing - is that posts with subject
lines in uppercase promoting a specific type of camera with photos not relevant
to Australia not be cross-posted to aus.photo.
That is completely different from folks "caring about cross-posting to aus.photo".

Cross-posting, although not a 100% clean posting habit, is not the problem. The
problem is the shouted subjects advertising specific types of equipment with
totally irrelevant example photos.

See if for once you can get it right, OK?

> - JT
> do have a nice day, I'll go back to reading now

Good. Stay there, then.

Focus

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Jan 25, 2009, 6:47:17 AM1/25/09

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>http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/104569612/original
>http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/91615967/original

So you admit that you can't get a good shot with the 5D MII, because these
were made with the 40D...
Nice shots, but I've never seen a seagull so white. Did you wash them with
bleach first?
Of course the flash in the first doesn't really help for a natural photo.

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