Suninfrance Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 [IMG]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a231/suninfrance/Squirrel17.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a231/suninfrance/Mouse4.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a231/suninfrance/Grasshopper2.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a231/suninfrance/Frog4.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a231/suninfrance/Adder2.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megan le Fey Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Nice pics Suninfrance and interesting how remarkably similar your pic of the asp viper is to the one of an asp viper on Chrispp's website.[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Brilliant, especially the frog, mantis, and snake. They could have gone in 'Wildlife' though, I suppose. I don't post enough pictures to wonder about where the best place to put them is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 [quote user="Megan le Fey"]Nice pics Suninfrance and interesting how remarkably similar your pic of the asp viper is to the one of an asp viper on Chrispp's website.[:D][/quote]Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Oh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tay Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 It isn't similar - it is the same photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 [quote user="Tay"]It isn't similar - it is the same photo.[/quote]Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Suninfrance!You are either Doctor Doolittle or Johnny Morris - how come you get so close to the animals?Or maybe you're chris pp's OH? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suninfrance Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 Just to put the record straight - the picture of the snake on Chrisspp's website is my photo which I sent to him for identification and gave permission to use on his website. There is also a picture of a red squirrel on his webite which is also mine. If you enlarge the pics on his site you will see in yellow writing on the bottom that the pictures are copyright to me.Twinkle - I have an Olympus Camedia digital camera which has a good zoom on it and a macro facility. The snake was taken with me about 10 feet away, the camera on a sturdy tripod and digital zoom. You didn't really think I'd get that close to it - did you?? (Mind you, I was closer as the thing slithered up my front doorstep while I was sitting on the top step having a cuppa and a ciggy). The bird pics are also taken with the zoom lens. Most of the flower pics were taken with the macro setting which means I can get up real close.Hope that puts you minds at rest and that I haven't "nicked" anyone else's photos.Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Like my deer photo, it looked as if I was really close [IMG]http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a269/lavande/Pic349.jpg[/IMG] when in fact I was sitting in the car at this distance [IMG]http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a269/lavande/Pic350.jpg[/IMG] Jan, I seem to remember you have some wonderful montgolfière (air balloon) pictures. [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suninfrance Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 I do indeed. I didn't need the zoom for those either - scared the living daylights out of me when I saw how close it was to the barn in our back garden. I'll post them later when I've taken them off disk.I usually send pics to Chris at Chrispp if I'm not sure what the creatures are that I'm photographing and a couple he has put on his site.I'm just a novice, but my brother and his girlfriend have more all singing, all dancing cameras. My brother recommended the Olympus as a basic camera with good zoom facilities and I'm well pleased with it. If you are really interested in some brilliant pics of birds and flowers check out his website on www.wildlifeindigital.co.uk . My brother does the birds and his girlfriend, the flowers and the digiscoping (don't ask me what that is)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 I need a more sophisticated camera I think. I'm always seeing opportunities of some great wildlife photos but with my Coolpix I'm not able to zoom in that close. It's possible on macro with flowers but there's no way I'm doing one of those on a snake[:)] I'd love to get a photo of a bounding hare one day.Great photos - great cameras - great photographers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Sun, I'm glad that's cleared up - perhaps Chris should credit you!The more sophisticated the camera the more versatile it is, and you can't zoom enough with a Coolpix - although my son has got great results from one, and I use one for snaps or if I can't carry a camera bag.An SLR allows you to use telephoto lenses (which don't have to be expensive, but the lower the light the pricier the lens) and also, something I find very important, the camera is bigger, heavier and more stable, so less chance of camera shake in poor light or at long distance. Using the viewing screen on a small compact is a nightmare - so an optical viewfinder is a must, IMHO.But in the end it isn't the camera that makes the picture, it's the photographer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suninfrance Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 I have written to Chris. Don't want any misunderstandings.OH can vouch for the snake as he heroically scooped it up in his fishing landing net and took it for a walk down the lane and dropped it into a convenient shady spot where it slithered into the undergrowth never to be seen again, thank goodness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megan le Fey Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 [quote user="Suninfrance"]Just to put the record straight - the picture of the snake on Chrisspp's website is my photo which I sent to him for identification and gave permission to use on his website. There is also a picture of a red squirrel on his webite which is also mine. If you enlarge the pics on his site you will see in yellow writing on the bottom that the pictures are copyright to me.Twinkle - I have an Olympus Camedia digital camera which has a good zoom on it and a macro facility. The snake was taken with me about 10 feet away, the camera on a sturdy tripod and digital zoom. You didn't really think I'd get that close to it - did you?? (Mind you, I was closer as the thing slithered up my front doorstep while I was sitting on the top step having a cuppa and a ciggy). The bird pics are also taken with the zoom lens. Most of the flower pics were taken with the macro setting which means I can get up real close.Hope that puts you minds at rest and that I haven't "nicked" anyone else's photos.Jan[/quote]I have to hold up my hand and to apologise Suninfrance for implying that you "nicked" the photo. When I had another look at Chris's website I noticed that he asked for any photos which could be appropriate and I wondered if it was your pic but by then it was too late. My mother always said that I only opened my mouth to change feet.[blink]Apologies also to Chris who may have been caused some embarrassment by my post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 I hope not - we're 'among friends' here, I hope? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suninfrance Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 No offence taken at this end. We are, as Dick said, all friends here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suninfrance Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 For ChristineAnimal as she reminded me earlier on.Early one May morning in 2005 - I nearly choked on my toast when I saw this:Close[IMG]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a231/suninfrance/HAB1.jpg[/IMG]Toooooo close[IMG]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a231/suninfrance/HAB2.jpg[/IMG]Phew[IMG]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a231/suninfrance/HAB3.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a231/suninfrance/HAB4.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a231/suninfrance/HAB5.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tay Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 I'll put things straight - I didn't think that you'd nabbed his pictures as he has a few of mine on his site. I should have said that's what I meant. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suninfrance Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 Tay - don't apologise - there is no need - no offence was taken - promise [B] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suninfrance Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 Twinkle - photos of hare just posted in WildlifeJan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suze01 Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Suninfrance - we had a similar experience with close flying aircraft next to our house - but with an EDF/GDF survey helicopter that landed for re-fuelling:[IMG]http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g127/Lisleoise/Other/Helicopter.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suninfrance Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 We also get those low flying, noisy airforce jets (don't what they are called). During the summer, they seem to circle the house, getting lower everytime. Cats hate them and run for cover.I was really worried about that balloon though, not particularly because of how close they were to the barn, but how close they were to the power cables. Mind you, having another look at the photo, the people in the basket didn't seem too worried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 I have to say that I've only just looked at my messages and I've only been "flirting" with the forum recently, therefore I had no idea that there was some controversy.Some of the photos on my site are taken by me, the vast majority in fact, but I do use other peoples as well with their permission and the photo "Suninfrance" put on this forum was one that she sent me to identify (or confirm, I don't remember exactly) and it's a good example.As far as crediting goes, I ask people if they would like a credit or a web link, very few people want a credit, it would normally be to a web site of a similar nature.Hope this clears things up and I'm sorry for any problems it may have caused.Here's a Lesser Horseshoe Bat I took yesterday, anyone can use it.[IMG]http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q73/unautremonde/Oddments/Lesser-Horseshoe-Bat.jpg[/IMG]Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suninfrance Posted February 18, 2007 Author Share Posted February 18, 2007 Hi Chris - It's all cleared up now. I'm sure everyone was only teasing.Nice bat - where did you find that.My latest problem is a pair of blue tits who look like they have come back to their old nest site. Unfortunately it's in a house that we are in the process of demolishing. Fortunately the BBC have just run a programme called Natures Calendar and their website gave instructions for building a nest box. So OH spent the morning building one and it is now opposite the blue tit's nesting site, on a beam end, under the roof overhang - so hopefully won't get too hot for them. I really do hope they find it in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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