Moab Man 2014 Project 365
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Day 162 Tamron 200-500mm vs 150-600mm - A clear knockout!
Here it is at 100% minus dow sizing the 600mm a bit to overlay the 500mm, but the 600mm at full reach is clearly a cut above the 500mm.
Shot on Nikon D7100 with a monopod. Radar domes are more than a mile away and a mile up.
Here it is at 100% minus dow sizing the 600mm a bit to overlay the 500mm, but the 600mm at full reach is clearly a cut above the 500mm.
Shot on Nikon D7100 with a monopod. Radar domes are more than a mile away and a mile up.
The Tamron Tailgate Tour visited my local camera shop. You could try out different lenses and they offered some various classes. The classes (a few free and one pay for) were all good, but aimed towards the beginner and amateur advance amateur. While I didn't get anything from the courses, they were still very good review and I've always believed that it's always good to review the basics from time-to-time. With that said, I do recommend the classes if they are in your area. The pay for... I posted who they are aimed at and you should decide.
As for the lens. I own the 200-500mm and have always felt it was a bit softer than I expected. However, with the new 150-600mm I wanted to know if it was more hype than deliverance when compared to the previous. I can honestly say the the 150-600mm is a definite step up and would recommend it.
As for the lens. I own the 200-500mm and have always felt it was a bit softer than I expected. However, with the new 150-600mm I wanted to know if it was more hype than deliverance when compared to the previous. I can honestly say the the 150-600mm is a definite step up and would recommend it.
Day 163 Bad Day - For my egg.
On day one of our elementary school photography class we discussed the rule of thirds and the kids homework assignment was to shoot a picture using the rule of thirds. Some kids really did quite well at it. Today, I sent the kids out onto the playground with their egg and camera. Instruction, shoot a picture of your egg and you have ten minutes. Don't care what you do with your egg so long as you are not harming the school property and clean up any mess you make. They kind of looked around a little befuddled and each student eventually set their egg down somewhere and took a picture of the egg looking down on it. The class was done with this exercise in less than five minutes and we were all back in the classroom. I had each student bring their picture up and we all agreed we had a bunch of plain old uninteresting egg pictures. From here I explained about trying to show a subject in a different way. I had all of the students look around the computer room we were in and take a mental note of how it looked. Then we all laid on the floor on our chests looking up and discussed how different the room looked by changing our perspective. The kids discussed how they saw all the chrome legs of the chairs, cables from the computer, and how much bigger the room looked from the floor up. We then discussed how the room might look if we were really high above the room. The light bulb in their heads started to glow. Next I threw my pictures up in front of the class and explained that I too only had ten minutes and accomplished all four of my photos.
1. An egg with a drawn face running for it's life from a tire about to roll over it.
2. An egg laying in the flat of eggs with the writing, "NO Vacancy" written on the outside of the egg.
3. A cracked and split egg with the contents oozing out.
4. An egg with its guts spilled out as it looks down upon its spilled guts.
The light bulb really started to glow bright in their heads. I reminded them of the first instruction, do what you want. Just don't vandalize and clean up your mess. I explained the problem is we all get trained to do certain things and we don't step out of the box. I further explained, that as young photographers they need to step out of the box and look at things differently so they may capture what others miss.
With the kids mental light bulbs glowing brightly they excitedly headed out wanting another crack (pun intended) at this exercise. They used their full ten minutes and came back in really excited about what they had accomplished.
All-in-all I can say I have started a number of young people photographers (on day one I explained they are now photographers learning a skill and no longer picture takers) on the road to one day being adult photographers. This is really turning into something exciting for the kids now that they are, second pun intended as well, seeing the light!
Ah, I crack myself up! Oops, I did it again... WAIT! STOP! Now I'm starting to sound like a Britney Spears song. No more puns, they've just become dangerous when Britney Spears lyrics start creeping in.
On day one of our elementary school photography class we discussed the rule of thirds and the kids homework assignment was to shoot a picture using the rule of thirds. Some kids really did quite well at it. Today, I sent the kids out onto the playground with their egg and camera. Instruction, shoot a picture of your egg and you have ten minutes. Don't care what you do with your egg so long as you are not harming the school property and clean up any mess you make. They kind of looked around a little befuddled and each student eventually set their egg down somewhere and took a picture of the egg looking down on it. The class was done with this exercise in less than five minutes and we were all back in the classroom. I had each student bring their picture up and we all agreed we had a bunch of plain old uninteresting egg pictures. From here I explained about trying to show a subject in a different way. I had all of the students look around the computer room we were in and take a mental note of how it looked. Then we all laid on the floor on our chests looking up and discussed how different the room looked by changing our perspective. The kids discussed how they saw all the chrome legs of the chairs, cables from the computer, and how much bigger the room looked from the floor up. We then discussed how the room might look if we were really high above the room. The light bulb in their heads started to glow. Next I threw my pictures up in front of the class and explained that I too only had ten minutes and accomplished all four of my photos.
1. An egg with a drawn face running for it's life from a tire about to roll over it.
2. An egg laying in the flat of eggs with the writing, "NO Vacancy" written on the outside of the egg.
3. A cracked and split egg with the contents oozing out.
4. An egg with its guts spilled out as it looks down upon its spilled guts.
The light bulb really started to glow bright in their heads. I reminded them of the first instruction, do what you want. Just don't vandalize and clean up your mess. I explained the problem is we all get trained to do certain things and we don't step out of the box. I further explained, that as young photographers they need to step out of the box and look at things differently so they may capture what others miss.
With the kids mental light bulbs glowing brightly they excitedly headed out wanting another crack (pun intended) at this exercise. They used their full ten minutes and came back in really excited about what they had accomplished.
All-in-all I can say I have started a number of young people photographers (on day one I explained they are now photographers learning a skill and no longer picture takers) on the road to one day being adult photographers. This is really turning into something exciting for the kids now that they are, second pun intended as well, seeing the light!
Ah, I crack myself up! Oops, I did it again... WAIT! STOP! Now I'm starting to sound like a Britney Spears song. No more puns, they've just become dangerous when Britney Spears lyrics start creeping in.
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Day 166 Cicada (Platypedia putnami)
Found this up in a local canyon. They are yearly cicadas and rather than making this very loud buzz noise they make clicks. Bug people speculate it's because we have certain insects such as the Cicada Killer Wasp that hunts them down. If they buzzed they would be an easy target for them to find.
The body is about 1 inch in length.
Found this up in a local canyon. They are yearly cicadas and rather than making this very loud buzz noise they make clicks. Bug people speculate it's because we have certain insects such as the Cicada Killer Wasp that hunts them down. If they buzzed they would be an easy target for them to find.
The body is about 1 inch in length.
Day 168 - Our new additions
For three days we have searched to locate the lobster in our salt water aquarium. To our great happiness it appears that d@&# lobster is finally dead! Can't tell you the hundreds of dollars that lobster ate. However, if you have had a salt water aquarium you know it's not so easy to just pull something back out. So for three years our tank has just kind of existed because of the lobster. Well thankfully he is dead and now we can once again add things to our tank and enjoy it.
First up, an Emerald Crab. Typically crabs didn't make it through the first night before he found them and ripped them apart and dined. The body is about a half dollar in size.
This one I don't remember the name, but they are venomous and we have two of them. They are only really dangerous to anything large trying to eat them. When a large fish is trying to eat them these little guys will bite the inside of the larger fishes mouth releasing a venom which motivates the fish to spit them out. Not a great picture, but fish seldom cooperate. Lobster would have eaten these guys in their sleep and they would have woke up dead.
For three days we have searched to locate the lobster in our salt water aquarium. To our great happiness it appears that d@&# lobster is finally dead! Can't tell you the hundreds of dollars that lobster ate. However, if you have had a salt water aquarium you know it's not so easy to just pull something back out. So for three years our tank has just kind of existed because of the lobster. Well thankfully he is dead and now we can once again add things to our tank and enjoy it.
First up, an Emerald Crab. Typically crabs didn't make it through the first night before he found them and ripped them apart and dined. The body is about a half dollar in size.
This one I don't remember the name, but they are venomous and we have two of them. They are only really dangerous to anything large trying to eat them. When a large fish is trying to eat them these little guys will bite the inside of the larger fishes mouth releasing a venom which motivates the fish to spit them out. Not a great picture, but fish seldom cooperate. Lobster would have eaten these guys in their sleep and they would have woke up dead.
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Good to hear that the menace is gone. Do you know what kind of lobster it was? It kinda sound like a mantis shrimp to me. Nasty but fascinating 'little' buggers, those. How big is your tank?
...and good new additions
Good to hear that the menace is gone. Do you know what kind of lobster it was? It kinda sound like a mantis shrimp to me. Nasty but fascinating 'little' buggers, those. How big is your tank?
...and good new additions
There is a link at the bottom with a better picture than I ever got. It was a Debelius Reef Lobster. They are supposed to be good tank mates. One evening we watched him eat $60 in Cleaner Shrimp. Went like this...
Hey, I'm a cleaner shrimp, mind if I clean up?
Sure, come on in.
Okey dokey, I'll just pick thi.... AAAAAHHHH!
{Lobster proceeded to rip him apart and dine}
Along comes second Cleaner Shrimp just minutes behind
Oh my, look at this mess with body parts everywhere! Mind if I clean up this mess?
Sure, come on in. Sorry I'm so messy when I eat.
Oh no problem. I'll just... AAAAAHHHHH!
Lobster ripped this one to pieces as well. Not because he was hungry, but because he is... um was evil. But now he is dead
Saltwater Aquarium Inverts for Marine Reef Aquariums: Debelius' Reef Lobster
