(mofaha┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ,
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 7:02,
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"I want to report some banding."
(macroscian(1 like),
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 9:41,
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Slow board is slow.
I liked it, anyway.
(Colonel Boris"...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 9:50,
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lol
just listened to that cat phonecall, what a fecking muppet :D
ps Merry Boxing Day, was Xmas shite as hell for you lot too?
(JecciusSteam Borderlands 2 junkie,
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 10:00,
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Happy Boxing Day!
I hope you've all got a full day's boxing ahead of you!
Meanwhile: TJ: I'm hoping that one of the photographical b3tans sees this... My dad has decided that he wants a zoom lens for his camera, but isn't sure what to get. His camera's a Canon DSL - he's vague on more than that - and he's basically after something that'll enable him to take photos of birds an' ting from a reasonable distance. His budget is about £300.
Any recommendations based on these admittedly vague parameters?
(Enzymeis powered by sunlight,
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 10:10,
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Crikey.
I'd say a 300 mm lens is good, but for 300 squid, probably a zoom lens. I've got a Sony rather than a Canon, so I couldn't help so much on that. Try this place: www.birdforum.net/forumdisplay.php?f=292 Birdforum's Canon subforum, centres around what Canon bits and bobs are best for birding.
(Colonel Boris"...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 10:17,
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If his camera body is fairly new and does OK images in high iso, I guess a zoom will be sufficient despite letting in a little less light.
(macroscian(1 like),
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 10:42,
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Fantastic e-book specifically on bird photography.
(Colonel Boris"...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 10:48,
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Many thanks!
(Enzymeis powered by sunlight,
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 15:35,
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simples.
Increase the budget a little bit then buy a Nikon D3S and the trinity lenses.
(k3b/-\bPeace man.,
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 10:38,
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also, since I can't be helpful maybe send a gaz in the direction of Jahled if he's still around
(k3b/-\bPeace man.,
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 10:40,
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How is k3b/-\bby made?
(Colonel Boris"...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 10:49,
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k3b/-\bby is not made, k3b/-\bby is formed.
(k3b/-\bPeace man.,
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 10:51,
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May be the only time I'll say 'pictures or it didn't happen'.
(Colonel Boris"...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 10:56,
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I'm staying at my parents, but I'm NOT going through the polariods to find out.
(k3b/-\bPeace man.,
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 11:02,
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Ha!
One way to bugger up Christmas...
(Colonel Boris"...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 11:06,
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If that had happened I wouldn't be typing this now.
(k3b/-\bPeace man.,
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 11:07,
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Yeah
I'll try this... Ta!
(Enzymeis powered by sunlight,
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 15:34,
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Zoom lens for about £300? Easy.
Have a look at the "Tamron 18-250mm F/3.5-6.3 AF Di-II LD Aspherical" lenses. Google product search lists the lens as £300 and under.
It's what I use on my Canon 50D, and it's only removed if I want to use my macro lens.
(Troutman RoflcocksA glass of port... don't mind if I do.,
Mon 27 Dec 2010, 11:00,
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Thanks!
(Enzymeis powered by sunlight,
Mon 27 Dec 2010, 15:20,
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santa baby...
...hurry down the chimney again!
(Floz Nietsnezolfdoesn't have photoshop,
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 4:40,
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Unnerving.
(PrequalThis is serious business. Very serious.,
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 12:49,
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I made more arts.
Extinct one this - the Passenger Pigeon. Went from being the most numerous bird on Earth to extinct in less than 100 years.
(click on the pic for 800 px version)
(Colonel Boris"...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 2:49,
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Nice!
They were good eatin'...
(HairyTwattercertified eel and sodium salesman,
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 3:02,
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Unfortunately so.
The pic's for an encyclopedia on BirdForum - they only use members' pictures and of course, none of us have photos of things that have been gone that long...
(Colonel Boris"...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 3:18,
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well that looks delicious
(k3b/-\bPeace man.,
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 3:31,
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Om nyom nyom.
Have a good Christmas?
Ah, the irony of watching Ricky Ponting fronting an advert about how England are going to be thrashed by Australia, while his team collapses like a Chinese school in an earthquake...
(Colonel Boris"...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 3:36,
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Yeah I noticed that :(
Christmas wasn't too bad, ate a bit too much, drank a bit too much.
How did you fare?
(k3b/-\bPeace man.,
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 3:39,
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Pretty good, ta.
Didn't overeat (I'm a changed man...) and the kids had a great time of it apart from the youngest having a paddy over the other one getting a dinosaur excavation kit (plastic bones in a block of soft plaster). Need beer.
(Colonel Boris"...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 3:49,
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It honestly pisses me off, the rate at which we kill things
So many species that we have just disposed of without thinking. I really am depressed that I'll never get to see a dodo, and when I heard about lemurs the size of gorillas that just aren't around any more I got really rather pissed off at our entire race.
Lovely picture, by the way, I just wish there were more than drawings and the odd photo to show us creatures that we've nothing better to do than destroy.
(shovelboyThis is bad - Two minutes to Belgium,
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 4:00,
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It's the things that weren't rare in the first place:
Labrador Duck, Great Auk, Carolina Parakeet, Elephant Bird and so on - species where they were numerous and under no threat. Species go extinct all the time naturally and chances are a lot of the ones that were rare before we started sticking our oar in were going to extirpate anyway, but things like the above are pretty shameful. However, overall, things may be startig to look up a little. Places like Brazil are now realising just how important places like the rainforests are and if other nations catch on, maybe the pressure will be off a few species.
(Colonel Boris"...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 4:08,
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taste just like chicken!
(skullbuggeryuh huh! kissed a cow!,
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 11:46,
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Beautiful arts.
I like your drawings :)
(PrequalThis is serious business. Very serious.,
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 12:53,
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Thanks!
I might be drawing a few more extirpated birds for their pages. Sad, but it's quite a challenge as there are only old b&w photos and stuffed birds to work from. I used four photos to work from to make the image - the problem with stuffed birds is that they are often on funny poses.
(Colonel Boris"...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 13:22,
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Natural history museums are always my first stop on any holiday
Guaranteed entertainment.
Looking forward to the drawings.
(PrequalThis is serious business. Very serious.,
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 13:37,
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Try the one in Vienna.
Best museum I've been to. Sacrilege to say it, but it's better than the NHM in London.
(Colonel Boris"...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 13:44,
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