Now we know that you're into that sort of thing Nick, why not change your user name to Max Mosley?I'll beat you with a bacon bagette
Jack
Now we know that you're into that sort of thing Nick, why not change your user name to Max Mosley?I'll beat you with a bacon bagette
I tried to send a private reply but Pete contacted me to say that private messages were still causing problems with the ISP.I'm curious about Jack being forced to leave that mailing list...what happened Jack? Were you not scientific enough?
Canon users are so far up their own arses that they can't see the light from the competition.its Eccles who won't let a single photographic topic go by, without bagging on about his bl@@dy Sony.
You do make me laugh Mike. Am I included as a Canon user?eccles wrote:Canon users are so far up their own arses that they can't see the light from the competition.its Eccles who won't let a single photographic topic go by, without bagging on about his bl@@dy Sony.
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/canon ... ndex.shtml
I was chatting to some people yesterday at Holme while trying to photograph Graylings and commented how much easier things were 60 years ago when people collected with a net rather than with a camera.I'll grab my net....
That all depends. You've already sold one Canon lens, so there's hope for you yet...You do make me laugh Mike. Am I included as a Canon user?
You will also have a large collection of extinct butterflies - surely that must make the pinned specimens more financially valuable? It's a win win situation (apart from the point of view of the butterfly, of course )Dave McCormick wrote:Canon, Nikon, Sony...eh, stuff cameras... I'll grab my net, and find the nearest marsh fritillaries or Large Blues, bring back the glory days of the collecting, so what if a few go species extinct, I'll have my fun.
Yeah - then we can all sell our photos to the Guardian whilst it's readers wring their hands and say "how terrible" it all is!Rosy Rustic wrote:You will also have a large collection of extinct butterflies - surely that must make the pinned specimens more financially valuable? It's a win win situation (apart from the point of view of the butterfly, of course )Dave McCormick wrote:Canon, Nikon, Sony...eh, stuff cameras... I'll grab my net, and find the nearest marsh fritillaries or Large Blues, bring back the glory days of the collecting, so what if a few go species extinct, I'll have my fun.
No problem. I wouldn't dream of joining such a miserable bunch of wretches.but no Sony Alpha users, please......!!!
Ah yes, that'll be because of RSI from lugging your tripod around on account of not having an image stabilised body. BTW, have you learned to play that 100-400 trombone yet?letting our hand fall limply from the wrist
Calling someone a "w*nker" is actually flattering; it implies that he knows how to look after his health. See this:fingers and thumb held in a loose, horizontal circle, and moved vigorously up and down.
Aha! A challenge.JKT wrote:I trust the people on this list actually do know how difficult it really would be to collect a species to extinction.
Well said!!JKT wrote:I trust the people on this list actually do know how difficult it really would be to collect a species to extinction. The one thing that has made it possible is the almost total destruction of some species' habitats.
Indeed! Most of our feeble attempts to "save" a species rely on intensive management practices to provide suitable habitat which has vanished as argicultural and horticultural practices change or land is built on or reclaimed for farming; ultimately we will end-up with a few open "zoos" where you can go to see butterflies.JKT wrote:I trust the people on this list actually do know how difficult it really would be to collect a species to extinction. The one thing that has made it possible is the almost total destruction of some species' habitats.
Presumably next to the sea.....so they plant a Beach wood....