Steve Cramer wrote: > > Sisler, Clyde wrote: > > > > > We use a Pentax WR90, ........ > > > > I was disappointed in the zoom capabilities. I'm not a camera buff so I > > guess my expectations were too high. I took a picture of a young bull moose > > from about 30 yards and it came out looking like a chipmunk. :-(. I'm > > quite satisfied with the picture quality though. > > A 90 mm lens is not what you'd consider a long lens for nature > photography. Imagine what the moose would have looked like with a 35 mm > lens. > > Normally my advice is "Get closer." In this case, I'll forgo that > advice. I have been close to moose several times in a canoe, sometimes intentionally, sometimes just by paddling around a bend & meeting one. I like to make sure the moose knows I'm around & move in slowly while talking & watching it's reaction. This gives it plenty of time to head for the bush or warn me off. I have an okay picture of a cow moose taken with a pocket 35 with 35-70 mm zoom. Cow moose seem to be easier to approach while bulls usually disappear into the bush. The one exception was one time in a swamp. I paddled past a bush, heard a noise, looked back & found I had passing within 10 feet of a large bull. He didn't seem at all bothered. I wish I had a camera that time. Don't try approaching a bull in rutting season or with a cow & calf. -- Lloyd Bowles The Mad Canoeist "Keep the open side up!" http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/clearstreets/358/index.html *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Nov 20 1998 - 12:57:15 PST
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