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Name that spider ;) Caught him in the bathtub an hour ago.


I think I'm going to start taking a picture of everyone I see, just to keep track of them.

How big was he? Need to stick a quarter in the picture just for scale :)

looks like a brown recluse to me... real good violin shape.

Yeah looks like a brown recluse. Here's another picture of one.

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Call me a wimp but I hate spiders.

yep i agree with the not liking spiders, especialy the one pictured, i think i heard that the specific one was like 2nd most dangerous in the US, only second to the black widow (native to the US of course)

The one I took was only a medium sized male. Roughly a 1-1.25" legspan. I've found them as big as 2" legspan in the house. It's practically the only house spider we have.

The recluse is dangerous, but I wouldn't classify it as the 2nd. I think that Austrailia owns 1-5 on any list like that, do a search for the Sydney Funnelweb.

I believe the Funnelweb and the Blackwidow have been documented as actually killing people, but there are no confirmed reports of a fatality from a Recluse bite. The Recluse bite, although not deadly, is about the most damaging and painful bites you can receive.

Laguna Seca, this weekend, Moto GP and AMA SuperBikes

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My new hollow torsion bars

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Flippin' Awesome! May I ask what you used to shoot them?

I have a Nikon D70, with a 2.8 80-200mm Nikon D zoom, and a 2X converter.

Jim

80-200mm f2.8 -- I've heard good things about that lens. Coincidentally, I'm looking at Canon's comparable combination -- the 70-200 f2.8 and a 1.4 or 2x tele-extender. Are you pretty happy with that setup? Seems like adding in another converter doodad (I already have one for macro) every time I want to shoot really long would be a bit of a hassle.

great lens, however, I ended up with two, the first generation has the focus and zoom in one, and no tripod mount (had to buy a add on after market for that). seems Nikon saw the error and in Generation two, added one, but separated the focus and zoom to separate rings.

Since I like to shoot with my Nikon FM2 once in a while, where a separate focus and zoom would be nuts, I kept the first lens. I also own a N90s and now the D70, both AF, so the tripod mount is a big benfit. So I bought one of those as well.

At LS I used the first gen since I knew I was not going to use d tripod, and expected fast moving subject.

The converter is a bit of a pain, but it really helps bring the subject closer. A 200mm lens has an equvalency of about a 300mm when used on a digital camera, then add the 2X and you have a 600mm ~3.5-4 lens.


As an aside, for anyone who is shooting fast moving subjects, there is a trick, keep both eyes open, sight the subject with the non-camera eye, them shift your focus to the camera eye and track it. Takes some time to get the hang of, but it is near impossible otherwise to get the bike in the frame. This also works with binoculars (where I first learned it actually) sight the target, then bring the binoculars to your eyes.


Jim

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Taking 2 cab hardtops down to the trucking company

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Argentina fter a couple hours of dove/pigeon hunting
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Wow, great shots!
 

I just got done browsing thru all the great shots and thought I'd share some of mine. All taken with a 6mp DSLR.
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This one(above) is from the Painted Hills in Oregon.

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The Heceta Head lighthouse on the Oregon coast after sunset.

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This is Sheppard Dell falls in the Columbia Gorge (Oregon side).

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Here is an impact crater..no, not really, just a rock on the beach just after sunset.

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I call this one the Petrified Wave. Taken at Cape Kiwanda on the Oregon coast.

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Sunset at Ecola State Park, Oregon coast.

Ok, I'm done, hope you enjoy! SmileWavy

Done with a Nikon Cool Pix Digi cam.

Trip to St. Augustine:

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Went to a gator farm while we were there and they had a Albino gator there. Creepy as hell.

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Thom, I love those VW trucks..........