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LIl--Thanks for the welcome! Anyone that's not gone through your entire gallery is missing some great eye candy!
Nello--Thanks! I was talking about you...along with all the other great shooters, here. BTW, I did love your "regal rooster". 
Harsha--If you've been hearing soft "virtual" footsteps in the past months, it's been me, "tracking" you and your work across the four corners of the world. Not only "thanks" for your welcome, thanks for what you do for all of us.
J.B.--I should mention somewhere in here that if you guys have an "upload" gallery, I've viewed it. If you have a website, I've viewed it, too, along with dozens of the other guys/gals that work regularly in the Wildlife subfora. Thanks, Johnny!
Lou--Raptors are my fav! Your shots of handheld birds are awesome! Thanks.
Dave--I first thought you were an Angelican, then a homeboy from Lower Arkansas (I live in Hot Springs). I finally figured it out...halfway through my first visit to your site.
Thang--You must really be one "sneaky-Pete"; Bobcats are a spoooooky critter. Thanks for the welcome.
Migara--Love your Kingfishers; a friend has told me where he sees a nesting pair year after year. Maybe next spring I can do something with 'em. Thanks!
Andy--I lost a Nikkormat FTN to storm surf at the Pipline back in '74 and hadn't owned another cam until the point 'n shoot I picked up in '02. I have a TC, but it's one of the older TC-200's. To see me work with it might remind you of monkeys, footballs, flashlights..you get the picture. I can't do 100% manual, right now. Well, I kinda "can", but wildlife won't sit still for the 5 minutes it takes me to set up.
The sharpness of the 70-200VR coupled with a TC-14E, or a TC-17E was a deal breaker. I'm shopping for both, soon. Thanks for the advice, and the welcome!
Karl--I'm enthusiastic as hell, but no, I will not be making a "splash" entry. AFter lurking for months, I couldn't help but post and tell ya'll how much of an influence your art has had on me, but later I wish I'd stayed in my invisible corner and kept my mouth shut. I really like the camaraderie I've seen in the FM Wildlife Forum, and as you'll soon see, I can make fun of myself as well as the next guy, but I'll also be asking you guys for hard CC. Thanks for the encouragement!
Ken--Welp, they don't call you "Mr. Zoom" for nuthin'! Great work. Your comment on asking myself, "How did they do that," struck home, bigtime. I'd been thinking of getting into digital photography for a couple of years when last December, whilst thumbing through a photo mag, the snowy owl captured by Vincent Munier pinned me to the wall. I was stunned. After several moments, I did ask myself, "How'd he do that?", because I know he didn't just set up his hide and camera and "wait" for a snowy to find him. I asked myself at that moment if I thought I had the mojo left to make the sacrifice that this kind of art would take, and I guess time will bear out what the answer to that is. I wish I'd started 20 years ago, but here I am. I'll see ya in the WF...
RGS65--Thanks to you, too. I appreciate the straightforward comment. Talk is talk, and easy to do.
Speaking of sacrifice, one of the things that's gradually crept up on me is the distinct lack of discussion on how "hard" it is to capture stunning wildlife images. After thinking about this one, I finally realized that everyone just accepts this as the price of admission. It's not only hard for duffers like me, it's hard for everyone. You can have all the gear and skills in the world, but you still gotta roll up your sleeves and get dirty/cold/hot/tired/bitten/etc. This is the last time I'll mention it....
I'm done rambling. I have an upload account activated and will post an image later tonight, then turn around and tell ya'll how bad it is.... maybe if you're feeling generous, you can tell me "why".
Best regards to all that posted (and didn't).
Mitch
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