Re: Pictures From Neither Bonaire Nor Detroit

On Dec 23 2007, 12:44*pm, Dan Bracuk <NOTbra...@pathcom.com> wrote:
> Now that I've decided to do things the easy way, my weekend project
> was to put photos from previous vacations into my photobucket site.
> Those that are interested can see them here:http://s275.photobucket.com/albums/jj291/DanBracuk/
>
> The trips were to Cozumel, Kona, Little and Grand Cayman, Mona Island,
> and Fiji.
>
> Feel free to accuse me of fishing for compliments, compliment me, or
> say that the pictures are crap. *And for George Cathcart who once
> wondered why someone would post an out of focus photo, it's because
> that's the only one I got of that type of fish.
>
> Dan Bracuk
> Never use a big word when a diminutive one will do.

Those are some fine pics Dan ! Very nice ! You're a little too
close to the cuda in the one Cayman shot for my comfort but I guess he
didn't bite you.

On Jan 1, 12:25*pm, Dan Bracuk <NOTbra...@pathcom.com> wrote:
> hierophantf...@hotmail.com pounded away at his keyboard resulting in:
>
> :Those are some fine pics Dan ! * Very nice ! * You're a little too
> :close to the cuda in the one Cayman shot for my comfort but I guess he
> :didn't bite you.
>
> Thank you for the compliment.
>
> Getting as close as possible to the subject is what you want to do
> underwater. *Less water to shoot through means sharper images. *And,
> given how shy barracudas are, getting close to one of those is a fair
> to middlin accomplishment. *Also lucky.
>
> Dan Bracuk
> Never use a big word when a diminutive one will do.

Yea. I understand that you need to be close to get a good shot. But
cudas are not all that shy. People say they are. They aren't. I've
been on scuba and seen some of them keep edging closer and closer to
the point that most of our group were only 6 inches away and the cudas
just stayed there.

Regardless, your camera skills are to be admired because you can
adapt to the animal you are shooting and that is what is matters. You
should be very proud of your pics. They are excellent.

It seems to me from this group, you and George Catcat and Greg Mossman
are very good photographers here. Very good.

On Jan 3, 6:48 pm, hierophantf...@hotmail.com wrote:
> On Jan 1, 12:25 pm, Dan Bracuk <NOTbra...@pathcom.com> wrote:
>
> > hierophantf...@hotmail.com pounded away at his keyboard resulting in:
>
> > :Those are some fine pics Dan ! Very nice ! You're a little too
> > :close to the cuda in the one Cayman shot for my comfort but I guess he
> > :didn't bite you.
>
> > Thank you for the compliment.
>
> > Getting as close as possible to the subject is what you want to do
> > underwater. Less water to shoot through means sharper images. And,
> > given how shy barracudas are, getting close to one of those is a fair
> > to middlin accomplishment. Also lucky.
>
> > Dan Bracuk
> > Never use a big word when a diminutive one will do.
>
> Yea. I understand that you need to be close to get a good shot. But
> cudas are not all that shy. People say they are. They aren't. I've
> been on scuba and seen some of them keep edging closer and closer to
> the point that most of our group were only 6 inches away and the cudas
> just stayed there.
>
> Regardless, your camera skills are to be admired because you can
> adapt to the animal you are shooting and that is what is matters. You
> should be very proud of your pics. They are excellent.
>
> It seems to me from this group, you and George Catcat and Greg Mossman
> are very good photographers here. Very good.

George who?

gc

"George Cathcart" <george.cathcart@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4e15a874-9483-4dac-b74d-4980b5d6a638@v4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> On Jan 3, 6:48 pm, hierophantf...@hotmail.com wrote:
>> It seems to me from this group, you and George Catcat and Greg Mossman
>> are very good photographers here. Very good.
>
> George who?

Catcat. George Catcat. Greg's in real good company there. Cat's the cat
man. (He also invented the catamaran.) Greg and the cat, even better.

On Jan 3, 7:02*pm, George Cathcart <george.cathc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 3, 6:48 pm, hierophantf...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jan 1, 12:25 pm, Dan Bracuk <NOTbra...@pathcom.com> wrote:
>
> > > hierophantf...@hotmail.com pounded away at his keyboard resulting in:
>
> > > :Those are some fine pics Dan ! * Very nice ! * You're a little too
> > > :close to the cuda in the one Cayman shot for my comfort but I guess he
> > > :didn't bite you.
>
> > > Thank you for the compliment.
>
> > > Getting as close as possible to the subject is what you want to do
> > > underwater. *Less water to shoot through means sharper images. *And,
> > > given how shy barracudas are, getting close to one of those is a fair
> > > to middlin accomplishment. *Also lucky.
>
> > > Dan Bracuk
> > > Never use a big word when a diminutive one will do.
>
> > Yea. *I understand that you need to be close to get a good shot. *But
> > cudas are not all that shy. *People say they are. *They aren't. * I've
> > been on scuba and seen some of them keep edging closer and closer to
> > the point that most of our group were only 6 inches away and the cudas
> > just stayed there.
>
> > Regardless, *your camera skills are to be admired because you can
> > adapt to the animal you are shooting and that is what is matters. *You
> > should be very proud of your pics. *They are excellent.
>
> > It seems to me from this group, you and George Catcat and Greg Mossman
> > are very good photographers here. *Very good.
>
> George who?
>
> gc- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Hey look Dude, it was a typo ! Not Catcat. Cathcart. It's fucking
New Years time and I been having a few beers. I'm sorry I messed up
your name. LOL

On Jan 3, 7:12*pm, "ben bradlee" <No...@Way.Bite.Me> wrote:
> "George Cathcart" <george.cathc...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:4e15a874-9483-4dac-b74d-4980b5d6a638@v4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>
> > On Jan 3, 6:48 pm, hierophantf...@hotmail.com wrote:
> >> It seems to me from this group, you and George Catcat and Greg Mossman
> >> are very good photographers here. *Very good.
>
> > George who?
>
> Catcat. *George Catcat. *Greg's in real good company there. *Cat's the cat
> man. *(He also invented the catamaran.) *Greg and the cat, even better..

Not funny. Cut me a fucking break. It was a typo. Sheesh

On Jan 3, 8:21 pm, hierophantf...@hotmail.com wrote:
> On Jan 3, 7:12 pm, "ben bradlee" <No...@Way.Bite.Me> wrote:
>
> > "George Cathcart" <george.cathc...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >news:4e15a874-9483-4dac-b74d-4980b5d6a638@v4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>
> > > On Jan 3, 6:48 pm, hierophantf...@hotmail.com wrote:
> > >> It seems to me from this group, you and George Catcat and Greg Mossman
> > >> are very good photographers here. Very good.
>
> > > George who?
>
> > Catcat. George Catcat. Greg's in real good company there. Cat's the cat
> > man. (He also invented the catamaran.) Greg and the cat, even better.
>
> Not funny. Cut me a fucking break. It was a typo. Sheesh

I've had my name butchered worse ways, but this was an original. More
common is Catheart, and then there's Catchcart, Catchart and worse.
Catcat. I might even adopt that, or, as Dan said Cat^2 or Cat2 or
2cat.

There are three cats living in my house, so maybe it's appropriate or
something. Note I said they live in my house, not that I have three
cats.

gc

On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:44:02 -0800, George Cathcart wrote:

> There are three cats living in my house, so maybe it's appropriate or
> something. Note I said they live in my house, not that I have three cats.

Have you considered calling an exterminator?

We're not going to see an article like this one about you, are we?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...071800801.html


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On Jan 4, 12:48 pm, Grumman-581 <grumman581-rec-sc...@spambob.net>
wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:44:02 -0800, George Cathcart wrote:
> > There are three cats living in my house, so maybe it's appropriate or
> > something. Note I said they live in my house, not that I have three cats.
>
> Have you considered calling an exterminator?
>
> We're not going to see an article like this one about you, are we?
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...05/07/18/AR200...
>
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> Above email address not valid. Look in NNTP headers for real contact info.

Not likely. The cats belong to my wife. They're all neutered. We have
a zero-growth policy on animals in the house, so I should be safe with
the current three cats, one dog, three hedgehogs, two rabbits, two
guinea pigs and one chinchilla. I will be the first to move out if the
animal population should start to grow again. My own preference is
fish, and I find it's easier just to call the National Aquarium in
Baltimore mine.

gc

On Jan 4, 1:56*pm, George Cathcart <george.cathc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 4, 12:48 pm, Grumman-581 <grumman581-rec-sc...@spambob.net>
> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:44:02 -0800, George Cathcart wrote:
> > > There are three cats living in my house, so maybe it's appropriate or
> > > something. Note I said they live in my house, not that I have three cats.
>
> > Have you considered calling an exterminator?
>
> > We're not going to see an article like this one about you, are we?
>
> >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...05/07/18/AR200...
>
> > --
> > Above email address not valid. *Look in NNTP headers for real contact info.
>
> Not likely. The cats belong to my wife. They're all neutered. We have
> a zero-growth policy on animals in the house, so I should be safe with
> the current three cats, one dog, three hedgehogs, two rabbits, two
> guinea pigs and one chinchilla. I will be the first to move out if the
> animal population should start to grow again. My own preference is
> fish, and I find it's easier just to call the National Aquarium in
> Baltimore mine.
>
> gc

WOW ! That's kinda cool though. I have fish too, freshwater, and I
like them but the kids really like them, especially the 2 yr old. We
tried a salt water tank and that was just too darn difficult.