Recent content by The Chillinator

Tomatoes, they bring me out in a painful rash. :nuts:

To answer the main question, have you looked at Gitzo? They're expensive, but the GT2541 legs would probably fall into your price bracket. Buying used would be cheaper. For the price tag, Gitzo is the epitome of 'good quality'.

Thirded, got these on my BH-42. Really nice sound.

Lighten up bud, I was joking. ;) I too support the protection of our environment, particularly our natural waterways as I go fly fishing during the warmer months for wild trout. There's a difference between an environmentalist who gets fundamental issues across by reasonable debate and...

Well said, sadly some people are very narrow-minded with distorted views of themselves.

I would have yelled "Enviro freak!" and got on with my business. Some people simply aren't worth arguing with, so I find. It goes through one ear, and out the other with no processing in-between by both sides of the brain.

The .com in the URL and cheap-looking site does it for me... :lol: Taken from Dintos "Terms & Conditions"... "to enable us and all legitimate crime prevention and prosecution authorities to trace individual users engaging in criminal activities on our website." Oh the irony!

It's entirely your choice whether to make the investment, I use an EOS 7D but I see the D7000 is a very good piece of equipment at it's price point. I don't know how well it performs in situations such as sports photography. Obviously the D7000 is more ruggedly built than the D3100 which can...

400mm f5.6, and some cropping for both. :D Thank neptune for 18mp...

I wasn't really sure where to post this, but what the hell. :thinking: Snapped last night, cropped... Moon - Waxing Gibbous by The Chillinator's Wildlife Photography, on Flickr And the more heavily cropped version... Waxing Gibbous Moon - cropped by The Chillinator's Wildlife...

Ha ha!! Thanks Gordon! :thumbs: Just by flicking through the other fantastic images on the bird forum, I can learn quite a lot from them. :D

Low winter sun, it wreaks havoc... :lol: Anyway, this is what I've done to it so far. It's not 100% perfect as I'm not very good with this Photoshop business, I've cloned out the branches and attempted to tone down the harsh brightness on the left side. However for some reason if I push it a...

Just thought I'd add this, critique more than welcome... :D Blue Tit by The Chillinator's Wildlife Photography, on Flickr

They're on loan at the moment to a local astronomy club (they need gear to show kids the ropes). To be perfectly honest, 25 x 100's aren't exactly that big. They're chunky, but not colossal. I'll try and get a photo of them once I get them back.

I had a Meade LX90 10", which I sold for a pair of 25 x 100 binoculars on a decent tripod and a modified ball mount. The reason, it was simply too heavy to move, and moving it became uncomfortable during the winter. Now I can move in and outside at will within a couple of minutes. You'll get...