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I’ve always been a PC guy for the most part, but over the years I’ve had to interface to the types of systems you reference. Fortunately, most of the retail world has moved/is moving away from the big iron and into server farms, so no more dealing with arcane communication protocols like SNA and worrying about tying into CICS transactions on the mainframe. Good luck with your fix tonight, hope it all goes smoothly.

I did AS/400 tech support for 10-15 yrs and had to work on the mainframe interfaces. SNA is arcane, but IIRC it was a lot more secure than TCP/IP, at least back in the olden days, wasn’t/isn’t it? After having the life sucked out of me by being on-call 24/7/365, I gave it up in 2005.

[kashari]

I’d love to know the info aspidites! Not sure I could handle a shoot in the snow nor do I know when I’ll finally win the lottery, but would be good info to have.

So they didn’t have any restrictions on using the images? When you sold the shot, was it to a magazine or something like that or do you mean a print sold to someone?

The main trainer is Troy Hyde he runs Animals of Montana with his wife Tracy.
Website http://www.animalsofmontana.com/
I have only worked with Troy on the tiger shoot, but his Red Rock shoot in Moab is on the ?to do list?. They were very safety conscious on the shoot. They made sure everyone knew the rules and how to act around the tiger.

Shooting in the snow can be tricky and some of the things I have learned;
1.Batteries: Lots of batteries and a way to keep them warm. I was duct taping dry chemical hand warmers to the bottom of the battery compartment. With a spare set in my pocket with a hand warmer. 20 below cold will zap your batteries very quickly.

2. Metering: Manual spot meter the snow. Snow in bright light, meter the snow and over expose by 1 and 2/3 stop. Snow in shade, meter the snow and over expose 1 and 1/3 stop. Check your histograms to make sure your whites are not clipping. If you get the snow right everything else should fall into place.

3. Camera: something with a frame rate of 5 FPS or above. Good focus capabilities. I was using an F5 with Provia 100 and a 1DX on this shoot. Now I use a 1D mark II N and a 5D.

4. Lenses: Preferably something that has a f2.8 they tend to focus faster. On a shoot with Troy you shouldn?t need anything over 200mm or 300mm I was using a 100 ? 400 on the F5 and a 70- 200 on the 1DX.

5. Clothing: The warmest, thinnest gloves you can find and heavy duty shells to put on when you aren?t shooting. Did I mention 20 below?

I used a cloth rebreather mask in Yellowstone cause some mornings it was 30- 40 below before we got on the snowmobiles, so add 50 mph wind chill to that. COLD!

The charging tiger was in the Ukrainian edition of Digital Photographer and was the picture that got me the calendar deal.
The one on my B list was the cover of an Italian scientific textbook and I have sold lots of prints of the tiger.
There were no restrictions on the pictures. Most of them don’t….You pay them for their services and the accessibility to the animals. The pictures are yours.

Being a native desert rat, those temps will zap my soul! Heck, it was like 75 in my room this morning and with the ceiling fan on low, I’m about ready to pull the comforter out!

Thanks so much for all that info! I’ve also wanted to do a winter wild horse shoot too. Maybe I’ll grow up someday & quit being such a sissy! But I do want to head to Northern AZ sometime this season to see some snow, so those tips are helpful and I’ll keep them in a note. I’ve played in small amounts of snow about 3 or 4 times in my long life. 😆

I’m thinking the Babies in June sounds more my speed. Love the pic of the cub in the spring flowers on their site.

There was a small/cheap workshop here to learn how to photog wolves, but they wouldn’t give you any kind of release, didn’t even want them posted online. So I skipped it since I doubt I’ll randomly run into any wolves any time soon.

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If you want I can look up the info on the guy that owns this tiger. I think he runs a 3 or 4 day winter workshop with the siberian tiger, a mountain lion, an afican lion, a lynx, and I believe he has a snow leapard now too. I’m pretty sure the workshops are under 2000.00 In the 3 days we photographed the tiger I took have 500 pictures between the digital and the slides I took. I have paid for the trip with selling that one shot.

I’d love to know the info aspidites! Not sure I could handle a shoot in the snow nor do I know when I’ll finally win the lottery, but would be good info to have.

So they didn’t have any restrictions on using the images? When you sold the shot, was it to a magazine or something like that or do you mean a print sold to someone?

[kashari]

That’s it. I’m buying a farking tiger this winter.

/maybe just renting one.
//good stuff this week.

😆 😆 😆

PERFECT!!

[kashari]

That’s it. I’m buying a farking tiger this winter.

/maybe just renting one.
//good stuff this week.

😆 That is so awesome seeing it running in the snow!

But, I felt so bad for that poor bunny that was posted later, I’m sure it was like WTF?!?

And I agree, terrific pics this week!

[kashari]

Holy crap, if those are your B’s, I can’t wait to see your A’s! Such awesome images!

And you guys are cracking me up with the ‘domesticated’ discussion.

I probably picked the wrong ones, but I’m tired of second guessing.

I have to agree with SS on this one, I have never met one of the ‘domesticated’ versions that CISS keeps talking about.

haha, well I’m certainly not one of them either! I need a housewife and I’m a straight, single female! 😆

I’m having a hard time choosing also, still working on whittling it down from about 20!

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Well I’m pulling out my hair now. Got it down to 7 choices.

I guess these will be the B’s for this one.

http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i447/aspidites2001/Pictures/DSC_5280tiger.jpg

http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i447/aspidites2001/Pictures/_X0U5892_BB.jpg

http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i447/aspidites2001/Pictures/_X0U5882_BB.jpg

http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i447/aspidites2001/Pictures/_I6R0631PB_Cub.jpg

Holy crap, if those are your B’s, I can’t wait to see your A’s! Such awesome images!

And you guys are cracking me up with the ‘domesticated’ discussion. 😆

[kashari]

I’ve never tried it. My father-in-law e-mailed the link to me. It fits in the camera bag better than a tripod. 🙂

Since I’m not a DIYer, I bought a thing like this, but the cord thing winds up into a little box, so you can use it at different lengths. It’s in my bag & I usually forget it’s there. 😳 I think it does help with steadiness, but don’t think I’m steady enough to try and use it for a longer exposure.

[kashari]

One that’s waterproof…

😆 poor U-Man, that story still gives me the sads.

[kashari]

U-man it’s got emotion in spades. That it’s such a complex range is maybe the only thing I can say against it. Grab, yes. Tells a story in a single frame, yes. Emotion, yes. Even if it’s not a winner, it’s one I’d be more than happy to have done myself.

/and I’ll vote for it

Yes, I agree, great job U-Man!

and Happy Bday Rav!

[kashari]

Grab a kid, tell him he’s getting a motorcycle, then tell him it’s from the make a wish foundation,.. and.. well, you know…
Then tell him you’re just kidding and laugh maniacally. There are your three shots, shouldn’t take more than 10 minutes.

😆 you crack me up!

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Congrats to aspidities this week–a very well deserved win!

Thanks 😀

It’s been a pretty good week.

1st time I got above 3rd place here.

This photo made it to the finalist on BetterPhoto

http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/dynoGallDetail.asp?photoID=12110178

and I got a deal with a greeting card company, they are interested in 8 pictures so far and they are useing this one in their fall line up.

http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/dynoGallDetail.asp?photoID=689571

😀 😀

Those are fantastic pictures, as were your entries last week, congrats!

[kashari]

oh, so sorry to hear this, get well soon, silverstag!

[kashari]

Thanks guys. I alternate between “It’s only money. Nothing irreplaceable was lost.” to a rueful chuckle to being pissed at myself…and back to the fact that nothing irreplaceable was lost.

Plus, it was JUST a Canon. I mean, imagine how pissed I would be if it were a Nikon. 🙂

😆 Now that’s right!

[kashari]

For those of you who aren’t facebook friends – check this shiat out. I copied my last status about the $3000 musky I caught today. 🙁

http://photos.imageevent.com/ulle17/farkphotoshop/_3000-Musky.jpg

O to the Motherfarking G!! At first I thought you meant you WON $3000 in a tourney or something, that’s one of the saddest equip stories yet. Sorry U-Man! 😥

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