got my sigma 24-70 back :D

[brunester]

so after ups killed the last one b&h sent i got the new one today :D
really like it so far :D
heres te good ole batt test :
http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/4938/lenstrestch9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
and heres a pic i went out and took today(just because):
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/9301/monarc2nosharpfg6.jpg
and heres a 100% from a diff pic(that one was too busy lol):
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/3292/moarch4100copypk0.jpg

[matt_shaban]

wow, look at all those butterflies....

congrats on getting your lens, looks great.

[brunester]

thanks :D

[4x4rock]

Very nice to see the issue got resolved :)

Where did you go for those butterflies? Pacific Grove? I'm thinking of taking a drive to the coast since I have a couple of "sick" days coming up. :D

[brunester]

um actually its in santa cruz. at lighthouse state park.....i think thats its name....off of west cliff. its like the "local spot" to go see the monarchs if you decide to go pm me and i will give u directions.
btw pacific grove is really really pretty id go there over santa cruz any day

[tekkie]

holy crap that is the most butterflies I have ever seen in one pic by far

[ed rader]

um actually its in santa cruz. at lighthouse state park.....i think thats its name....off of west cliff. its like the "local spot" to go see the monarchs if you decide to go pm me and i will give u directions.
btw pacific grove is really really pretty id go there over santa cruz any day

i spend at least a couple of weeks a year on the monterey penninsula and it is prettier than santa cruz and has quite a few less freaks :).

i got back from a weekend in monterey yesterday in fact, and i'm ready to go again :D !

ed rader

http://www.fototime.com/E3DECDCB2B720B8/orig.jpg

[brunester]

and has quite a few less freaks :).


ed rader
.......... hey waaait a min:evil:

[cjm]

Wow in Santa Cruz (california?) they have Butterfly trees!

Fun lens huh? I really liked mine. It has its quirks but when I upgraded to the L It was only a tiny bit better. Glad to see you got such a good copy! Now all you need to get is a macro lens for those butterfly trees ;)

[BrandonSi]

Glad to see you finally got a good working copy! Sigma is really getting a bad rap, especially on that lens.. Personally it's my favorite..

If I saw that tree I think my heart would burst.. I have a butterfly phobia :(

[brunester]

If I saw that tree I think my heart would burst.. I have a butterfly phobia :(
hehehe

[Croasdail]

and it is prettier than santa cruz and has quite a few less freaks .v

I used to be one of those freaks - managed an engineering group in Scotts Valley and surfed in the afternoons until dark. That's cool... as long as the valley people just keep moving right on through and head on south to carmel and monterey... worked for me. And when they are done, they head right back over the hill where they belong. I'll take an afternoon at steamers over playing with the tourist any day.

[ed rader]

I used to be one of those freaks - managed an engineering group in Scotts Valley and surfed in the afternoons until dark. That's cool... as long as the valley people just keep moving right on through and head on south to carmel and monterey... worked for me. And when they are done, they head right back over the hill where they belong. I'll take an afternoon at steamers over playing with the tourist any day.

touchy touchy touchy. sounds like you are from the phil c. school of twist and guilt.

i was thinking more of heroin addicts and crackheads. so did you shoot speedballs or smoke crack :D ?

ed rader

[brunester]

like the daily show points out
-santa cruz has more white guys with dread locks than any other city :D

[Croasdail]

Nope, unfortunately I was with the surfer crowd who preferred to get high naturally...what ever that meant. I am still working on that one.... all i know is we had a heck of a lot of fun. Though I did work with this one lady who lived in a tee-pee and only bathed once a week... that was interesting. She got into arguments with the only republican in town that happened to also be on my team. BMWs and VW buses in the parking lot... it was a fun crowd to hang out with. We don't have quit the diverse crowd out here in North Carolina as we did back then.

[ed rader]

Nope, unfortunately I was with the surfer crowd who preferred to get high naturally...what ever that meant. I am still working on that one.... all i know is we had a heck of a lot of fun. Though I did work with this one lady who lived in a tee-pee and only bathed once a week... that was interesting. She got into arguments with the only republican in town that happened to also be on my team. BMWs and VW buses in the parking lot... it was a fun crowd to hang out with. We don't have quit the diverse crowd out here in North Carolina as we did back then.

i've been a california boy most of my life. live and let live is what i always say.

my father retired at ft ord and i took basic and AIT there in 72 and early 73.

this weekend i met a father and son who were spearfishing at spanish cove (17-mile drive).

both were driving fully restored 69 bugs. i thought that was pretty cool :D !

ed rader

http://www.fototime.com/741E8D48D91FEA9/orig.jpg

[Croasdail]

That is cool. My son is looking for a 60's bus, but they are hard to find out here. Cheers.