[meteorite-list] Photos of Holbrook Anniversary Hunt & Finds

From: wahlperry at aol.com <wahlperry_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:04:19 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <8CE14662DA7714E-2308-25FC_at_webmail-d150.sysops.aol.com>

Hi Erik, ( Holbrook King )

Way to go! Great photo's and meteorite finds.

Sonny


-----Original Message-----
From: Erik Fisler <phxerik at yahoo.com>
To: Meteorite List <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tue, Jul 19, 2011 7:50 am
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Photos of Holbrook Anniversary Hunt &
Finds


Thanks All!Jeff - I'm using the Canon XSi. It's not about the camera,
it's about the lens. I have a $1200 lens on a $300 camera! I just
bought the new Canon 100mm f/2.8L Macro USM.Don't make the mistake and
fall for the megapixel trap. Too many megapixels make for smaller
pixels which makes for more grain! >:( On a point and shoot, 3MP is
perfect, anything more than 5MP is insane.On a consumer or Semi-Pro
DSLR 8MP is perfect, anything more than 12MP is insane.On a Pro level
DSLR 12MP is perfect, anything more than 22MP is insane.Problem is the
marketing departments want you to think more MP = more definition.This
ONLY matters when printing bigger than 8"x11" A good set up would be
any basic Canon DSLR used in good condition or new. I know fashion
photographers and even wedding photographers who have these basic entry
level cameras and make $100k to $150k a year through photography with
amazing photos. Remember, it's all about the lenses. So if you buy a
camera just buy the BODY ONLY. because stock lenses suck.Examples:XT -
(8MP)XS - (10MP) XSi - (12.2MP)T3 - (12.2MP)XTi - (10.1MP)T1i -
(15.1MP)T2i - (18MP) WAYYY TOOO MANYY PIXELS but HD video is worth
purchase.T3i - (18MP) WAYYY TOOO MANYY PIXELS but HD video is worth
purchase.50D - (15.1MP) <--- semipro body with sturdy magnesium form
factor.Here are some nice lenses that would work for shooting finds and
people too. I put stars next to my favorites. I've shot with all of
these and read the reviews on them and every single one is amazing.-
*Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro- Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM-
Canon EF 50mm f/2.5 Compact Macro (Affordable)- *Canon 50mm f/1.4
(Affordable, also sharpest, most fast focusing lens from Canon)- *Canon
24-70mm f/2.8L USM- Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS USM[Erik]----- Original
Message ----From: Jeff Kuyken <info at meteorites.com.au>To: Erik Fisler
<phxerik at yahoo.com>Sent: Tue, July 19, 2011 2:44:27 AMSubject: Re:
Photos of Holbrook Anniversary Hunt & FindsHey Erik... awesome pics!
What camera are you using?And if you're sending out invites, I'd love
to give Google+ a try. I have google email at
jkuyken at gmail.com.Cheers,Jeff----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik
Fisler" <phxerik at yahoo.com>To: "Meteoritelist"
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 5:04
PMSubject: [meteorite-list] Photos of Holbrook Anniversary Hunt &
Finds> Hello All,> > It was a pleasure to watch so many hunters make so
many finds at Holbrook for> the group hunt! I was very happy to be
asked to help guide hunters for the> group hunt. I spent 5+ hours of my
19 hours in the field over> Friday/Saturday/Sunday instructing hunters
on where to hunt and what to look >for> and I can say it was awesome
watching them grin when I verified their finds.> Kudos to Jim and Ruben
for doing most of the behind the scenes organizing for> the hunt.
There is a lot of patience involved with juggling 50 people and >those>
who really listened walked away with the knowledge to find something
that day >or> in the future.> > My finds from Friday and through the
morning Saturday consisted of 3> individuals, 2 fragments and a piece
that was just fusion crust all for a total> of less than 2 grams and my
father was kicking my butt!! After spending most >of> my morning
driving back and forth from the hotel room to the strewn field and>
guiding hunters I decided to pick up my father and the small group he
had taken> on a hunt. He asked me where I wanted to hunt and I told
him I had seen Moni> and Bob moving towards a flat in the middle of the
north side and I wanted to> beat them too it so we headed to the spot I
had my eye on with the family he >was> guiding and began to search.
That's when I found a few fragments with in a few> centimeters from
each other stuck in the clay on the surface. I had my dad> drive the
truck over so I could bring out the shovel and sieve, (as we had
>plaid> the fragment game before....). A few people surrounded as I
slowly and> carefully broke up the clay into the sieve. I had about
fifty grams in> fragments when my shovel clinked against a much bigger
piece in the ground and> everyone froze with excitement. That's when I
pulled out the 240 gram> piece!!!!!!!! It took about an hour and a half
to recover the 160 grams in> fragments and the 240 gram stone for a
total of a 400 gram find. As far >Holbrook> goes, besides Larry's
whopper, I haven't heard of that big of a find in the >last> few
decades. Ontop of that Richard had another mongo find of 47 grams
which is> extremely rare for Holbrook in 2011. Together we have over
500 Holbrooks with a> 90% of them individuals, average size 1-2 grams
and before that point my >biggest> was 23 grams and my father had found
one around 30+ grams. It amazes me that> there was a 400g find and a
47g find along with soooo many other stones all> found in the same day,
regardless if there were fifty hunters or 1000 hunters.> > Anywho...
here is a link to the photos. I uploaded them to my new Google+>
account which is linked to Picasa. For those of you who don't know,
Google+ is> a networking site by Google that is still under testing and
is only available >to> those invited by people who are testing it, for
now anyway. So if anyone wants> to try Google+ shoot me an email and
I'll shoot you an invite. Also since this> is my first time using it to
host an album it would be great if I got some> reviews on how
easy/difficult and how good/bad it is to decide if I'll use it> again.>
>
Photos:>https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/104550188270087713656/albums/5
630939129597014113>3> > > Thanks!> [Erik]> >
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