No way mite - the short guys had to look fer snikes! http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/seeing-snakes-may-have-influenced-human-evolution-11053.html Had a sidewinder wrap itself around my tripod leg once - too busy admiring the landscape! I have since evolved to urban photography. AZ LOOKAROUND - Since 1978 Build a 120/35mm Lookaround! The Lookaround E-Book FREE COPY http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [SPAM] Re: How tall should the turbines be? > From: ADavidhazy <andpph@xxxxxxx> > Date: Sun, March 21, 2010 4:20 pm > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Yup - that is why in prehistoric times tall members of a group lived longer than > short ones. They could better see oncoming predators. It is the same reason for "shooting" full > figures (meaning frame filling ones) with a telephoto lens. ~ andy > > Rich Mason wrote: > > > Don't forget to factor in the height of the observer's position. It's > > one thing to be at lake level, another to be 200 feet up on a bluff. > > > > Rich