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Subject: [Leica] This nature photography stuff is for the birds ...
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)
Date: Mon Nov 21 09:51:19 2005
References: <F479CF06-8145-4ADA-91F5-C6C0AF014D69@dodo.com.au>

The faults you mention do not detract from the fact that you've 
captured a very nice photo of one very scary chick!  ;-)  That bird 
has attitude.  Something tells me it will be a very successful hunter.


>Kyle is pretty good at getting spectacular shots of scary subjects.  
>Some flying too.
>I might switch to his style, as I'm not having much luck lately with 
>my specialty lately.
>The colour and the composition is appealing, but it's just not sharp 
>enough.  Or close enough.  Mirage plays merry hell with shots taken 
>at 50 meters.  Converters only make it worse.
>
>Wedge tail eagle, two weeks from flying, taken the weekend before. 
>I watched this one eat a rabbit just after dad dropped by a little 
>later in the day.  Table manners?  Not really.
>
>http://members.dodo.com.au/rdcb37/Eagle_2_small.jpg
>
>R8. Velvia 100F.  800mm f5.6.
>
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-- 
Regards,

Dick
Boston MA

In reply to: Message from rdcb37 at dodo.com.au (Rick Dykstra) ([Leica] This nature photography stuff is for the birds ...)