Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/26

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Subject: [Leica] American Robin
From: bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Mon Dec 26 09:14:15 2005
 
I'd have gone for including legs and tail, if the point was for it to be an
image of an American Robin, and worried a tad less about the technical
aspects of the composition - but it is an amazing image none the less, Doug
- I feel like I can reach out and touch the bird.


On 12/26/05 11:45 AM, "Douglas Herr" <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote:

> The neighbor's persimmon trees have drawn many flocks of fruit-eaters to 
> the
> area.  The American Robin is probably the most numerous of these birds:
> 
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/thrushes/amro04.html
> 
> What do you think of the framing?  I wanted to include the bird's legs and
> feet but the swaying branch made precise composition difficult with the
> 800mm (effective) focal length.
> 
> Technical stuff: Leica R4, 560mm f/6.8 Telyt, 1.4x APO-Extender-R, ISO 400
> film.
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> 
> 
> 
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