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Subject: [Leica] Grumpy Gull
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:31:55 +0000
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And the last one is one-footed but looks fairly calm about it.

On 20 Nov, 2009, at 17:38, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> No Dick, the first one IS the prettiest. You have real communication going 
> with that bird :-)
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
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> On Nov 17, 2009, at 5:48 PM, Richard Taylor wrote:
> 
>> Jeeesh....  Why all the pictures...  You know this isn't my best side...
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/BIRDS/300_6214.jpg.html
>> http://tinyurl.com/yay88gw
>> 
>> Here a few prettier ones.
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/BIRDS/300_6199.jpg.html
>> http://tinyurl.com/yatwz3f
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/BIRDS/300_6200.jpg.html
>> http://tinyurl.com/yc8hd5k
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/BIRDS/300_6224.jpg.html
>> http://tinyurl.com/ycdctx9
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/BIRDS/300_6213.jpg.html
>> http://tinyurl.com/ydmk4gw
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/BIRDS/300_6196.jpg.html
>> http://tinyurl.com/yl8cwyy
>> 
>> These shots are all uncropped except for those from the front, bow-on, so 
>> to speak.  The one-footed one must have an interesting tale to tell* 
>> though the lack of a foot didn't seem to hurt his ability to balance.   
>> These guys (gals? who knows?) posed for me in Falmouth on Cape Cod Sunday 
>> afternoon.  I've never seen gulls so lethargic.  I was able to get within 
>> about six feet of them.
>> 
>> From side gulls look almost regal, everything a bird should be; from the 
>> front, like cross-eyed circus clowns.  I don't get it.
>> 
>> D300 ISO 200 70-200 Nikkor zoom.
>> 
>> C&C always welcome.
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Dick
>> 
>> *I was tempted to say he would have an interesting story to squawk over 
>> clams and herring down at the Sand Bar, but that would have been too 
>> much, wouldn't it?  ;-)
>> 
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