Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/17

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Subject: [Leica] Wisdom
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:10:23 -0800
References: <4B52E20C.1077.4EDAF3@leica.rcmckee.com>, <369DF6FC-4DA1-4896-8FC0-0C9566B835DC@charter.net> <4B536530.8831.A45FC5@leica.rcmckee.com>

On Jan 17, 2010, at 5:29 PM, R. Clayton McKee wrote:

> Meh.  I don't fit his "prey" profile.. he gets frozen rats and mice.  
> I'm several hundred times too big.  Besides which he's a rehab 
> ambassador... accustomed to people and cameras.  (He's not 
> releasable; he's got a bad wing.)

sunbathing next to my pool in Arizona, not long ago, I awoke, 
stretched, opened my eyes and looked up.....15 feet above my head.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW2010/gro.jpg.html

yes, a surprise  (I felt like prey), he waited just long enough to get his 
picture taken.


Steve

> (There were also a bunch of youngsters in the room if he'd been in 
> the mood for a midday nosh.)
> 
> Quoth the slobodan Dimitrov :
> 
>> I wouldn't call a raptor's gaze wisdom. It feels more like a dinner
>> evaluation.
>> S.d.
> --
> 
> 
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