Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina Manley wrote: >But you were close enough to get the water drops and the tongue! Brilliant. Alastair Firkin wrote: >Well, for me you are almost too close on the second image. Wonderful >detail as always. Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: >Fantastic captures. The best of your recent works methinks. Ken Carney wrote: >Absolutely beautiful, the first in particular. In trsw01, what would >you think about cloning out the small light patch at the top left-hand >corner, or is that heresy? My eye seems to go to it. ( I have been >trying new monitor calibration software for Windows 7 this evening for >an hour or so, so I may be sight-impaired). Hugh Thompson wrote: >Doug - I love the curve of the neck in the first shot, and the cheeky >expression on the second ....... these are very beautiful George Lottermoser wrote: >the first >(as well as the recent owl) >have moved toward the magical Ric Carter wrote: >i'm with hugh, > >love the curve of the first and the comedic value of the second >On Feb 20, 2010, at 5:26 PM, Doug Herr wrote: > >> A pair of Trumpeter Swans have been visiting a pond in nearby Placer >> County. These birds are only the second recorded sighting of this >> species in Placer county (the first was last spring at the same location). >> >> The most significant problem I faced in making these photos was the 180mm >> f/2.8 APO-Elmarit-R's minimum focus distance. >> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/trsw01.html >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/trsw02.html >> >> technical stuff: R8/DMR, 180mm f/2.8 APO-Elmarit-R, shoulder stock & >> monopod. All comments welcome. >> > Thanks all for looking, and taking the time to comment. Ken, I'm debating between cloning and cropping. Either way I agree it should go out. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com