Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I thought all Cardinals were red. Since when did they let in the yellow ones? Gorgeous bird! -- Mark R. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/ > From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:48:51 -0600 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: More Winter Birds > > Hi Barry, > > Thanks for the kind words. > > No, I don't have a real blind. Today, when I first went outside, it began > to rain. To protect my gear, I opened the garage door, and set up my > tripod > and a chair at the opening. This allowed me to see parts of the yard > without being too conspicuous. The pear tree, which gets a lot of > short-time bird traffic, was about 40 ft away, so cropping was necessary. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barry Hinderks" <Barry98 at telus.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 4:18 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: More Winter Birds > > >> Both very nice shots Jim. Just out of curiosity are you working from a >> blind? >> BarryH >> >> At 01:37 PM 16/01/2012, you wrote: >>> On another cloudy morning, I found several of our winter birds out and >>> about. >>> >>> Cardinal Female in pear tree: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cardinal+Female+36.jpg.html >>> >>> White-Throated Sparrow, also in pear tree: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/White-Throated+Sparrow.jpg.html >>> >>> Both with Olympus E-510 and Leica Telyt-R 250/4 on tripod. >>> >>> Comments and critiques welcomed. >>> >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information