[Leica] Orcas at last

[j2m46 at hotmail.fr (Jean-Michel Mertz)]

Does some good to still see wild and free animals cruising close to the 
coast. I like both pictures. BTW, where's Thieves Bay? Jean-Michel
 > From: cummer at netvigator.com
> Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 22:39:23 -0700
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Subject: [Leica] Orcas at last
> 
> Hi Luggers,
> Last night toward evening we got the call. The Orca pod is coming past 
> Thieves Bay. We threw down our dinner napkins and headed out the door.
> 
> Here is my view of 5 Orcas, Momma, Poppa and three little ones cruising by 
> a floating boat. The fellow at the back has a camera around his neck but 
> didn't even raise it as the whales went by. Must be a local!
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Whales12/5Orcasw.jpg.html
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/89a49pd
> 
> Here is Esther's view of the same scene, taken slightly earlier, with the 
> GH2 and the 45 - 200 zoom.
> Cropped in CS 5 to be a pretend pano.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Whales12/EOrcasw.jpg.html
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/73634bc
> 
> And here is Esther's picture of the whales swimming along with the 
> magnificent Olympic Mountains in the background.
> I worked quite hard on this one for shadows and highlights using CS5.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Whales12/E4OrcaMtnsw.jpg.html
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/brtslus
> 
> Please look large and enjoy,
> C&C always welcome.
> 
> Howard 
> 
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