Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When birds eat the poke berries and poop on our cars or the house siding or anywhere else, it makes an interesting purple stain that is almost impossible to remove!! Love your macro shots! Tina On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>wrote: > Thanks for looking and commenting, Lluis. > > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lluis Ripoll" < > lluisripollquerol at gmail.com> > > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2012 3:52 PM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: From a Neighborhood Walk > > > Jim, >> >> For me Wild Bird Food is the best, it is beautiful, The Fly is an >> impressive picture for the sharpness, but the other for it's beauty >> >> cheers >> Lluis >> >> >> >> El 18/08/2012, a las 22:23, Jim Nichols escribi?: >> >> I took a walk around the immediate neighborhood today to look for photo >>> ops. Bees and butterflies were very scarce, but I did catch a fly >>> perched >>> on a Rose of Sharon bloom. This is cropped to two percent of the >>> original >>> image: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/OldNick/Fly+at+100+per+** >>> cent.jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Fly+at+100+per+cent.jpg.html> >>> >>> Because I have not had an opportunity to clear out the weeds and bushes >>> recently, the birds are enjoying the berries on the mature Poke Weed >>> plants: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/OldNick/Wild+Bird+Food.**jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Wild+Bird+Food.jpg.html> >>> >>> A neighbor up the street is adding a room to his home, and I noted a >>> handy lift in use to raise the shingles to roof level. A gasoline- >>> powered >>> cable system pulls the platform up a standard ladder: >>> >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/OldNick/Power+Lift.jpg.**html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Power+Lift.jpg.html> >>> >>> Oly E-510 with Zuiko Digital 35/3.5 Macro. >>> >>> Comments and critiques welcomed. >>> >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See >>> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >>> more information >>> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> more information >> >> >> > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com