Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Mark, That is not an airplane, it is another buzzard, circling above the tank. I tried to catch one on approach, but they just kept circling. And, since I was in a stranger's driveway, I moved on. Thanks for looking and commenting. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 4:07 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Birds Best Seen from a Distance >I notice the buzzards are just a bit bigger in size than the airplane > buzzing by in the sky very sharply.!!! > Gives them scale. Almost. > > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > >> From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 15:49:09 -0600 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Cc: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus at thomasclausen.net> >> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Birds Best Seen from a Distance >> >> Each Fall, migratory Turkey Vultures (Buzzards) arrive in Tullahoma, and >> spend >> the evenings on the railings of a water tank, less than a mile from my >> house. >> Today, as I passed the tank at 3:00pm, I noted that quite a few were >> assembled >> there. With only a normal lens on the E-1, I had to crop the image, but >> these >> guys are not something you want to see close up, anyway. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Buzzard+Roost.jpg.html >> >> E-1 with Leica Elmarit-R 28mm, ISO 200, 1/640 at f/8, RAW >> >> 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 > >