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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Birds Best Seen from a Distance
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 16:15:36 -0600
References: <CCE68161.276DB%mark@rabinergroup.com>

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
>>
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