Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/25

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Subject: [Leica] Seagulls (and eagles) in flight
From: afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin)
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 17:14:59 -0500 (EST)
References: <8D09FA1BB63092A-13EC-8E3D@webmail-d158.sysops.aol.com>

Love the first one, somehow the second seems unbalanced. Perhaps the 
cropping,
not sure. Fantastic detail.

Cheers

alastair> On October 25, 2013 at 9:00 AM lrzeitlin at aol.com wrote:
>
>
> On 10/24/2013 7:32 PM, H&E Cummer wrote:
> Hello Luggers,
> I went down to the Stand at the Otter Bay Ferry Terminal early this
> morning hoping the fog would burn off and we could call the eagles and
> I could add to my eagle pictures.
> The fog cleared a bit and we called the eagles but they didn't come.
> The seagulls were in abundance - hoping to snatch some food before the
> eagles claimed it - and so I made do with
> the wheeling seagulls instead. Here are two pictures - taken with the
> 70 - 200 F2.8 VR II on the D800E - processed and cropped to about 1/3
> in CS6.
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2013/GullWgUpw.jpg.
> html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/qg7vc26
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2013/Gulllftw.jpg.h
> tml>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/k4wtexy
>
> Please look large. C&C always welcome.
>
> Howard (on foggy Pender Island where we have had more continuous days
> of fog than ever before recorded)
>
> - - - -
>
> Howard,
> The pictures of the seagulls are excellent. However I took the
> opportunity to examine the rest of the pictures that came up in the LUG
> gallery and I am very impressed. It is rare that you see see bird
> pictures with both clarity and action. Your eagle pictures are truly
> great. And I must say, you have a very cute and picturesque
> granddaughter. A little princess!.
>
> Larry Z
>
>
>
>
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