Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Somehow I feel all patriotic and stuff :-) On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 9:54 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > Very impressive, Howard. The first one is my favorite. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > On 7/16/2014 10:56 PM, H&E Cummer wrote: > >> Hi Luggers, >> I have not posted pictures to the LUG for a few weeks - grand parenting >> duties with Aubrey, aka "Hank the Tank", and >> several house guests have kept me and Esther extra busy.Still, the >> pictures have been accumulating >> and I thought I would open a new Eagle 2014 Folder to show a few of my >> better ones. >> These were all taken with the Nikon D800E and the 80 - 400 VR zoom lens - >> hand held - >> processed in CS 6. Last week we have a fellow photographer visiting and I >> took him >> down to the Otter Bay ferry terminal to feed and photograph the eagles. >> The birds' reaction >> was unusual. They came when whistled for, but they only circled the >> salmon strips and >> did not swoop in to snatch them up. The only variable from the ordinary >> was the >> presence of my visitor and I guess his being there made the eagles more >> cautious. >> The circling made for some fine photo opportunities. >> >> First an eagle fly by over water: >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Eagles2014/1410.jpg.html> >> >> and then against the forest background: >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Eagles2014/1310.jpg.html> >> >> Flying in to inspect the salmon strips: >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Eagles2014/1146.jpg.html> >> >> Turning just over my head: >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/ >> Eagles2014/_DSC1172.jpg.html> >> >> And swooshing by: >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/ >> Eagles2014/_DSC1175.jpg.html> >> >> For the last two photos I racked the lens back to 185mm but it wasn't far >> enough >> to have the full body of the eagle in the frame. These last two photos >> are full frame - no cropping. >> >> I have just taken delivery of a used, but not abused, Nikon D4 body and I >> hope that >> my focus success rate will go up with this 10fps pro body compared to the >> 5fps D800E. >> >> Stay tuned. >> >> Howard (on hot sunny dry Pender Island). >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto