Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/02/26

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Subject: [Leica] Eagle from the deck
From: amr3 at uwmalumni.com (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 13:40:41 -0600

TOn ue, 25 Feb 2020 Howard Cummer <hcummer at gmail.com>wrote:

>When I got up from my nap this afternoon I was very surprised to see an
eagle sitting on a tree branch a 100 yards or so from my cabin deck.
>I had the Nikon Z7 with the 200 - 500 VR zoom plus extender sitting on a
tripod in the living room. All I had to do was slowly open the door to
>the deck and pivot the camera around:

>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSC_4483.jpg.html
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSC_4483.jpg.html>
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http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSC_4483.jpg.html
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>The eagle was looking up and there was a turkey vulture higher up in the
tree above.

>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSC_4543.jpg.html
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSC_4543.jpg.html>
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http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSC_4543.jpg.html
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>The Turkey Vulture looking down on the eagle.
>...
>...
>...
>Howard
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Terrific pair of pictures.
-- 
Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
(Retired)
UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
amr3 at uwm.edu
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/

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