Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm late to the party, Doug. But this is a wonderful series! Thank you! David. > Optically the Sony 600/4 is darned near perfect. Lots and lots of > detail, outstanding flare resistance, plays nice with teleconverters, > decent OOF rendering. It doesn't quite have the color richness of the > 280/4 APO but that's splitting hairs. Thanks for looking and taking the > time to comment. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto <http://www.wildlightphoto/>.com > > >> On Apr 22, 2020, at 3:54 PM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Great series, Doug. They are nice and sharp with great color. So, >> how do you think the Sony 600 compares with your beloved Leica 280? >> Obviously it gives you a lot more reach so less cropping or stealth >> necessary. >> >> Aram >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Douglas Herr >> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 8:57 PM >> To: lug at leica-users.org >> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Wednesday Woodpeckers >> >> a tale of two species... >> >> the players: Nuttall's Woodpecker pair >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryobates/nuttallii/drynut06.ht >> ml >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryobates/nuttallii/drynut08.ht >> ml >> >> female Acorn Woodpecker >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/melanerpes/formicivorus/melfor1 >> 2.html >> >> the scene: a dead cottonwood tree, Sacramento County California >> >> The Nuttall's pair has been working for several days excavating a nest >> cavity in a dead Cottonwood tree >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryobates/nuttallii/drynut09.ht >> ml >> >> When I arrived on the morning of 19 April 2020 I saw the male >> Nuttall's remove something from the cavity that looked like an egg, >> then resume work on the cavity. Weird, I thought, let's keep watching. >> >> In the days since I first observed the Nuttall's pair working on the >> cavity, a colony of Acorn Woodpeckers moved in nearby. A female Acorn >> Woodpecker seemed unusually interested in the Nuttall's cavity >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/melanerpes/formicivorus/melfor1 >> 3.html >> >> at this point the male Nuttall's raised the alarm >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryobates/nuttallii/drynut10.ht >> ml >> >> Apparently Acorn Woodpeckers don't share nest trees. I also observed >> the female Acorn repeatedly use her face-chisel to try to stab the >> female Nuttall's who was inside the cavity. >> >> I'm guessing the Acorn Woodpecker left an egg in the Nuttall's nest >> cavity for the Nuttall's to hatch & raise, Mr. Nuttall's discovered >> the ruse and removed the Acorn Woodpecker egg sending Ms. Acorn into a >> tizzy. >> >> Meanwhile in another part of the woods a male Acorn Woodpecker was >> making another nest cavity >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/melanerpes/formicivorus/melfor1 >> 0.html >> >> it's always the guys who take out the trash >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/melanerpes/formicivorus/melfor0 >> 9.html >> >> all: Sony a7rIII, 600mm f/3 GM, big tripod. Some with 1.4x TC. >> >> All comments welcome. >> >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information