Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I see that it's a "Union" Purple Finch, Jim, as the lichen clearly shows it's on the northern side of your bird feeder not on the confederate side :-) You must have a very unpolluted environment to warrant such profuse lichen growth. Douglas who spent a lot of time orienteering in his youth On 24/07/2021 20:38, Jim Nichols wrote: > I took out another manual focus lens today on my Fuji X-T2.? It is a > Pentax Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 200/4, from the 1970s.? It's biggest > shortcoming is that its closest focus distance is 2.5 meters (8.2 > ft.)? Insects were not cooperative, so I moved toward the bird feeder > support post, where this male Purple Finch was giving me the message > that I was disturbing his snack. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20210724-DSCF2498-Enhanced.JPG.html > > > > The lesson learned was that old guys best stick to autofocus. >