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 was on the east side of the post, Douglas, but its been growing for a lot of years.? As to pollution, the haze has become a lot heavier since I started flying in the late 1950s.? I had to give up flying in the early 90s, so I don't really have personal experience for the last 30 years. Lately, we've been getting smoke from the California fires. As to the Male Finch, they really get colorful for mating season, and keep the color for quite a while. On 7/24/21 4:26 PM, Douglas Barry wrote: > 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. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA