[Leica] IMG: blue heron with fuji 100-400 x2

[Sonny Carter]

Yes, it appears to be an artificial island and the vertical thing by the leg is the mooring.



Sonny Carter
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> On Sep 9, 2018, at 11:54 AM, Adam Bridge via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> hmmm…good question. The heron is standing on a very small island out in the middle of a shallow “pond”. I see a UCD researcher paddling around in a kayak every once in a while out there so maybe the island is actually floating and is attached there? Hard to tell for sure.
> 
> The heron has taken up in this area over the past month, missing only when the area was invaded by a flock of Canada Geese that took up for a day before moving on. Even the turtles fled when they showed up. Can’t blame them.
> 
> The Green Heron is a long-time resident, just a bit more difficult to see.
> 
> Adam
> 
>> On 2018 Sep  8, at 9:45 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>> 
>> The crop is a very nice image.
>> 
>> What is the device alongside his feet?
>> 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> 
>>> On 9/8/2018 5:31 PM, Adam Bridge via LUG wrote:
>>> Here are a pair of images, one is full frame (you can download the full-sized image) and one cropped.
>>> 
>>> Even with the 2x telextender I think these are acceptable. Not as great as the pure lens but pretty darn good.
>>> 
>>> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Home/Around-Davis/i-scx7vr9/A>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> This is the full-frame image:
>>> 
>>> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Home/Around-Davis/i-JffcsN9/A>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks for looking
>>> 
>>> Adam
>>> 
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