[Leica] IMG: Bird Photos

[Jim Nichols]

It's pretty simple, Ric.  When I built the house, 50 yrs ago, I had a 
half-bath installed in the corner of my garage, for use when I was 
working outside.  I never got around to painting the blinds.  I just 
removed the screen.  I can open and close the sash and storm window.

I use my Olympus OMD E-M1 m4/3 body with an Olympus adapter to mount an 
original Olympus 4/3 50-200mm Autofocus lens.  The lens has a rotatable 
tripod foot, so there's no strain on the body. This is mounted on the 
only tripod I've ever owned, an old aluminum Star-D.

It may not be classy, but it works fine for me!

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 10/30/2019 4:28 PM, CartersXRd via LUG wrote:
> sweet! show us the set-up please
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> ric
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>> On Oct 30, 2019, at 4:50 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
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>> I set up a blind for the Winter, where I can shoot through an uncovered window with the camera on a tripod.  Here are a couple of shots from a trial run today.
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>> The bird bath still shows some Summer grime, but it didn't bother this Song Sparrow.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20191030-PA300531.JPG.html
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>> This Downy Woodpecker eyes the seed mix in the small feeder.  He has to get down to the bottom openings to feed.  I use a counter-weight to partially close the openings so that the large birds can't scatter the seeds everywhere.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20191030-PA300551.JPG.html
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>> Can  be viewed LARGE.
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>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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