[Leica] IMG: Bird Photos

[CartersXRd]

a lot more convenient for taking a whizz than most blinds I’ve seen

I used to have a darkroom like that

;^)

ric


> On Oct 30, 2019, at 6:06 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> 
>> ric
>> 
>> 
>>> On Oct 30, 2019, at 4:50 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> The bird bath still shows some Summer grime, but it didn't bother this Song Sparrow.
>>> 
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20191030-PA300531.JPG.html
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20191030-PA300551.JPG.html
>>> 
>>> Can  be viewed LARGE.
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>> 
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