[Leica] IMG: tiny birdies

[Nathan Wajsman]

Cute little creatures, beautifully photographed.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

Alicante, Spain
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> On 21 Apr 2021, at 15:57, Douglas Herr via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> Yesterday morning I took the a1 & 600 GM to a nearby floodplain & found a spot with a couple of semi-cooperative birds, a Bewick's Wren and a Bushtit.  These are both very small birds, denizens of dense brush and practically the definition of hyperactive.  A good test of bird eye AF.
> 
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/troglodytidae/thryomanes/bewickii/thrbew16.html
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/troglodytidae/thryomanes/bewickii/thrbew17.html
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/troglodytidae/thryomanes/bewickii/thrbew19.html
> 
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/aegithalidae/psaltriparus/minimus/psamin10.html
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/aegithalidae/psaltriparus/minimus/psamin11.html
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/aegithalidae/psaltriparus/minimus/psamin12.html
> 
> Even when the bird was partly obscured by leaves & twigs and in deep shadow the camera had little trouble locking onto the bird and as long as the eye wasn't obscured it locked onto the eye.  Distant birds occupying a very small part of the image area were likewise no problem.  The AF locked onto the bird's head, if not the eye.  The Bird Eye AF's response: "nice warmup, but is that all you've got?"
> 
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> 
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