[Leica] A few shots from Gray Lodge Wildlife Area

[Adam Bridge]

Thanks Ric, it was a pleasant day

Adam

> On 2022 Jan  15, at 1:12 PM, Ric Carter <ric at CartersXRd.net> wrote:
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> Wonderful collection
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> Ric
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>> On Jan 14, 2022, at 6:33 PM, Adam Bridge via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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>> Wednesday we went to Gray Lodge to see the snow geese. We’d gone a year ago and were blown away with how many there were.
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>> There weren’t nearly so many this year - but we saw many more outside the refuge as we drove up - the rice fields were wet and often with a generous selection of geese.
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>> But this year there was snow on the coastal range: <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Animals/2021-01-12-Greylodge-Wildlife-Refuge/i-z4jbTcJ/A>
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>> We picnicked at our usual spot. Last year zillions of birds, this year…not so much:
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>> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Animals/2021-01-12-Greylodge-Wildlife-Refuge/i-Wvw4NfF/A>
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>> But there were some. I followed Ted Grants dictum and shot them from the shadow side:
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>> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Animals/2021-01-12-Greylodge-Wildlife-Refuge/i-Nd7qpCR/A>
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>> and these made for a pleasant composition:
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>> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Animals/2021-01-12-Greylodge-Wildlife-Refuge/i-trzDpJp/A>
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>> I love how wing feathers react during hard use, such as landing:
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>> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Animals/2021-01-12-Greylodge-Wildlife-Refuge/i-Qt8zgTH/A>
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>> I have no idea what this small raptor is. Bigger than a merlin but smaller than a red tail:
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>> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Animals/2021-01-12-Greylodge-Wildlife-Refuge/i-7P29SC4/A>
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>> This guy stood proud though:
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>> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Animals/2021-01-12-Greylodge-Wildlife-Refuge/i-pc3gf3H/A>
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>> Who knew there were so many one-legged birds? Must be a rehab ward:
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>> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Animals/2021-01-12-Greylodge-Wildlife-Refuge/i-bVds4CC/A>
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>> And there’s this guy who isn’t a mallard:
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>> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Animals/2021-01-12-Greylodge-Wildlife-Refuge/i-Tz4j732/A>
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>> The entire set is here: <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Animals/2021-01-12-Greylodge-Wildlife-Refuge/>
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>> Most taken with Fuji X-T3 with the 100-400 but some with Son A7Riii with the 100-400. It died for some reason. One shot with the Leica SL2-S. I dont’ have anything long that works with the SL2 so mostly it was for a couple of landscapes.
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>> Thanks for looking,
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>> Adam Bridge
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