Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And here was said Doug Herr on Hawk Hill just a few days later looking for said hawks. Had I taken any with my M4 would have been the size of hummingbirds on the frame and probably removed as a dust particle. http://www.hillmanimages.com/bw/l27-03.html I can only dream of taking pictures of hummingbirds, Roy, although they are right outside the kitchen window all the time. As above, I just don't have the right gear. On Sunday 07 October 2001 07:40 pm, Roy Zartarian wrote: > LUGs > > At the time a couple of weeks ago when Doug Herr and others > were speaking of the hawk migration flights, I found myself > occupied with a bird at the other end of the ornithological size > spectrum - the ruby throated hummingbird. > > One morning I planned to finish a roll of chrome by experimenting > with 280/2.8 and an extension tube to photograph migrating > Monarch butterflies as they nectared on one of my butterfly > bushes. Then I noticed the hummer perched inside the bush. It > was within the focusing range of the lens setup and remained in > position for five frames. The most useable is at: > http://pages.cthome.net/royzartarian/hummer.html > > Although I have seen the species in the area, this was the first > sighting in the yard. > > Roy > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html