Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Hummingbird
From: Dave Hillman <dave@hillmanimages.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 18:28:43 -0700
References: <B7E712E9.157EC%jbcollier@powersurfr.com> <01100813383800.01092@pebble.hillmanimages.com> <000d01c1503e$e46fa140$5f61f9d8@earthlink.net>

Now that's a nice hummingbird!  

On Monday 08 October 2001 02:19 pm, tm wrote:
> I took my first ever hummingbird photo on July 4th with my R8 and 80-200
> f/4 zoom lens. Since the birds approaching the feeder wouldn't approach
> while I had my eye in the viewfinder, I had to guess the composition and
> lean back. In this first instance, that resulted in this one's tail being
> slightly cut off. The softness along the rim of his or her head was due to
> bird movements, not focus. But the quality of the 80-200 is excellent with
> Provia 100F. The link is as follows:
>
> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=387086
>
> Terry
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In reply to: Message from John Collier <jbcollier@powersurfr.com> (Re: [Leica] Hummingbird)
Message from Dave Hillman <dave@hillmanimages.com> (Re: [Leica] Hummingbird)
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