Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]thanks Ed... I didn't know this was so rare, just rare for me. I was rounding at the hospital, between emergencies, and saw this out of a window...luckily had access to a camera and lens....no I don't carry my entire outfit with me on rounds, and that day I was lucky enough to have one camera and one lens... so click.... and if the truth be known I wanted the scene... the whole thing, in black and white... to give a sense of it... Yes, if I had my R9 and 180mm I would have used it gladly, but by golly, that can be done better by others like Doug Herr... and has been done, I am sure.... I went back a few times to see the mother...never did see her...but a couple days later the babes were gone... the nest is emty and falling apart, but there is next year... thanks for looking and for your kind comments...Steve > STEVE! > I don't know if Doug would agree with me, but consider yourself VERY > lucky to see this nest. I have seen ONE, only after the young had fledged > and gone. > If you would give up the noct for just a bit of time :-) and grab an SLR > with a tele - macro, ( an R with the 100 maybe) and put some Ektachrome G > behind it, you can document most beautifully something pretty hard to see! > The birds are very colorful, especially when the light strikes their throats > (or gorget) at an angle - Do you live in the Eastern part of North America? > Just curious, since it would then be a Ruby throat (all we have here!), > outside that they could be one of a number. If you could get the parent > feeding the young - it looks like a sword swallower at the circus! > Doug Herr can give you more hints than I - just don't cut branches or remove > foliage to get a better shot - But I already know you know that! > Nice job!! > Ed > > > > - ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net> > > To: "See" <SeePhoto@yahoogroups.com>; "PAW" <PAW@topica.com>; "LEG" > > <leica@topica.com>; "LUG" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 3:07 PM > > Subject: hummingbird home... > > > > > >> PAW 24...2 hummingbabes left in the nest... > >> > >> http://www.leica-gallery.net/barbour/image-46962.html > >> > >> > >> > >> I had never seen this before, especially close up... thanks for looking. > >> > >> M7 Noctilux not f1 portra bw 100... > >> > >> Steve > > -- > 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