Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Adam, the link isn't working. David On Oct 29, 2005, at 3:16 PM, Adam Bridge wrote: > This morning I went outside to adjust one of the political yard signs > that had been bent either by the wind or a passerby disgruntled with > the candidate. Mikey, our year-old kitty, came out along with me. The > day was fresh with some blue sky finally showing up and a bit of a > breeze. Clearly Mikey was invigorated because he ran toward the > north-most silver maple standing along B Street and ran up the trunk - > and found himself at the crotch of the tree! I've never seen him go > that far up before and I'm not sure he had ever been that high either > as there was a look of "Oh - look at what I did!!!" which was then > followed by a "Oh - look at what I did...GULP" > > I ran in and grabbed the camera - fortunately it had the 70-200 lens > fitted - and took a few shots as Mikey explored the tree. He was not > entirely happy - climbing even higher - then back to the safety of the > crotch where I shot this: > > <http://www.abridge/adambridge.com/Photos/2005/10/29/MikeyTreed.jpg> > > After a few panicky looks he ran down the tree - landing on the grass > with a solid THUMP - and then ran around the yard a few times at top > speed, making tight cuts like a wide receiver running a crossing > pattern, leaving the free safety laying on the turf > > II can tell it's autumn, football metaphors are creeping in. > > Enjoy! > > Adam > > Details: 1DsMkII, 70-200 f2.8L zoom. There are blown highlights on the > tree but I needed to let them go in order to catch the shadey stuff, > even though I know they detract. > > AB > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information