Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well I do but the full frame version is, well vast. Are you wanting to see the amount of cropping? Her's a down-sampled full-frame so you get an idea: <http://www.adambridge.com/Photos/2006/01/04/_L3U8282-fullframe.jpg> I hope this is what you're looking for... adam On 1/4/06, David Cochran <cochranpr@mac.com> wrote: > Adam, great detail. Do you have an un-cropped version? > > peace > > D. > On Jan 4, 2006, at 8:38 PM, Adam Bridge wrote: > > > This winter the hummers around the house are very busy - especially > > because they have a nest in the orange tree only a few meters away. > > (I'm trying to shift to metric.) > > > > Today I was sitting on the deck trying to do something artistic with > > frost-damaged bougainvillea blossoms, the Leica 100 APO mounted on the > > 1Ds, when this little guy came to feed. > > > > The images are heavily cropped - in fact they are 100% pixel for > > pixel. I may have over-sharpened the first one. > > > > I am not good at bird identification, however I think these are > > broad-tailed hummingbirds. > > > > I'm really sharing them because I love the green iridescence on their > > backs. When the male sits on the tree and turns his head there's a > > bright flash of red as the light catches his feathers just right. > > > > In the morning, when I go out to pick the morning's grapefruit, the > > male sits on a branch deep within the tree and scolds me. Somewhere, > > up near the top, I'm certain there is a nest with young. I can hear > > activity and the vocalizations of the birds. I can't see the nest and > > I won't challenge the birds any more than I have to. > > > > <http://www.adambridge.com/Photos/2006/01/04/_L3U8281.jpg> > > > > <http://www.adambridge.com/Photos/2006/01/04/_L3U8282.jpg> > > > > I've been shooting with the 560 and the 280 as well but these are the > > sharpest by far. > > > > Comments welcome. And if I'm wrong about the identification I'd be > > pleased to be corrected. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Adam > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >