[Leica] Searching for vernal pools

[bruce at ralgo.nl (bruce)]

The first two are enticing (look at me now) and earthy colour hues;  
for me, the second is the better.

Thanks you for showing, Adam.

B.

On 26-apr-2006, at 5:58, Adam Bridge wrote:

> Today was a sort of overcast afternoon but I had heard that the vernal
> pools south of Dixon in Solano County were quite beautiful - the
> strange cool, wet spring having caught all phases flora.
>
> The light wasn't right for photography but I had a watcher who sat on
> the fence between me and the vernal pools near the large Navy and
> Voice of America transmitting antenna.
>
> <http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/_L3U0245.jpg>
>
> <http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/_L3U0248.jpg>
>
> He gave up that perch and flew across the road where this old bit of
> drainage tile gave him another good view.
>
> <http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/_L3U0276.jpg>
>
> Further down the road the egrets were very wary, but I thought their
> bright yellow feet and black legs were worth a look as one fled toward
> the sanctuary of a private pond further south:
>
> <http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/_L3U0281.jpg>
>
> Canon 1Ds MKII with Leica telyt 560 shot wide open at ISO 400. The owl
> images are heavily cropped. The egret less so. In a future life I
> might be able to recover a bit of detail in his upper left wing.
>
> Doug Herr would, no doubt, have petted the owl and had the egret
> sitting on his outstretched arm so he could shoot it with a 35mm but
> I'm not in that league.
>
> Comments, as always, most welcome.
>
> Adam
>
>
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