Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Doug. The more I do this the more I appreciate your photos. You're the man. Len On Feb 21, 2007, at 8:58 PM, Doug Herr wrote: > If the tufted Titmouse is anything like the Oak Titmouse here in > California you did well just keeping the bird in the viewfinder. > The nest thing to try for is some light on the bird's eye. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > On Feb 21, 2007, at 5:55 PM, Leonard Taupier wrote: > >> Hi Hoppy, >> >> Yes I noted the purple fringe. I did get rid of it in a version >> before this but I didn't like what it did to other areas of the >> photo. So I kept the original. The image itself was shot RAW with >> a Canon 20D which I don't have a lot of experience with. It was >> cropped quite a bit as well. I think that adds to it although I >> don't see the fringing with my Nikon gear. >> >> Now this bird. He's so hard to follow. He flits all over the place >> while I'm trying to focus and follow him with a 3 foot lens. I >> don't know how Doug does it. Out of the 13 shots I took of this >> bird, 12 were failures. >> >> Thanks for looking, >> Len >> >> >> >> >> On Feb 21, 2007, at 8:34 PM, G Hopkinson wrote: >> >>> Len, you've caught your subject in a good attitude/pose. A >>> difficult setting to frame the bird in, too. Veering maybe >>> dangerously >>> off the original subject here, did you note the purple fringe in >>> the (backlit) highlight and other highlight spots? We were >>> discussing this a little while back with bird shots by Bob >>> Palmieri, I think. My current thinking is that it may be a sensor >>> product >>> (camera or scanner) rather than from your, no doubt superb, >>> Telyt. Any thoughts? >>> >>> >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Hoppy >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Tufted Titmouse >>> >>> >>> >>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/Pennypack+Preserve/ >>> Titmouse.jpg.html> >>> >>> >>> >>> http://tinyurl.com/3a75pm >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information