Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Then offer them a complimentary luxury spa treatment, with feather exfoliation, skin moisturising rub with butter and finally a visit to the really really warm sauna. Plus a gift of cranberries to enjoy. Cheers Hoppy Mmmmm delicious subjects aaaaahh. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Nathan Wajsman Sent: Tuesday, 1 May 2007 14:26 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Strange visitors to my neck of the woods Nice images, Adam. You could keep them as pets until Thanksgiving ;-) Nathan Adam Bridge wrote: > To "grok the fulness" of these photos you need to know that Davis is a > city of about 65,000 that sits in a sea of utterly flat farmland. I > live in the core area, not the oldest part of town but not "new" > either. The city limits are a mile to the north and maybe 4 miles in > each direction to the west and east, same to the south where UC Davis > forms a buffer. > > Friday I kept hearing these strange cries and our small cat, > Leica-Foo, ran from the front yard about about Mach 2.5 and stayed on > the back deck. But I didn't see anything. After some shopping and > lunch I was riding back home when I saw what was going on. I grabbed > the Canon 1Ds with a 70-200 and a 2X telextender and photographed the > visitors. > > I like this shot the best. > > <http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/2007-04-27-Turkeys/content/_L3U7955_large.html> > > > > In truth if I had been a little quicker on my feet I could have shot > these with a 50mm on the M8 although the chances of being pecked would > have been much greater and I didn't like the way that tail-end bird > was looking at me. > > A few weeks ago I was cycling to Winters when a flock of these were > crossing the road. The male came after me and I had to crank things up > a little bit. He was feisty! > > Thanks for looking. Comments welcome of course. > > Adam > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands Opportunistic Image Acquisition General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com and http://www.greatpix.eu Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information