Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/24

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Today's birds
From: telyt at earthlink.net (Douglas Herr)
Date: Sun Jun 24 17:53:34 2007

Christopher Birchenhall <crbirchenhall@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>I'd say Bewick's Wren is one of your best, the bird is perfectly
>isolated, the bird detail is complete and the focus is perfect. I
>assume it involved flash; if so it was handed in an exemplary manner.

No flash, sun at my back in early morning.

>Green Heron is a great photograph but you asked for feedback: I found
>the dark branch in the algae(?) to the lower left distracting and I
>think it can be cropped out.

Thanks for your comment, I see what you mean about the branch in the lower 
left.

>On 24/06/07, Douglas Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Bewick's Wren:
>>
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/troglodytidae/bewr00.html
>>
>> Green Heron:
>>
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/ardeidae/grhe04.html
>>
>> Both: R8/DMR, 560mm f/6.8 with shoulder stock & monopod, wren with UET-R 
>> extension tube.  All comments welcome.
>>
>


Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com