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Subject: [Leica] IMG: California Quail
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)
Date: Sun Jul 8 14:33:00 2007
References: <9176441.1183926191715.JavaMail.root@elwamui-rustique.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

Very cool Quail, Doug. The decorative head plumage positioned just right. Is 
the raised foot a common behaviour or just a transient
moment?

Cheers
Hoppy

-----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
Douglas Herr
Sent: Monday, 9 July 2007 06:23
To: lug@leica-users.org; LEG; LeicaReflex
Subject: [Leica] IMG: California Quail

Last week I was gently reminded by a friend that the triathlon I'd planned 
to enter in a couple of weeks (www.thegreatrace.org)
involves more than just running and that I ought to train for the bicycle 
and kayak legs of the race as well.. so early Saturday
morning I took the bicyle for a long ride around a nearby lake, and along 
the way I spotted a family of California Quail that seemed
unusually tolerant of the people passing by on the trail.

Returning this morning, this time with camera & Telyt I managed a few 
photos, the best of which is at 

http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/odontophoridae/caqu03.html

Technical stuff: R8/DMR @ ISO 400, 1/2000 sec @ f/6.8, 560mm f/6.8 with 
UET-R extension tube, shoulder stock & monopod.  As usual,
all comments are welcome.


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

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