Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/09

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: California Quail
From: telyt at earthlink.net (telyt@earthlink.net)
Date: Mon Jul 9 14:59:20 2007

:-)  The quail is actually in his 'relaxed alert' posture.  He's on sentry
duty to warn mom & kids of any danger.  All he sees is a middle-aged telyt
user, ho hum.

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


Ric Carter <ricc@mindspring.com> wrote:

> looks like a march of some sort

ric


On Jul 8, 2007, at 4:23 PM, Douglas Herr wrote:

> 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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