Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/31

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Portrait of a shameless moocher
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Thu Jul 31 10:50:05 2008

They were one of my favorite things about the Rocky Mountain National Park.
Darned hard to photograph them with a rangefinder camera though. With a
normal or tele lens.



mark@rabinergroup.com
Mark William Rabiner



> From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols@bellsouth.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:32:53 -0500
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG:  Portrait of a shameless moocher
> 
> Peter,
> 
> Very good images of the moocher.  We had a similar experience with them in
> Rocky Mountain National Park years ago.  I have one living under an
> outbuilding in my back yard, but rarely get a glimpse of him.  I guess they
> get conditioned to strangers in the parks.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Klein" <pklein@threshinc.com>
> To: <lug@leica-users.org>; <leica@freelists.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 1:13 AM
> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Portrait of a shameless moocher
> 
> 
>> We were sitting on a mountain rock slide at 8200 feet (2500 m).  Look who
>> decided to join us for lunch.  I had a 28/3.5 on the M8, but fortunately
>> it crops down well.
>> 
>> Here's the context:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/joseph08/edits/L1003778SquirBoot-w.jp
>> g.html
>> 
>> And here's the same shot cropped tighter, without the boot.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/joseph08/edits/L1003778TightCrop.jpg.
>> html
>> 
>> A couple of minutes later, I had the 90/3.5 VC on the camera, and managed
>> to fill the frame with one of his cohorts.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/joseph08/edits/L1003789GndSquirCrop-w
>> .jpg.html
>> 
>> These little guys are FAST, but their desire to "have what you're having"
>> gives the photographer a fighting chance.
>> 
>> --Peter
>> 
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