Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas - Love the look in the eye of that last one. When I was a mere yout,' as we say in my home country, my father would sometimes take me fishing in our outboard skiff. He would clean the fish on the way home while I ran the motor. As we slowly chugged along, the 5 HP motor wouldn't get us up to more than a few knots, he would fling fish guts over the stern and we would have gull wars in our wake. I learned alot about survival of the fittest early in life. ... also how to duck gulls. Regards, Dick On Nov 20, 2009, at 1:45 PM, Douglas Sharp wrote: > Nicely captured! > > To be honest, I think they are all pretty anti-social - if you want > to see a good all-in fight, throw a handful of leftover fish and > chips to a flock of gulls in Whitby - really vicious and selfish bu-- > ers they are. > > Here's my holiday wake-up caller, it sat on the chimney outside my > bedroom window and started squawking as soon as the sun came up: > > Looking a little intrepid > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Birds/_MG_0334.jpg.html > > Looking a little disgusted: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Birds/_MG_0335.jpg.html > > Looking a little supercilious > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Birds/_MG_0336.jpg.html > > > They spend a lot of their time trying to avoid their offspring too. > > Which I would too if our grown-up but still-at-home son followed me > around going Phweeeep-Phweeep all day and begging for food. > > With a vicious look in it's eye - I'm not sure whether it meant me > or its offspring > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Birds/ > Whitby_2009_film206.jpg.html > > Cheers > Douglas > > > Nathan Wajsman wrote: >> No Dick, the first one IS the prettiest. You have real >> communication going with that bird :-) >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> http://www.nathanfoto.com >> >> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >> >> >> >> On Nov 17, 2009, at 5:48 PM, Richard Taylor wrote: >> >> >>> Jeeesh.... Why all the pictures... You know this isn't my best >>> side... >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/BIRDS/300_6214.jpg.html >>> http://tinyurl.com/yay88gw >>> >>> Here a few prettier ones. >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/BIRDS/300_6199.jpg.html >>> http://tinyurl.com/yatwz3f >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/BIRDS/300_6200.jpg.html >>> http://tinyurl.com/yc8hd5k >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/BIRDS/300_6224.jpg.html >>> http://tinyurl.com/ycdctx9 >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/BIRDS/300_6213.jpg.html >>> http://tinyurl.com/ydmk4gw >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/BIRDS/300_6196.jpg.html >>> http://tinyurl.com/yl8cwyy >>> >>> These shots are all uncropped except for those from the front, bow- >>> on, so to speak. The one-footed one must have an interesting tale >>> to tell* though the lack of a foot didn't seem to hurt his ability >>> to balance. These guys (gals? who knows?) posed for me in >>> Falmouth on Cape Cod Sunday afternoon. I've never seen gulls so >>> lethargic. I was able to get within about six feet of them. >>> >>> From side gulls look almost regal, everything a bird should be; >>> from the front, like cross-eyed circus clowns. I don't get it. >>> >>> D300 ISO 200 70-200 Nikkor zoom. >>> >>> C&C always welcome. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Dick >>> >>> *I was tempted to say he would have an interesting story to squawk >>> over clams and herring down at the Sand Bar, but that would have >>> been too much, wouldn't it? ;-) >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information