Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 2/20/2010 4:26 PM, Doug Herr wrote: > A pair of Trumpeter Swans have been visiting a pond in nearby Placer > County. These birds are only the second recorded sighting of this species > in Placer county (the first was last spring at the same location). > > The most significant problem I faced in making these photos was the 180mm > f/2.8 APO-Elmarit-R's minimum focus distance. > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/trsw01.html > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/trsw02.html > > technical stuff: R8/DMR, 180mm f/2.8 APO-Elmarit-R, shoulder stock& > monopod. All comments welcome. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Absolutely beautiful, the first in particular. In trsw01, what would you think about cloning out the small light patch at the top left-hand corner, or is that heresy? My eye seems to go to it. ( I have been trying new monitor calibration software for Windows 7 this evening for an hour or so, so I may be sight-impaired). Ken Carney Oklahoma City, Oklahoma