Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/07

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Subject: [Leica] Painted Stork
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 20:43:23 +0530
References: <AANLkTinZqaJz9JqqzMUYJWE1fB5cTctVk-w9T9Me2Qzb@mail.gmail.com> <5BF537C10E3640299CE3B699BC8656DB@jimnichols>

Jim,
Thanks. All hand held - Nikon D700 + 70-200 f2.8 + 1.7TC. My son used the
200-400 and a monopod:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/siddhi/sets/72157625841479188/with/5420818897/

Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at 
lighttube.net>wrote:

> Very nice, Jayanand.  Were these hand-held, or did you use a monopod?
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <
> jayanand at gmail.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 11:26 PM
> Subject: [Leica] Painted Stork
>
>
>  I had been to Vedanthangal, a bird sanctuary close to Chennai, last
>> Saturday
>> (5th Feb) for a second visit this year. Luckily, the place was empty, and
>> I
>> could practice my panning and capturing birds in flight, techniques I need
>> solid practice in, to my hearts content. Some Painted Stork action:
>>
>> In Flight with environment:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Vedbirds/Vedanthangal_20110205_0162-Edit.jpg.html
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Vedbirds/Vedanthangal_20110205_0004-Edit.jpg.html
>>
>> Carrying nesting material:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Vedbirds/Vedanthangal_20110205_0095-Edit.jpg.html
>>
>> Dogfight:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Vedbirds/Vedanthangal_20110205_0114-Edit.jpg.html
>>
>> Landing:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Vedbirds/Vedanthangal_20110205_0145-Edit.jpg.html
>>
>> By dusk, the water became still, and you get decent shadows:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Vedbirds/Vedanthangal_20110205_0222-Edit-2BW.jpg.html
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Vedbirds/Vedanthangal_20110205_0224-Edit.jpg.html
>>
>> C&C, as ever, welcome.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>>
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