Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/02

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Meet Greyson
From: chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Chris Crawford)
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:03:30 -0400

African Greys are supposed to be the best talkers. There was one on Animal
Planet a few months ago that liked to tell people to fuck off, and it even
knew how to flip the middle finger (using one of its feet!) when it said it!


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On 8/2/11 3:58 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

> Thanks, Al.  He was very interested in the camera.  I'm not sure what he
> thought of me.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "al crouch" <al.crouch at earthlink.net>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 2:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Meet Greyson
> 
> 
>> Nice shot, Jim.  Parrots are said to be very intelligent, but from his
>> look I'm not sure you would want to know his thoughts.
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
>>> Sent: Aug 2, 2011 1:21 PM
>>> To: "LUG at Leica-Users.org" <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Cc: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus at thomasclausen.net>
>>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Meet Greyson
>>> 
>>> Greyson is an African Grey Parrot that lives in a large, deluxe cage at 
>>> my
>>> barber's shop.  Both my barber and Greyson were napping when I arrived 
>>> for
>>> my appointment.  During my haircut, Greyson began a routine of grooming
>>> and moving around, so I got my camera out before I left.  He was
>>> fascinated by the camera.
>>> 
>>> Working through bars, against window light, was a challenge, as were the
>>> overhead fluorescents.  This was the best I could do.
>>> 
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Gray93.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>> 
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>> 
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