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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Steller's Jay, Yosemite National Park
From: richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:12:11 -0800
References: <CB8896E8-F0C9-447F-BBA7-11B2C0DDC0E6@mac.com> <CAF8hL-EiUQDCd=RHOihChCXZYqWJVwmeX44zofNhPE41B42+Ug@mail.gmail.com> <5CFFF5A3-2EB0-4359-BEC4-DF4C3783CE93@mac.com>

There's a Firefall picture here:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1022&thread=40716675

and I was wondering whether it was just the crappy E-5 imaging or whether
the conditions aren't quite right this year.

Thanks for the info.

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 10:06 PM, Adam Bridge <abridge at mac.com> wrote:

> We tried, Richard. On Monday and Tuesday evening the sunset was quite red
> giving great light - but there just isn't much water flowing over Horsetail
> Fall. Literally there's a trickle. Through a long lens or binoculars we
> could see the flow over the precipice, but there wasn't enough to make a
> spray.
>
> So for us: no firefall.
>
> If the lack of snow continues things are going to be grim in Yosemite this
> summer. It's currently the 2nd driest winter on record. Could get worse.
>
> Adam
>
> On Feb 24, 2012, at 9:29 PM, Richard Man wrote:
>
> > DId you catch the Firefall?!
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 9:11 PM, Adam Bridge <abridge at mac.com> wrote:
> >
> >> When we were loading up the car one of these was squawking loudly from a
> >> tree perhaps five feet away from me. Then it dropped to the ground and
> >> began poking through the leaves. I carefully made my way into the room
> for
> >> the camera but by the time I returned other guests had frightened it
> away.
> >>
> >> Later we heard it calling, all loud and angry sounding, from behind the
> >> building. I pursued it for some time snapping lots of images. Tricky
> little
> >> buggers!
> >>
> >> This image, not in Doug Herr's quality but reasonable, shows the
> wonderful
> >> details in the plumage but only hints at the light-blue stripes on its
> >> forehead.
> >>
> >> <
> >>
> http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/gallery/21623298_W8LVb4#!i=1724422601&k=xSkkkg7
> >>>
> >>
> >> Canon 1Ds Mk II, 70-200 f2.8L, manual focus, handheld.
> >>
> >> I brought the Telyt 280mm lens just for this kind of photography but
> there
> >> wasn't time to get it onto the camera.
> >>
> >> Comments and criticism most welcome.
> >>
> >> Adam Bridge
> >>
> >> ps: It was 64 degrees in Yosemite Valley when we left about noon. At
> 6,000
> >> feet as we left it was 54. The park felt empty.
> >>
> >> Oh, and people were able to hike all the way to the top of Yosemite
> Falls.
> >> We did part of that hike yesterday but reached a place where Jan did't
> feel
> >> comfortable so we turned around. Shirt-sleeve hiking.
> >>
> >> AB
> >>
> >>
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// richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>


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