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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Steller's Jay, Yosemite National Park
From: bjq1 at mac.com (Barney Quinn)
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 06:36:01 -0500
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Lovely colors and a lovely composition!

Barney 

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On Feb 25, 2012, at 12:11 AM, 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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