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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Steller's Jay, Yosemite National Park
From: rgacpa at gmail.com (Robert Adler)
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 08:31:02 -0800
References: <CB8896E8-F0C9-447F-BBA7-11B2C0DDC0E6@mac.com> <CAF8hL-EiUQDCd=RHOihChCXZYqWJVwmeX44zofNhPE41B42+Ug@mail.gmail.com> <5CFFF5A3-2EB0-4359-BEC4-DF4C3783CE93@mac.com> <CAF8hL-E50SUhKzq+qhCqJ6TuhRbFuxf8XWZq1JHVFd=x38jsfw@mail.gmail.com> <BLU139-DS11E0D66BDD17232CFA2681B86B0@phx.gbl>

It is a nice shot indeed!
Came in about a week earlier this year than last. Does anyone know how to
calculate when it will appear?
Thanks,
Bob

On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> 
wrote:

> Best horsetail falls shot I have seen this year is on Michael Frye's blog.
>
> http://www.michaelfrye.com/**landscape-photography-blog/**
> 2012/02/19/quick-horsetail-**update/<http://www.michaelfrye.com/landscape-photography-blog/2012/02/19/quick-horsetail-update/>
>
> Compare to  his from a few years ago:
> http://www.michaelfrye.com/**landscape-photography-blog/**
> 2012/02/21/falling-fire/<http://www.michaelfrye.com/landscape-photography-blog/2012/02/21/falling-fire/>
>
> I was all set to make the trip down to see it this year, but decided it
> was not worth the trip just for that.  Will be there this spring and
> probably fall, if it is not all dried up by then.  Might have one record
> year after another for precip, on the opposite ends of the spectrum.
>
> Aram
>
> ------------------------------**--------------------
> From: "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 10:12 PM
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Steller's Jay, Yosemite National Park
>
>  There's a Firefall picture here:
>> http://forums.dpreview.com/**forums/readflat.asp?forum=**
>> 1022&thread=40716675<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<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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>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
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>>> >
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>>
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>> >
>>
>>
>>
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-- 
Bob Adler
Redwood City, CA
http://www.rgaphoto.com


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