Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/29

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Sunday Sandpiper
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:38:05 -0500
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Beautiful, as we have come to expect from you, Doug.  That lens appears to 
be a keeper!

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
To: <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 9:10 PM
Subject: [Leica] IMG: Sunday Sandpiper


> Today I visited the Yolo Bypass wildlife area between Sacramento and Davis 
> CA and an hour of blending into the background scenery was rewarded with 
> photos of the Least Sandpiper, a tiny (5 to 6 inches) hyperactive 
> shorebird who probes the mud for yummy invertebrates.
>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/scolopacidae/lesand04.html
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/scolopacidae/lesand05.html
>
> The Least Sandpiper often winters here but in a few days it will fly north 
> to the Alaskan and Canadian arctic to breed.
>
> technical stuff: R8/DMR, 560mm f/6.8 Novoflex Telyt, shoulder stock & 
> monopod.  The Novoflex built-in extension tube was VERY handy today.  All 
> comments welcome.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>
>
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