[Leica] Calgary Zoo with Miss O - the Power of Many Pixels

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Beautiful work, Howard.  All of them.  Your crop of the tigers shows that 
one lens can do many jobs.  Very nice detail.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "H&E Cummer" <cummer at netvigator.com>
To: <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 9:18 PM
Subject: [Leica] Calgary Zoo with Miss O - the Power of Many Pixels


> Hi Luggers,
>
> While visiting Miss O in Calgary we took her to the zoo.
> I only took the newly acquired Nikon D800E and the Nikkor 50mm f1.4 
> because I had it in my mind I would only be taking of
> grand daughter Olive and not much else. And I did some of that.
>
> Here's Miss O staring at the fish in the Hippo tank.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2012/O_Fishw.jpg.html
>
> http://tinyurl.com/d57skk8
>
> And here she is having her raw veggie snack:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2012/MissOw.jpg.html
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ctx536e
>
> If you look large at this one the skin texture is amazing.
>
> In the Butterfly House there was a symphony of butterflies flying freely.
> I didn't have a macro lens so I just got as close as I could and then 
> cropped to
> fill the screen with this Owl Butterfly:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2012/OwlButterflyw.jpg.html
>
> http://tinyurl.com/95pymhm
>
> And the zoo has a family of Siberian Tigers and thoughtfully provides 
> glass windows in the cage wire to allow unobstructed views:
>
> Here's Momma Tiger and her three cubs, about 4 months old, taken with the 
> Nikkor 50 on the D800E at a distance:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2012/TigersLSw.jpg.html
>
> http://tinyurl.com/8lng2al
>
> Since I hadn't thought to bring a longer lens I cropped to get the closer 
> view - the power of 36Mp!!
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2012/4Tigersw.jpg.html
>
> http://tinyurl.com/bocsjep
>
> Please look large.
>
> C&C always welcome.
>
> Howard (Safely back on Pender and loving it!)
>
>
>
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