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Subject: [Leica] Some Bayland shots
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:26:38 -0600
References: <5DC9D3BC-9640-4A10-9987-8AA74A876B3D@acm.org>

The last one was worth the trip, Herb.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herbert Kanner" <kanner at acm.org>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 4:06 PM
Subject: [Leica] Some Bayland shots


> Friends drove in from Los Gatos to pay their first visit to my wife after 
> her heart attack. Then they suggested going down to the Baylands to 
> photograph birds. Since I was recovering from a condition leading to 
> shortness of breath, I didn't want to lug my camera bag, so I just put the 
> 90mm in the M9.
>
> No photogenic birds showed up, and here I was with an inappropriate lens. 
> To make matters worse, being so used to the 35mm lens, I tend to forget 
> about the 90mm's limited depth of field, so a number of shots just got 
> discarded. I mean, when the tail feathers of a goose are needle sharp and 
> the beak is blurred--that's depressing.
>
> Anyway, here's what I rescued.
>
> My friend, Steve,
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1002601.jpg.html
>
> and with his wife
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1002604.jpg.html
>
> The Interpretive Center, where some of the wildlife is described
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1002615.jpg.html
>
> and, finally, a couple of shots at the "golden hour" which is more like a 
> golden half-hour when the sun sinks behind the mountain.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1002616.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1002617.jpg.html
>
>
> Herbert Kanner
> kanner at acm.org
> 650-326-8204
>
> Question authority and the authorities will question you.
>
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