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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Weekend birds
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 07:41:57 +0100
References: <17211278.1390836509957.JavaMail.root@elwamui-norfolk.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

Your ability to catch birds in flight with a manual focus lens never ceases 
to amaze me.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
http://www.greatpix.eu
PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/

YNWA









On Jan 27, 2014, at 4:28 PM, Doug Herr wrote:

> My weekend started early on Friday when I visited a wildlife refuge in the 
> northern part of California's central valley, where I found
> 
> White-faced Ibis:
> 
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/threskiornithidae/wfibis06.html
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/threskiornithidae/wfibis07.html
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/threskiornithidae/wfibis08.html
> 
> a cooperative male Gadwall:
> 
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/gadwal10.html
> 
> numerous Snow Geese:
> 
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/sngoos08.html
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/sngoos09.html
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/sngoos10.html
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/sngoos11.html
> 
> and the smaller Ross's Goose:
> 
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/rogoos03.html
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/rogoos04.html
> 
> All refuge photos: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R, 1.4x APO-Extender-R.  A 
> goose was Photoshopically removed from the second Ibis photo.  AP can fire 
> me but they'd have to hire me first.
> 
> 
> 
> I've also set up a bird feeding, bathing and watering area in my yard 
> which produced the desired results:
> 
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/turdidae/weblue13.html
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/mimidae/nomock04.html
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/emberizidae/wcspar13.html
> 
> Yard photos: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R, tripod & blind.  All comments 
> welcome.
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> 
> 
> 
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