Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >