Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/28

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Black Swan
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2014 05:55:07 +1000
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Yep one of ours. Possibly there for the beer


Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


On 1 March 2014 02:26, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> Thanks Doug, spot on. I should done the obvious and googled black swan as
> it IS called a black swan. I can certainly see why it's treated as an
> ornamental bird as its plumage and beak are very attractive.
>
> I can't understand why you can't see the image. Can you see any other of
> my images on the Lug?
>
> Thanks
> Douglas
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Herr" <
> wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 28, 2014 4:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Black Swan
>
>
>
>  Douglas Barry wrote:
>>
>>  What is this bird? Doug H? Anyone?
>>> Never seen one in Ireland before so it must have been blown off course
>>> and
>>> landed here by accident.
>>> Bray Harbour, Co. Wicklow.
>>> Fuji X100S. See large.
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Black+Swan.jpg.html
>>>
>>>
>> I can't look at the photo (blocked) so I'll assume it's the bird, Cygnus
>> atratus.  The Black Swan is native to Australia and New Zealand (recently
>> reintroduced) so I suspect any you'll see in the wild in the northern
>> hemisphere escaped from captivity nearby.
>>
>> Doug Herr
>> Birdman of Sacramento
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr) ([Leica] IMG: Black Swan)
Message from imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry) ([Leica] IMG: Black Swan)