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Subject: [Leica] Eagle Fun at the Otter Bay ferry terminal
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 09:20:35 +0530
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Nice set. My choice is this one:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hummers2014/8518.jpg.html

Now, if only you had got the full wingspan on the last one....

I think you might do better with the 1.4x and a spot of cropping, the
D800E has a host of pixels to spare...(-:

Cheers
Jayanand

On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 3:26 AM, H&E Cummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote:
> Hi Luggers,
> I only had a brief visit from one male Rufous hummingbird this morning and 
> when he saw me he was gone in a flash!
> He's much more skittish than his female counterpart. So, I went over to 
> the Otter Bay ferry terminal and after I was set
> up the bald eagles from across the bay showed up. Very convenient.
>
> Here they are landing at the dock.
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hummers2014/8513.jpg.html>
>
> When you are dealing with over 200 cm (more than 6 feet of wing span) 
> sometimes
> it's a bit hard to get settled:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hummers2014/8518.jpg.html>
>
> Once landed and settled there was an opportunity for a family portrait:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hummers2014/8534.jpg.html>
>
> And when Mama got bored she flew straight at me and away:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hummers2014/8620.jpg.html>
>
> Yes I did duck!!
>
> Please look large - C&C always welcome.
>
> Howard.
>
>
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