Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Lovely, including the B&W at the end. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 26 Jun 2016, at 06:35, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > "A wonderful bird is the pelican, > > His bill will hold more than his belican, > > He can take in his beak > > Enough food for a week > > But I'm damned if I see how the helican!" > > - Dixon Lanier Merritt > > > > Some Spot-billed Pelican studies from the Adyar Poonga, a protected > > wetlands area behind my house. The light was soft, muted and very clear > > after morning rains and the consequent overcast sky. All the frames are > as > > shot with no cropping at all, as the couple were swimming quite close to > a > > pedestrian walkway across a narrow stretch, the only place to photograph > > from, as visitors are not allowed inside under directions from our > Supreme > > Court They did not get very active, though, so I could not put the > tracking > > abilities of the D500 to the test. > > > > Nikon D500 with 300mm f4 and TC 1.4x, giving an effective 630mm f5.6 > lens, > > which is lightweight and very easy to hand hold, and can be used wide > open > > with no loss of image quality. > > > > The first three are in colour, and last in monochrome: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/Vedbirds/Poonga-20160625-1029.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/Vedbirds/Poonga-20160625-716.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/Vedbirds/Poonga-20160625-371.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/Vedbirds/Poonga-20160625-390.jpg.html > > > > Please see LARGE > > > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome! > > > > Cheers > > > > Jayanand > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >