Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great idea on the re-framing to portrait, Philippe! I?ll give that a shot. In the version of the photo that I see the bird?s reflection isn?t cut off. I wonder if SmugMug?s display isn?t doing something nasty on your screen? I?ll ponder the background issue! Adam > On 2018 Aug 29, at 5:33 AM, Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > Lovely takes Adam. > > The sharp background is somewhat of a distractor though. and I would have > liked to see the full reflection of the bird in >> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Home/Around-Davis/i-Z38vjwH/A> > Portrait orientation next time? ;-) > > Amities > > Philippe > > > >> Le 29 ao?t 2018 ? 02:17, Adam Bridge via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a >> ?crit : >> >> August has turned mild here in the Central Valley and I?ve finally found >> wild creatures I can successfully stalk: pond turtles. >> >> More specifically: the pond turtles that reside in ?Putah Creek? at the >> UC Davis arboretum. >> >> Here are are pair of western pond turtles at rest on a log. They are >> actually a bit skittish. After a few minutes of observation they?ll begin >> to resent the too-close observation and slide into the murky green water. >> >> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Home/Around-Davis/i-FSmW6RT/A> >> >> The western pond tutles are the true natives to this area but other >> species appear (and are removed) frequently. >> >> Here are a pair of red-eared sliders catching some sun: >> >> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Home/Around-Davis/i-5TsWkXS/A> >> >> I have wondered what made these creatures so wary. About 50 yards away I >> found out why: >> >> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Home/Around-Davis/i-FbMsfTL/A> >> >> A great blue heron, standing on a tree branch hanging over the water, >> proves to be an agile predator. >> >> Channeling his inner dinosaur: >> >> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Home/Around-Davis/i-hrZWD2C/A> >> >> This bird was absolutely fearless and paid me, a troupe of joggers, >> chatty moms with strollers no mind at all. Entirely focused on what might >> pass below him. >> >> A week earlier I?d spied a green heron hunting along the same stretch. >> >> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Home/Around-Davis/i-Z38vjwH/A> >> >> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Home/Around-Davis/i-sGb75sK/A> >> >> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Home/Around-Davis/i-rP9Q7Hp/A> >> >> Thanks for looking. Comments/corrections of species ID gratefully >> accepted. >> >> All of these are with the Fuji X-T2 and the excellent XF100-400MM >> F4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR lens. The exception being the first image of the >> pond turtles which was shot with the Sony A7Riii and the (brand new) FE >> 100-400MM F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens. I?m still working on that one because the >> contrast in the original shot was too great. >> >> Adam Bridge >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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