Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yup that's the lens. An outstanding lens. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -----Original Message----- >From: Ken Carney via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >Sent: Nov 27, 2020 2:45 PM >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >Cc: Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> >Subject: Re: [Leica] a few birds > >All incredibly interesting.? Is that the $13,000 600mm Sony lens? > >Ken > >On 11/27/2020 9:16 AM, Doug Herr via LUG wrote: >> It?s been a while since I?ve posted anything - lots of family-related >> stuff going on - but I?ve been able to find a few birds around northern >> California. >> >> July, Sierra Valley (north of the Tahoe area) >> >> The marshes of the Sierra Valley are spring-fed from groundwater >> originating from the surrounding mountains? annual snowmelt and as such >> the marshes dry up mid-summer except for a few isolated deep pools. >> >> American White Pelican: >> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/pelecanidae/pelecanus/erythrorhynchos/pelery07.html >> >> <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/pelecanidae/pelecanus/erythrorhynchos/pelery07.html> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/pelecanidae/pelecanus/erythrorhynchos/pelery08.html >> >> <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/pelecanidae/pelecanus/erythrorhynchos/pelery08.html> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/pelecanidae/pelecanus/erythrorhynchos/pelery09.html >> >> <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/pelecanidae/pelecanus/erythrorhynchos/pelery09.html> >> >> Ordinarily Virginia Rails and Sora (another rail) are quite secretive, >> spending far more time hiding in the marshes that exposed, but the >> midsummer water levels force them into the open to feed. By sitting >> quietly for a few minutes I was able to test the close-focus limits of >> the lens. >> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/rallus/limicola/rallim05.html >> >> <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/rallus/limicola/rallim05.html> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/rallus/limicola/rallim06.html >> >> <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/rallus/limicola/rallim06.html> >> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/porzana/carolina/porcar06.html >> >> <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/porzana/carolina/porcar06.html> >> >> October >> >> An immature White-tailed Kite looks like she?s giving me the stink-eye >> but she?s really just catching her balance (Sacramento National Wildlife >> Refuge): >> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/elanus/leucurus/elaleu08.html >> >> <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/elanus/leucurus/elaleu08.html> >> >> a Turkey Vulture warms up the flight controls (Sacramento County): >> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/cathartidae/cathartes/aura/caeaur06.html >> >> <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/cathartidae/cathartes/aura/caeaur06.html> >> >> and an unusually cooperative Belted Kingfisher deigns to sit for a >> portrait: >> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/alcedinidae/megaceryle/alcyon/megalc07.html >> >> <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/alcedinidae/megaceryle/alcyon/megalc07.html> >> >> getting caught up to November, some fall colors at the nearby American >> River: >> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/anas/platyrhynchos/anapla14.html >> >> <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/anas/platyrhynchos/anapla14.html> >> >> and a return trip to Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, another Sora, >> an immature Common Gallinule, a winter-plumage Eared Grebe and the >> uncommon dark form of Snow Goose with the dominant white form in the >> background: >> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/porzana/carolina/porcar07.html >> >> <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/porzana/carolina/porcar07.html> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/gallinula/galeata/galgat08.html >> >> <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/gallinula/galeata/galgat08.html> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/podicipedidae/podiceps/nigricollis/podnig06.html >> >> <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/podicipedidae/podiceps/nigricollis/podnig06.html> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/anser/caerulescens/anscae13.html >> >> <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/anser/caerulescens/anscae13.html> >> >> all photographs: ?Leica? a7rIII, ?Leica? 600mm f/4 GMaster. >> >> all comments are welcome. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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