Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What fun, not quite a challenge to Doug, but I like both shots. Adam Bridge writes: > This winter the hummers around the house are very busy - especially > because they have a nest in the orange tree only a few meters away. > (I'm trying to shift to metric.) > > Today I was sitting on the deck trying to do something artistic with > frost-damaged bougainvillea blossoms, the Leica 100 APO mounted on the > 1Ds, when this little guy came to feed. > > The images are heavily cropped - in fact they are 100% pixel for > pixel. I may have over-sharpened the first one. > > I am not good at bird identification, however I think these are > broad-tailed hummingbirds. > > I'm really sharing them because I love the green iridescence on their > backs. When the male sits on the tree and turns his head there's a > bright flash of red as the light catches his feathers just right. > > In the morning, when I go out to pick the morning's grapefruit, the > male sits on a branch deep within the tree and scolds me. Somewhere, > up near the top, I'm certain there is a nest with young. I can hear > activity and the vocalizations of the birds. I can't see the nest and > I won't challenge the birds any more than I have to. > > <http://www.adambridge.com/Photos/2006/01/04/_L3U8281.jpg> > > <http://www.adambridge.com/Photos/2006/01/04/_L3U8282.jpg> > > I've been shooting with the 560 and the 280 as well but these are the > sharpest by far. > > Comments welcome. And if I'm wrong about the identification I'd be > pleased to be corrected. > > Thanks! > > Adam > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Alastair Firkin www.afirkin.com www.familyofman2.com