Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Rick doggone it, I guess there just aren't any easy answers. Walt Rick Dykstra wrote: > True, but they get seriously chased by a local Goshawk every now and > then. Makes my waiting a little more interesting. > > Rick. > > On 06/10/2006, at 11:01 AM, Walt Johnson wrote: > >> Beautiful color. Sometimes I really envy birds, they never watch TV >> news. >> >> rdandcb wrote: >> >>> Last Monday was a public holiday and I spent most of it sitting on >>> a rock next to a bigger rock that has a small recess that holds >>> water. My puddle rock. For three years I have been trying to get >>> a picture of a male blue wren at this site and it all came >>> together about four hours into that session. These are highly >>> mobile birds, staying still for only fractions of a second. The >>> males, when they come for a dip, are in and out in a flash. The >>> females of course spend far more time in the bathroom - a couple >>> of seconds at least. So, I'm rather happy with this one. R8, >>> APO-Telyt-R f5.6/560mm, Velvia 100, f8 and 1/125th in manual mode, >>> manual flash pre-metered using F mode. >>> >>> http://home.netspeed.com.au/rdcb37/mrandmrswren.jpg >>> >>> Some other puddle-rock shots are here >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Nature >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >