Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dr. Ted, Much better said than I. I agree about Leica's lack of brains. They would not only be cornering the market of wild life shooters but all the wannabes would be lining up to own the camera that takes such fantastic photos ;-) Doug, the green heron is a stunner also. Cheers, Dennis tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote: > Dennis offered: > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2010 8:43 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Cedar Waxwing > > >> Yet another fantastic photo of a bird!! There is absolutely no doubt >> in my mind that you are the best in the world. Leica should be >> ashamed for abandoning the R series. > > > Dennis you might as well save your breathe about LEICA in recognizing > true God Given talent such as Doug has! Sure there are other good > shooters about... But there is only one Doug Herr who always stands so > much higher the others will never touch him and his talent! He is > truly a gifted photographer! > > Quite simply if LEICA really had two pennies worth of brains they'd > have had Doug on contract years ago and going after the nature folks > if they didn't go after anyone else and they'd totally corner the > market on SLR camers for wild life. > > Hi Doug, > Absolutely beautiful once again. > > cheers, > ted > > > > > >> Doug Herr wrote: >>> The persimmon trees in the orchard across the street attract Cedar >>> Waxwings for only a few days each year, and yesterday happened to be >>> one of those days. For about an hour I ditched my assigned holiday >>> preparation chores for some photos: >>> >>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/bombycillidae/cewaxw03.html >>> >>> R8/DMR >>> 280mm f/4 APO & 1.4x APO-Extender-R >>> Shoulder stock & monopod >>> >>> All comments welcome. Happy Holidays! >>> >>> Doug Herr >>> Birdman of Sacramento >>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >>> >