Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When we were loading up the car one of these was squawking loudly from a tree perhaps five feet away from me. Then it dropped to the ground and began poking through the leaves. I carefully made my way into the room for the camera but by the time I returned other guests had frightened it away. Later we heard it calling, all loud and angry sounding, from behind the building. I pursued it for some time snapping lots of images. Tricky little buggers! This image, not in Doug Herr's quality but reasonable, shows the wonderful details in the plumage but only hints at the light-blue stripes on its forehead. <http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/gallery/21623298_W8LVb4#!i=1724422601&k=xSkkkg7> Canon 1Ds Mk II, 70-200 f2.8L, manual focus, handheld. I brought the Telyt 280mm lens just for this kind of photography but there wasn't time to get it onto the camera. Comments and criticism most welcome. Adam Bridge ps: It was 64 degrees in Yosemite Valley when we left about noon. At 6,000 feet as we left it was 54. The park felt empty. Oh, and people were able to hike all the way to the top of Yosemite Falls. We did part of that hike yesterday but reached a place where Jan did't feel comfortable so we turned around. Shirt-sleeve hiking. AB