Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gene, Excellent series Cheers Lluis El 25/01/2014, a las 10:45, H&ECummer <cummer at netvigator.com> escribi?: > Hi Gene, > A most powerful and interesting sequence. How many fps were you shooting? > The D4 did a really good job of tracking judging from the sharpness of the > photos. > I noted the presence of many tripods in the photographers shot. Did you > use a tripod? In my eagle shooting experience on Pender Island I wouldn't > use a tripod - it is too restrictive to fast movement. I use a mono pod > instead. Any way great sequence. Have you more? > Cheers > Howard > > Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 21:57:10 -0600 (CST) > From: grduprey at mchsi.com > Subject: [Leica] Trip to L&D14 last Sunday > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Last Sunday I was down on the Mississippi River, South of LeClaire, Iowa > to photograph the Bald Eagles and took this series of an Immature Bald > Eagle learning to fish. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/GRDuprey/untitled-0828a.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/GRDuprey/untitled-0829a.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/GRDuprey/untitled-0830a.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/GRDuprey/untitled-0831a.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/GRDuprey/untitled-0832a.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/GRDuprey/untitled-0833a.jpg.html > > Here is a photo of the crowd on Sunday. Quite a large crowd, over 180 > photographers, for such a warm day, 38F, as the Eagles are not usually as > active on warm days. They were actually quite active and teh shooting was > very good in spite of the high temperature, but the river has a large fish > population right now and that may be why they were out in the numbers we > found on Sunday, about 150 birds. Lock & Dam 14 is one of the best Bald > Eagle sites in the Lower 48 to photograph these birds, as they fish fairly > close to the bank of the river in Iowa. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/GRDuprey/untitled-1016756a.jpg.html > > Comments welcome, and please view large for best detail. > > Gene > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information