Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]nice and colorful ric On May 25, 2014, at 11:29 AM, H&E Cummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote: > Morning Luggers, > Juncos seem to be taking over our deck - at the expense of my favourite > hummingbirds. > > Here's one fellow strutting along the deck railing: > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hummers2014/Junco1.jpg.html> > > And here is one inside the pot of one of our hanging fuchsias. It was too > close to > focus the Nikon 80 - 400 bazooka so I grabbed the Olympus EM 1with the > panasonic 100 - 300 zoom (one of my safari combinations) and took this > closeup picture: > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hummers2014/JuncoPeekaboo.jpg.html> > > It looks like the juncos may be building a nest in the middle of the > fuchsia hanging pot - even > though I don't think it is nesting season. If so you can expect more Junco > photos - although > I don't find them as interesting or attractive as my elusive hummingbirds. > > Please look large. The picture drawing quality of the 100 - 300 on the EM > 1 isn't bad for a piece of plastic. > > Cheers > > Howard. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information