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Subject: Re: [Leica] Robert Stevens PAW week 5
From: "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@hfx.andara.com>
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 00:19:46 -0400
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At 10:35 PM 2/4/2002 -0500, Roy Zartarian wrote:
>I do not as a rule participate in the threads that inevitably follow the
>posting of a PAW.  But the birder in me says "Bravissimo, Robert" on this
>one.  You are indeed fortunate to have these magnificent subjects
>photographically at hand.  I note that in this image you were able to bring
>out detail in the breast that was missing in your earlier posting.  Fill
>flash? Or good ambient light?

Roy:

This shot was from Tuesday when it was overcast and foggy out.  This gave 
the very even lighting.  The Leica lens handles the flare from the bright 
sky well.  The other eagle pictures I took on Thursday were in sunlight to 
the side.  I didn't get much detail in the chest.

The full frame version of this is at the link below.  I used PhotoShop to 
remove the bird in the background and a few tree limbs.  A high resolution 
JPG is at the second link.  It is about 800K, but worth the download to 
look at the detail in the claws.  The scanning process eats up a bit of the 
shadow detail.

http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/images/Birds/Eagle1.jpg

http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/images/Birds/Eagle1LRG.jpg


Regards,

Robert


>This is eagle season in my little corner of the world , but thus far I've had
>be content with watching through the APO-Televid.  I must admit that the
>sight of nine eagles in the air on the far side of a river is both a
>spectacular one and a frustrating one, for I knew that even with the Leica
>equipment at hand I couldn't get a shot that would do justice to the moment.
>
>Roy
>
>On Monday 04 February 2002 09:16 pm, Robert G. Stevens wrote:
> > My week 5 PAW is up at the links below.  It is a little different than the
> > rest, as it is in colour and taken with a R8.
> >
> > http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/PAW2002/wk5.htm
> >
> > http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/PAW2002/index.html
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Robert
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