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Subject: [Leica] Wednesday Walk/Urban Cormorant
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Wed Nov 9 13:36:51 2005
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Hello Doug,
That was the problem I mentioned, the canal bank - about 1 in 3 slope, 
wet grass and a deep canal at the bottom of it, there is no way I'm 
going to tackle that with only one arm and loaded down with a Novoflex 
bazooka.
Douglas

Douglas Herr wrote:

>Also try a lower perspective, about on a level with the bird's eye.  This 
>will give you a background that is farther away (and more out-of-focus) and 
>lessen the appearance that you are towering over the bird.  I'm looking 
>forward to seing your 600mm photos.
>
>Doug Herr
>Birdman of Sacramento
>http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de>
>Sent: Nov 9, 2005 3:31 PM
>To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Wednesday Walk/Urban Cormorant
>
>Noted Dick,
>I'll try your crop and post it tomorrow, thanks!
>Douglas
>
>Richard S. Taylor wrote:
>
>  
>
>>#4, I think, is a keeper but with a tight crop on the bird to get rid 
>>of all that guano.
>>
>>Dick
>>Boston MA
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Hello all,
>>>the weekly wednesday walk along the canal.
>>>Not often we get one of these on the canal, although the guano shows 
>>>that it must have been his perch for quite a time.
>>>
>>>I've posted 8 shots of the cormorant (well I think it is 
>>>one),unfortunately the grass and reeds on the canal bank obscured the 
>>>view a little
>>>(very steep, and I'm not going down there with a duff arm, or at 
>>>least getting back up might be a little difficult)
>>>.
>>>
>>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3270_edited_3 Wing 
>>>Drying (Cormorants are not waterproof)
>>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3271_edited_2_001 
>>>He's noticed I'm there , I sneezed
>>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3273_edited_2 
>>>Preening under his wing
>>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3269_edited_2 Very 
>>>elegant pose, wing and tail feathers spread
>>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3268_edited_2 More 
>>>or less the same , less wing and more tail
>>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3265_edited_2 
>>>Balancing on one leg
>>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3264_edited_2 
>>>Preening his breast feathers
>>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3264_edited_2 
>>>Alert and watching
>>>
>>>some are quite similar (apart from being the same bird)
>>>Please let me know which ones to crop, throw out, darken , lighten, 
>>>sharpen or whatever.
>>>cheers
>>>Douglas
>>>
>>>Shot with the 20D and a Novoflex 5,6/400 at f5,6 or f8 under the 
>>>extreme difficulty of having my left arm in plaster from wrist to 
>>>shoulder, but it makes a good lens support.
>>>If this is his daily vantage point I'll go back tomorrow with a 
>>>tripod and a 600mm too.
>>>
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