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Subject: [Leica] Arizona hummers
From: cochranpr at mac.com (David Cochran)
Date: Wed Jan 4 17:08:32 2006
References: <4cfa589b0601041638g604260edh7b210e6e96d27385@mail.gmail.com> <aafda9b19daf35882d89493b811aa571@mac.com> <4cfa589b0601041656g18b85cb6kb5124a8cb66c1896@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks Adam, that is what I was looking for, just the un-cropped 
version. Obviously downconverted for the web :-)


peace

P.D. I like the uncropped better ;-)


David
On Jan 4, 2006, at 8:56 PM, Adam Bridge wrote:

> Well I do but the full frame version is, well vast.
>
> Are you wanting to see the amount of cropping? Her's a down-sampled
> full-frame so you get an idea:
>
> <http://www.adambridge.com/Photos/2006/01/04/_L3U8282-fullframe.jpg>
>
> I hope this is what you're looking for...
>
> adam
>
> On 1/4/06, David Cochran <cochranpr@mac.com> wrote:
>> Adam, great detail. Do you have an un-cropped version?
>>
>> peace
>>
>> D.
>> On Jan 4, 2006, at 8:38 PM, Adam Bridge wrote:
>>
>>> This winter the hummers around the house are very busy - especially
>>> because they have a nest in the orange tree only a few meters away.
>>> (I'm trying to shift to metric.)
>>>
>>> Today I was sitting on the deck trying to do something artistic with
>>> frost-damaged bougainvillea blossoms, the Leica 100 APO mounted on 
>>> the
>>> 1Ds, when this little guy came to feed.
>>>
>>> The images are heavily cropped - in fact they are 100% pixel for
>>> pixel. I may have over-sharpened the first one.
>>>
>>> I am not good at bird identification, however I think these are
>>> broad-tailed hummingbirds.
>>>
>>> I'm really sharing them because I love the green iridescence on their
>>> backs. When the male sits on the tree and turns his head there's a
>>> bright flash of red as the light catches his feathers just right.
>>>
>>> In the morning, when I go out to pick the morning's grapefruit, the
>>> male sits on a branch deep within the tree and scolds me. Somewhere,
>>> up near the top, I'm certain there is a nest with young. I can hear
>>> activity and the vocalizations of the birds. I can't see the nest and
>>> I won't challenge the birds any more than I have to.
>>>
>>> <http://www.adambridge.com/Photos/2006/01/04/_L3U8281.jpg>
>>>
>>> <http://www.adambridge.com/Photos/2006/01/04/_L3U8282.jpg>
>>>
>>> I've been shooting with the 560 and the 280 as well but these are the
>>> sharpest by far.
>>>
>>> Comments welcome. And if I'm wrong about the identification I'd be
>>> pleased to be corrected.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Adam
>>>
>>>
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