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Subject: [Leica] Arizona hummers
From: cochranpr at mac.com (David Cochran)
Date: Thu Jan 5 04:01:18 2006
References: <4cfa589b0601041638g604260edh7b210e6e96d27385@mail.gmail.com> <DD490AF7-CA19-4F20-B508-BAEC40A8D4AB@ralgo.nl>

.......and some don't believe Darwin either......


Or you mean we need a miracle from God to get a 1D with an 100 APO on 
it?  ;-)
D.



P.D. I couldn't resist



On Jan 5, 2006, at 7:04 AM, bruce wrote:

> ............. and some say there is no God, it all happened by 
> accident ............
>
> B.
>
> On 5-jan-2006, at 1:38, 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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In reply to: Message from abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] Arizona hummers)
Message from bruce at ralgo.nl (bruce) ([Leica] Arizona hummers)