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Subject: [Leica] Greenfinch in the Cherry Tree
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Tue Apr 18 07:56:58 2006
References: <4444C660.7060302@gmx.de> <B2D1791C-984F-44F5-B1C6-188AB5952BDD@ralgo.nl>

Hi Bruce, thanks for looking,
Aluminium foil is what we use to scare them OUT of the cherry tree. At 
dawn the sun is behind the house, and at dusk I might just be able to 
get these shots as a silhouette against the setting sun :-)
The backlight proble here was compensated by opening up 2.5 stops and it 
needed another 1.5 stops correction in RAW conversion.
Now I do have a couple of Metz Hammerheads lying around ............ ;-)
Douglas
Nil desperandum

bruce wrote:

> Douglas,
>
> They are really beginning to look good ...............
>
> I see one problem though ............ the eyes remain dark. Could you  
> hang their favorite spot with aluminum foil .............. or use a  
> mirror to reflect light ............ or ................? Perhaps  
> shooting at dawn and dusk, when the light is lower ............,  
> opening up 1/2 a stop.
>
> The 400/4 seems to be the right combination.
>
> Keep at it though.
>
> B.
>
> On 18-apr-2006, at 12:58, Douglas Sharp wrote:
>
>> I think I may gradually be getting the hang of this bird  photography 
>> :-)
>>
>> This little bird has been singing its head off in the cherry tree  
>> all morning.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3758_edited_1
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3753_edited_1
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3749_edited_1
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3747_edited_1
>> Cheers
>> Douglas
>>
>> Technical stuff: Canon 20D, Leica Telyt-R 250/4 (heavy version), IE  
>> 400, taken from the comfort of our front room
>>
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