Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They were one of my favorite things about the Rocky Mountain National Park. Darned hard to photograph them with a rangefinder camera though. With a normal or tele lens. mark@rabinergroup.com Mark William Rabiner > From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols@bellsouth.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:32:53 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Portrait of a shameless moocher > > Peter, > > Very good images of the moocher. We had a similar experience with them in > Rocky Mountain National Park years ago. I have one living under an > outbuilding in my back yard, but rarely get a glimpse of him. I guess they > get conditioned to strangers in the parks. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Klein" <pklein@threshinc.com> > To: <lug@leica-users.org>; <leica@freelists.org> > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 1:13 AM > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Portrait of a shameless moocher > > >> We were sitting on a mountain rock slide at 8200 feet (2500 m). Look who >> decided to join us for lunch. I had a 28/3.5 on the M8, but fortunately >> it crops down well. >> >> Here's the context: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/joseph08/edits/L1003778SquirBoot-w.jp >> g.html >> >> And here's the same shot cropped tighter, without the boot. >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/joseph08/edits/L1003778TightCrop.jpg. >> html >> >> A couple of minutes later, I had the 90/3.5 VC on the camera, and managed >> to fill the frame with one of his cohorts. >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/joseph08/edits/L1003789GndSquirCrop-w >> .jpg.html >> >> These little guys are FAST, but their desire to "have what you're having" >> gives the photographer a fighting chance. >> >> --Peter >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information