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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Portrait of a shameless moocher
From: jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu Jul 31 11:45:51 2008
References: <C4B77E1A.200DC%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Thanks.  I try.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Portrait of a shameless moocher


> Nice super Takamar multi coated Bokeh!!!
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> mark@rabinergroup.com
> Mark William Rabiner
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>> From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols@bellsouth.net>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:02:24 -0500
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG:  Portrait of a shameless moocher
>>
>> Mark,
>>
>> Here is one of the little fellows that I was able to photograph in 1991,
>> somewhere above Estes Park.
>>
>> Probably with a Pentax Spotmatic.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cigar+Box/The+Moocher+1991.jpg.html
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 12:50 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Portrait of a shameless moocher
>>
>>
>>> 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.jp
>>>>> g.
>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
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