[Leica] Birds - img

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Wow Henning,
Wouldn't it have been something to have this lens in Africa with one of 
Jayanand's bean bags to hang over the jeep window!!
I especially like the photo of the hawk looking directly at you.
Cheers
Howard
> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 23:19:53 -0800
> From: Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com>
> Subject: [Leica] Birds - img
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> 
> Here is a picture of Mt. Baker from Boundary Bay, which is just south of 
> Vancouver, and... you guessed it, has the US/Canada border running through 
> it. 
> 
> The next 4 pictures are of birds I saw while on a walk out there today 
> with a longtime friend.
> 
> Quite a few Arctic or Snowy Owls are there at present, as apparently the 
> lemming suppy is scant in the arctic. This is what I read, anyways. Also 
> there are lots of other birds, including the Harrier Hawk in the last two 
> pictures. There were 5 or 6 other kinds of raptors around which I either 
> wasn't interested in (bald eagles are easier to catch in other places) or 
> were totally uncooperative.
> 
> There were many people on the dyke, so conditions weren't ideal, but it 
> was sunny and not too cold (about 10?C).
> 
> Pictures were with the Panasonic GH2 and an Apo-Telyt 280/4 with 1.4x 
> apo-converter and slightly cropped. The lens came up at a very good price 
> so I don't think I'll lose out if it doesn't suit me. The only thing is my 
> tripod isn't quite up to it, so in spite of having too many tripods I'll 
> have to do some re-arranging.
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/6tc3u6m
> 
> Henning Wulff
> henningw at archiphoto.com