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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Cockatoos in my street
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 06:41:50 +1000
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Thankyou for looking and commenting, everyone. Yes most of these were shot
against grey late afternoon cloud and then I got a little last sun breaking
through. . I like the cloud a lot for atmosphere but I follow what's been
said about the birds against the grey.

Cheers,
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman



On 21 May 2012 03:07, Charlie Chan <topoxforddoc at btinternet.com> wrote:

> Hi Geoff,
>
> Nice birds to have outside your window. I get a few pigeons and the odd
> sparrow in the UK! My favorite is lc-10. It?s the light that makes it. The
> earlier shots are shot in dull light and the birds just don?t have any 
> zing!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Charlie
> www.charlie-chan.co.uk
>
> On 20 May 2012, at 04:55, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:
>
> > 12 new bird photographs in my Wildlife Gallery.  These are frequent
> > afternoon visitors outside my window and my 'safari' travelled only to my
> > front door. Apologies to dedicated shooters like Doug who work hard at
> > their bird photography. These are with the Zeiss Macro 100mm (on Nikon
> > D7000).
> >
> > They are active and acrobatic and extremely loud.  That is the birds, not
> > Doug.
> > Flocks can be in hundreds and they are often in the company of Galahs and
> > (here) Sulphur-crested Cockatoos. Those also have a similar distinctive
> > 'music'.
> > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/wg
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Geoff
> > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> >
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In reply to: Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] IMG: Cockatoos in my street)
Message from topoxforddoc at btinternet.com (Charlie Chan) ([Leica] IMG: Cockatoos in my street)