Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/24

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Subject: [Leica] Gulls at the Stand
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 20:17:14 -0500
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Hi Howard,

Both are fine shots, but, as a former aerodynamicist, I prefer the 
second one.  It even shows that the gull has "winglets" at the end of 
the straight span of the wings, similar to the latest business jets. :-)

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 10/24/2013 7:32 PM, H&E Cummer wrote:
> Hello Luggers,
> I went down to the Stand at the Otter Bay Ferry Terminal early this 
> morning hoping the fog would burn off and we could call the eagles and I 
> could add to my eagle pictures.
> The fog cleared a bit and we called the eagles but they didn't come. The 
> seagulls were in abundance - hoping to snatch some food before the eagles 
> claimed it - and so I made do with
> the wheeling seagulls instead. Here are two pictures - taken with the 70 - 
> 200 F2.8 VR II on the D800E - processed and cropped to about 1/3 in CS6.
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2013/GullWgUpw.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/qg7vc26
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2013/Gulllftw.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/k4wtexy
>
> Please look large. C&C always welcome.
>
> Howard (on foggy Pender Island where we have had more continuous days of 
> fog than ever before recorded)
>
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