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Subject: [Leica] Anna's Hummingbird
From: gwpics at icloud.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 08:57:49 +0100
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Doug

I have been in awe of your bird photography for a long time, and this latest 
offering is exceptional. Now that I read that you were only about one meter 
away, not only am I in awe but I am also green with envy. You are lucky and 
very talented man.

Gerry

Gerry Walden
+44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
+44 (0)797 287 7932
www.gwpics.com

On 20 May 2014, at 16:52, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Howard Cummer wrote:
> 
>> Morning Doug,
>> As I sit here with my second morning coffee waiting for the hummers to 
>> appear on my deck for the morning feed,
>> I want to tell you that I am in awe of your ability to catch these little 
>> creatures in the air.
>> The clarity of the images is as good as it gets, I think, and a tribute 
>> to your skill with the Leica lenses.
>> You set the standard to aspire to Mr. Birdman!
>> Howard
>> PS what shutter speed, aperture? ISO? the 280 without the extender - 
>> right?
> 
> Shutter speed between 1/500 sec and 1/1000 sec, aperture f/5.6, ISO 400, 
> the 280 by itself (no extender).  Slight crop for both photos.
> 
> Last evening I sat by the feeder while the mob (at least 6, maybe 10, 2 
> species) battled it out for their last few sips of the day.  My chair was 
> just over 1 meter from the feeder and on numerous occasions they hovered 
> inches from me while waiting for a more dominant bird to leave.  Great 
> show.
> 
> Thanks for looking, Howard.
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> 
>> 
>> Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 07:10:41 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
>> From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Anna's Hummingbird
>> To: lug at leica-users.org
>> 
>> Last weekend I spent some time with the hummingbirds in my yard.  This is 
>> a female Anna's Hummingbird:
>> 
>> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/trochilidae/calypte/anhumm07.html
>> 
>> compare with the adult male:
>> 
>> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/trochilidae/calypte/anhumm08.html
>> 
>> both photos: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R, tripod, folding camp chair.  
>> All comments welcome.
>> 
>> Doug Herr
>> Birdman of Sacramento
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
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