Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My favorite is the first one, but they are all nice! Curt On Jul 16, 2014 10:56 PM, "H&E Cummer" <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote: > Hi Luggers, > I have not posted pictures to the LUG for a few weeks - grand parenting > duties with Aubrey, aka "Hank the Tank", and > several house guests have kept me and Esther extra busy.Still, the > pictures have been accumulating > and I thought I would open a new Eagle 2014 Folder to show a few of my > better ones. > These were all taken with the Nikon D800E and the 80 - 400 VR zoom lens - > hand held - > processed in CS 6. Last week we have a fellow photographer visiting and I > took him > down to the Otter Bay ferry terminal to feed and photograph the eagles. > The birds' reaction > was unusual. They came when whistled for, but they only circled the salmon > strips and > did not swoop in to snatch them up. The only variable from the ordinary > was the > presence of my visitor and I guess his being there made the eagles more > cautious. > The circling made for some fine photo opportunities. > > First an eagle fly by over water: > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Eagles2014/1410.jpg.html> > > and then against the forest background: > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Eagles2014/1310.jpg.html> > > Flying in to inspect the salmon strips: > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Eagles2014/1146.jpg.html> > > Turning just over my head: > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Eagles2014/_DSC1172.jpg.html > > > > And swooshing by: > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Eagles2014/_DSC1175.jpg.html > > > > For the last two photos I racked the lens back to 185mm but it wasn't far > enough > to have the full body of the eagle in the frame. These last two photos are > full frame - no cropping. > > I have just taken delivery of a used, but not abused, Nikon D4 body and I > hope that > my focus success rate will go up with this 10fps pro body compared to the > 5fps D800E. > > Stay tuned. > > Howard (on hot sunny dry Pender Island). > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >