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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Bird on a Branch
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu, 2 May 2019 00:01:53 -0500
References: <a18e6903-ab38-84cc-4feb-2da3bb62fa07@lighttube.net> <CAH1UNJ3F_0TPpRNT+qv8a0rhMBH-DTHA4QJrCietucfkP__0LQ@mail.gmail.com>

You make a valid point, Jayanand.? I will strive to find a more 
natural-looking branch, and see what the birds think about it. The 
finches like this one, but I'm not out to take pictures of finches.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 5/1/2019 10:01 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
> Jim,
> It does look much better, but my take is that as long as I am aware that it
> was a bit of wood artificially propped up, it is no different from a
> feeder. The flip side also occurs - this photograph is taken in the depths
> of Bandhavgarh National Park, but the concrete check dam, built to conserve
> water for summer, makes it look like as if it was taken in a zoo:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/Bandhavgarh/Bandhavgarh_20100321_0739.jpg.html
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 1:28 AM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> Yes, Doug, it does look better with a branch for a perch.  I've admired
>> your setup for years.  I need to find a better branch to attach to my
>> iron hanger pole.  And, then I need to train the birds.  This one landed
>> right where I tied the small branch to the iron bar, so I had to do a
>> lot of cloning in the lower right corner.
>>
>> I'll work on it.  Thanks for the suggestion.  By the way, this was shot
>> using your shoulder stock to support the Olympus ZD 50-200 lens.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190501-P5016257.JPG.html
>>
>> --
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: Bird on a Branch)
Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] IMG: Bird on a Branch)