Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It appears that you are engaging in a slightly more dynamic shooting style with the AF kit. The word slightly is intentional as your MF skills are/ were excellent. As always your images are immediately clicked on. On Fri, Nov 27, 2020, 9:17 AM Doug Herr via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > It?s been a while since I?ve posted anything - lots of family-related > stuff going on - but I?ve been able to find a few birds around northern > California. > > July, Sierra Valley (north of the Tahoe area) > > The marshes of the Sierra Valley are spring-fed from groundwater > originating from the surrounding mountains? annual snowmelt and as such > the marshes dry up mid-summer except for a few isolated deep pools. > > American White Pelican: > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/pelecanidae/pelecanus/erythrorhynchos/pelery07.html > < > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/pelecanidae/pelecanus/erythrorhynchos/pelery07.html > > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/pelecanidae/pelecanus/erythrorhynchos/pelery08.html > < > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/pelecanidae/pelecanus/erythrorhynchos/pelery08.html > > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/pelecanidae/pelecanus/erythrorhynchos/pelery09.html > < > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/pelecanidae/pelecanus/erythrorhynchos/pelery09.html > > > > Ordinarily Virginia Rails and Sora (another rail) are quite secretive, > spending far more time hiding in the marshes that exposed, but the > midsummer water levels force them into the open to feed. By sitting > quietly for a few minutes I was able to test the close-focus limits of the > lens. > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/rallus/limicola/rallim05.html > < > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/rallus/limicola/rallim05.html > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/rallus/limicola/rallim06.html > < > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/rallus/limicola/rallim06.html > > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/porzana/carolina/porcar06.html > < > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/porzana/carolina/porcar06.html > > > > October > > An immature White-tailed Kite looks like she?s giving me the stink-eye but > she?s really just catching her balance (Sacramento National Wildlife > Refuge): > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/elanus/leucurus/elaleu08.html > < > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/elanus/leucurus/elaleu08.html > > > > a Turkey Vulture warms up the flight controls (Sacramento County): > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/cathartidae/cathartes/aura/caeaur06.html > < > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/cathartidae/cathartes/aura/caeaur06.html > > > > and an unusually cooperative Belted Kingfisher deigns to sit for a > portrait: > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/alcedinidae/megaceryle/alcyon/megalc07.html > < > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/alcedinidae/megaceryle/alcyon/megalc07.html > > > > getting caught up to November, some fall colors at the nearby American > River: > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/anas/platyrhynchos/anapla14.html > < > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/anas/platyrhynchos/anapla14.html > > > > and a return trip to Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, another Sora, an > immature Common Gallinule, a winter-plumage Eared Grebe and the uncommon > dark form of Snow Goose with the dominant white form in the background: > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/porzana/carolina/porcar07.html > < > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/porzana/carolina/porcar07.html > > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/gallinula/galeata/galgat08.html > < > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/gallinula/galeata/galgat08.html > > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/podicipedidae/podiceps/nigricollis/podnig06.html > < > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/podicipedidae/podiceps/nigricollis/podnig06.html > > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/anser/caerulescens/anscae13.html > < > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/anser/caerulescens/anscae13.html > > > > all photographs: ?Leica? a7rIII, ?Leica? 600mm f/4 GMaster. > > all comments are welcome. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information