Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/03/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I may be bringing the romance of the nice weather of spring, nearing summer break from school, and just the wonderfulness of being young. Then again, I still delight in the evening lightning bug displays. On Sun, Mar 28, 2021 at 3:29 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Don > Checked them on the web and remember the sound from US coverage on the > news channels over here. They seem to get worldwide publicity (they must > have a great agent), and do sound pretty ok, but I wonder whether the > noise of thousands of them outside the bedroom would pall. I remember > having a couple of terrible nights' sleep in Borneo due to the > incredible croaking of hundreds of frogs looking for love, but the jet > lag mightn't have helped.... > > Douglas > > > On 27/03/2021 21:55, Don Dory via LUG wrote: > > Douglas, I suggest searching for Cicada sounds. It a most amazing and > > pleasant noise on spring/ summer afternoons. Then there is the pleasure > > of watching children collecting the discarded shells and doing > imaginative > > play. Think of an Instagram image of these as giant creatures from the > > black lagoon... > > > > On Sat, Mar 27, 2021, 4:19 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > > >> Never seen one like that Jim, as they don't make it over here. But a > >> very cool image! Is that one alive or dead? > >> > >> Douglas > >> > >> On 27/03/2021 18:58, Jim Nichols wrote: > >>> When the weather is bad, I sometimes go back through the archives to > >>> find candidates for reprocessing. This adult Cicada was captured > >>> during their appearance in May 2011 using my Olympus E-1 and Olympus > >>> 35/3.5 Macro lens, and the image is uncropped. The image was touched > >>> up slightly with modern processing software. > >>> > >>> > >> > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20110517-Adult_Cicada.JPG.html > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory at gmail.com