On 2/20/2010 5:26 PM, Doug Herr wrote: > A pair of Trumpeter Swans have been visiting a pond in nearby Placer County. > These birds are only the second recorded sighting of this species in Placer > county (the first was last spring at the same location). > > The most significant problem I faced in making these photos was the 180mm > f/2.8 APO-Elmarit-R's minimum focus distance. > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/trsw01.html > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/trsw02.html > > technical stuff: R8/DMR, 180mm f/2.8 APO-Elmarit-R, shoulder stock& monopod. > All comments welcome. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > Doug, Both very beautiful. Interesting to see you using a wide angle lens. :-) -- Charlie Falke _____ /\ | __/\__/------/__) |(____\/_________/ "One test result is worth | |/ `o one thousand expert opinions" - Wernher Von Braun 0 N4003M "Imagination is more important than knowledge" - Albert Einstein ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/