Just great shots Doug! I think the first may need to go in your [at least] top 25 shots, the 2nd is great for it's detail. Thanks for showing Gary > Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:26:26 -0500 > From: wildlightphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [LRflex] IMG: Trumpeter Swan > > 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 > > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/