[LRflex] Re: Northern Flicker

  • From: David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 18:17:49 -0700

Hi  Howard!

Both are good, but the first is fantastic!  Excellent pose and light. :-)

Nice bokeh on the 55~200, as well!

Glad that we can "enjoy" the fruits of your house!  (Good luck with that!)

David.

> Hi Flexers,
>
> On Pender we live in a wooden cabin - some of the timbers used to build
> the cabin were actually logged from the site.
> As well as hummingbirds and eagles we have varieties of wood eating
> birds including the Pileated Woodpecker and
> most recently the Northern Flicker. Here are two pictures of a male
> Northern Flicker which, with its mate, is doing
> its level best to eat my wooden cabin. We have hung up aluminum pie
> plates in the eaves and balinese chimes at
> the corner of the roof to try and scare them away. So far we haven't had
> much luck and it looks like I may have to call in
> an expert. The pictures:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2013/Male-Northern-
> Flickerw.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/kn9qfbs
>
> and another view:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2013/Northern-
> Flicker-2w.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ltffvg5
>
> Both taken with the Fuji XE 1 and the 55 - 200 zoom - hand held and
> processed and cropped in CS6.
>
> The fuji zoom is noticeably sharper than my old Nikon 300 f4.0 AF
>
> Please look large.
> C&C always welcome
>
> Howard.
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