Sorry to spoil the pretty picture, Chuck, but the other hand is busy trying
to give rotational stability to the camera/monopod combination. That is the
weak point of monopod work.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Juvenile Male Ruby Thoat
>I also admire his patience but I'll bet his suffering is at least
> somewhat alleviated by sitting in his lawn chair with monopod and camera
> held by one hand while the other does all the real work of lifting a
> cold brew to his parched lips. :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 7/17/2011 12:04 PM, Rick Beckrich wrote:
>> Lovely, Jim.
>>
>> Your patience is astounding.
>>
>> Rick, the fidgiter
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 2:03 AM, Jim
>> Nichols<jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, Chris. They are interesting to watch, but frustrating to
>>> capture
>>> in
>>> detail. A pair, feuding over the feeder, passed so close to my head
>>> yesterday that I could hear the humming of the wing beats, and I didn't
>>> even
>>> have my hearing aid in place.
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Chris Barker"<ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 12:55 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Juvenile Male Ruby Thoat
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thanks, Jim, that's a beautiful little creature.
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>>
>>>> On Saturday, 16 July 2011, Jim Nichols<jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> After many attempts, I finally gave up on getting a truly sharp image
>>>>> of
>>>>> the Juvenile Male Ruby Throat. This one is the best I could do. For
>>> those
>>>>> of you who don't see any red around the throat, you are correct. The
>>>>> light has to be perfect for the young guy's feathers to show red. I
>>>>> have
>>>>> a number of OOF images that clearly show the color, but, in this one,
>>>>> it
>>>>> was not to be.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Juvenile+Male+Ruby+Throat.jpg.html
>>>>>
>>>>> E-510 with Leica Telyt-R 250/4, ISO 800, RAW, Monopod
>>>>>
>>>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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