Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh, and rdandcb = Rick Dykstra. Caught out by my new email setup. :-) Rick. On 06/10/2006, at 10:08 AM, rdandcb wrote: > Last Monday was a public holiday and I spent most of it sitting on > a rock next to a bigger rock that has a small recess that holds > water. My puddle rock. For three years I have been trying to get > a picture of a male blue wren at this site and it all came together > about four hours into that session. These are highly mobile birds, > staying still for only fractions of a second. The males, when they > come for a dip, are in and out in a flash. The females of course > spend far more time in the bathroom - a couple of seconds at > least. So, I'm rather happy with this one. R8, APO-Telyt-R > f5.6/560mm, Velvia 100, f8 and 1/125th in manual mode, manual flash > pre-metered using F mode. > > http://home.netspeed.com.au/rdcb37/mrandmrswren.jpg > > Some other puddle-rock shots are here > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/Nature > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information