Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, fine bird and photo - you seem to complain about the perch and this triggers a question : how do you usually know where they're going to land? The perches on the other ones are always so "natural". I guess you've been waiting for them there - so, second question do you use a screen of some sort, and bait them with fodder you know they like? (that's three questions in fact ok) ;-) Thanks in anticipation Phil...x telyt@earthlink.net wrote: >The Willet is one of the larger shorebirds, common in the marshes around >San Francisco Bay during the winter, where it is a drab gray bird except >for its striking wing pattern. > >In the summer some Willets migrate inland to the marshes of the Sierra >Valley, along California highway 89 between Truckee and Quincy in the >Sierra Nevada: > >http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/scolopacidae/will00.html > >I'm not fond of the bird's perch but otherwise I like this picture. > >Technical stuff: R8/DMR, 560mm f/6.8, shoulder stock & monopod. All >comments welcome. > >Doug Herr >Birdman of the Mountains >http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >mail2web.com ? Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft? >Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >