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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Horned Grebe
From: r.s.taylor_post at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)
Date: Mon Oct 20 18:22:46 2008
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Doug - Really nice photos, as always.  Somehow though, the thought of  
having all that expensive gear in such an easily rollable boat as a  
kayak would make me a nervous wreck.  :-)

Regards,

Dick
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On Oct 20, 2008, at 12:18 PM, wildlightphoto@earthlink.net wrote:

> I spent yesterday morning in the kayak on Lake Natoma in eastern  
> Sacramento
> County, a few minutes from home.  Aside from a good paddling workout  
> I also
> found the first few
> wintering grebes, in this case a Horned Grebe:
>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/podicipedidae/hogr03.html
>
> I believe this is a first-year bird because of the orange eye.  Adult
> Horned Grebes have a bright red eye (photo from earlier this year):
>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/podicipedidae/hogr02.html
>
> tech stuff:
> R8/DMR @ISO 400
> 560mm f/6.8 Telyt
> shoulder stock & kayak
> 1/3000 sec @ f/6.8
>
> All comments welcome.
>
> Doug Herr
> Kayakman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
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