Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, Those are beautiful images. Those folks must do a great job getting the birds back to reasonably good health. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> To: <lug at leica-users.org>; "LEG" <leica at freelists.org>; "LeicaReflex" <leicareflex at freelists.org> Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 10:26 PM Subject: [Leica] IMG: Raptor portraits > I've got a few more photos of non-releasable raptors at the California > Raptor Center at the UC Davis school of Veterinary Medicine: > http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/calraptor/ > > Keep in mind these should be considered portraits of individuals and not > necessarily representative of the species becaise of captive living > conditions. > > Sadie is an imprinted Northern Saw-whet Owl > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/nsow02.jpg > > Athena is a Barn Owl who was rescued and brought back to health after a > collision with a barbed-wire fence broke her right wing > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/tytonidae/baow01.jpg > > Spar (already posted) is an imprinted male American Kestrel, full of spunk > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/falconidae/amke03.jpg > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/falconidae/amke04.jpg > > Annie is a female American Kestrel who is imprinted and missing her tail. > She doesn't clean up well after a meal > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/falconidae/amke05.jpg > > Grasshopper is a Swainson's Hawk who has cataracts. He's a very gentle > bird, easy to handle and most of the time puffs up his feathers and chills > out > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/swha01.jpg > > Thor is a Ferruginous Hawk who collided with a Union Pacific freight train > somewhere in Nevada and was discovered stuck to the front of the train > barely alive when the train reached Roseville California > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/feha04.jpg > > technical notes: Leica R8 with DMR digital back, 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R, > shoulder stock & monopod. Check Sadie's eyes to see how much light there > was. All comments welcome. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >