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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Raptor portraits
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 22:41:48 -0500
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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" 
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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
>
>
>
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