Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Fantastic Doug! Saludos Lluis El 08/06/2009, a las 4:20, Doug Herr escribi?: > The Black-tailed Hare (also known as Black-tailed Jackrabbit) > ordinarily runs away at top speed whenever someone comes within 100 > feet (30 meters), but a few weeks ago I found one that seemed > unusually approachable. This is in an area I've visited frequently; > the hares have always been in the area but either much too far away > for photos or hiding in the dry grasses, about to run. > > On the previous occasions I've seen this particular hare the animal > has done his morning feeding and is about ready to find shade for > the hot part of the day, leaving me with little time in good light > to let him become accustomed to my presence. However, this morning > I arrived much earlier than usual so I had several hours with the > hare, spending most of the last hour before it found shade within > 20' or less, perfect for the DMR and 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt: > > http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/lagomorphs/btha04.html > > technical stuff: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO, ISO 400, about 1/250 sec @ f/ > 5.6, metered manually. Shoulder stock & monopod. Stickers in my > socks. A tick. > > All comments welcome. > > Doug Herr > Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Lluis Ripoll luisripoll at telefonica.net http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/ http://photo.net/photos/lluisripoll Blog: http://lluisripollphotography.wordpress.com/ http://www.lrmusic.es