Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug the Spotted Towhee shot leaps off the screen. Almost impossibly perfect if that makes sense. You must have been excited about the lighting and (goes wihout saying), you nailed the moment as well as the technical stuff. Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman 2010/1/20 wildlightphoto at earthlink.net <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> > Realizing I had very few good photos of the birds literally in my back > yard, I spent a few hours last weekend sitting by my feeding station. Five > species of sparrows (family Emberizidae) visited: > > Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon form: > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/emberizidae/doju03.html > > Spotted Towhee, formerly thought to be conspecific with the Eastern Towhee: > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/emberizidae/spto05.html > > White-crowned Sparrow: > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/emberizidae/wcsp05.html > > Golden-crowned Sparrow: > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/bpy2010/L1260316.html > > California Towhee: > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/bpy2010/L1260286.html > > These sparrows all prefer dense brush so getting a clear view was a bit > difficult. They also move very quickly so I ended up with numerous > (deleted) photos of backs of heads and departing tailfeathers. Those of > you who are familiar with horses might recognize some of the 'dirt clods' > in the Spotted Towhee photo. > > My previous attempts at photographing these backyard birds involved a blind > with unsatisfactory results, so this time I simply sat quietly and waited > for the birds to learn that I wasn't about to eat them. > > technical stuff: Leica R8 with DMR, 560mm f/6.8 Telyt-R with UET-R > extension tube, tripod. All comments welcome. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web LIVE ? Free email based on Microsoft? Exchange technology - > http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >