Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wonderful, as usual! The background just show how well camouflaged she is, but I'm glad you braved the slugs to get her head against the black. You must crawl really, really quietly! Tina On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 12:29 AM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>wrote: > This weekend I made a quick trip (for family) to Brookings Oregon, on the > Pacific coast just north of the California/Oregon border. While there I > found a female Ruffed Grouse who was far more tolerant of a camo-clad > photographer than I expected: > > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/phasianidae/rugrou00.html > > The background was a bit difficult to work with because of the clutter of > the leaf litter on the forest floor; also the grouse' preferred habitat is > the dense understory of the Pacific Northwest's temperate rain forest, so > getting a clear view of the bird meant getting really really close with an > ultrawide-angle lens (100mm APO in this case). Now, about the > background... > I wanted a darker background behind the bird's head, which in this > particular case was more distant. The best way to get the dark background > was a very low camera angle, which meant on my belly in the rain forest > with > huge banana slugs nearby. > > technical stuff: R8/DMR, 100mm APO, slight crop, shoulder stock, heavy > fog/light drizzle lighting. 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 > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com