Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Doug, Well as I have believed without question for many years ........... "you are without question, the best of the best in wildlife photography!" You never cease to amaze me with your talent and most perfect patience in coping with the wildlife critters!" Yet capture these incredible moments of animal / bird life as though it were nothing! ! Certainly " YOU THE MAN!" :-) Good on you old buddy! :-) May I offer.. "Damn yer GOOD!" :-) Now that's considered by "SHE WHO MUST BE OBEYED!" to be the compliment of compliments! Man you have it made! :-) cheers, ted ----- 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: Sunday, April 03, 2011 8:47 PM Subject: [Leica] IMG: Work in progress > Owls in the wild are not easy: > > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/wsowl01.html > > This was a few minutes ago in my back yard. R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO+1.4x > APO-Extender-R, tripod, flash & flashlight. > > A pair of Western Screech Owls has been nesting annually in a cavity in my > back yard cottonwood tree for a number of years and I finally got off my > butt and tried to get some photos of them. One of the adults roosts in a > neighboring tree during the day (I haven't found the roost tree yet) and > flies into the nest tree just as it's becoming impossible to see anything, > calls the other adult out off the nest hole, and takes its turn with the > eggs. The whole process takes only a minute or so in which time I have to > find the incoming owl, find a spot with a clear view, find the bird in the > camera's viewfinder, focus and trip the shutter. A hand-held flashlight > (UK: torch) helps immensely. 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