Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, Fantastic set of owl photos. Wish I had beenthere. Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> To: lug at leica-users.org, "LeicaReflex" <leicareflex at freelists.org> Sent: Saturday, July 2, 2011 11:34:40 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: [Leica] IMG: Short-eared Owl I recently visited Plumas County California where several Short-eared Owls had been reported. I ditched work on Friday (with boss's permission) and left early on Thursday to catch the owls in evening light: The owls were perched on roadside fence posts when I arrived. Traffic on the road was very light, perhaps one vehicle every half hour, so I stopped the truck in the wrong-way lane and made some photos out the driver's side window. The locals are used to this sort of thing, even the highway patrol passed by without a word. http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl00.html http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl01.html Owls need a warmup before a night of hunting: http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl02.html http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl03.html http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl04.html Once the sun dips below the horizon the hunt is on: http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl05.html http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl06.html I caught up with the owl the following morning is the fog: http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl07.html http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl08.html Once the fog burned off the owl dropped to the cover of a weedy roadside ditch. The message I got here was "hey, napping going on here, enough with the clicking!" http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl09.html All photos: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO. Most with 1.4x APO-Extender-R, shoulder stock & monopod. Last photo without extender, with tripod. 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