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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Red-tailed Hawk
From: jon.streeter at cox.net (jon.streeter)
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:30:44 -0800

He flew away to tell all his hawk friends and family "I just sat for a 
portrait by Doug Herr!  I'm going.to be famous!" 

Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone

----- Reply message -----
From: "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
To: "lug at leica-users.org" <lug at leica-users.org>
Subject: [Leica] IMG: Red-tailed Hawk
Date: Mon, Nov 12, 2012 6:04 am


Yesterday while photographing Snow Geese an immature Red-tailed Hawk landed 
on a sign post no more than 25' from the car.  Trying not to think about 
whether I had packed any spare underwear I made a few grab shots then while 
changing to something shorter than 560mm a doofus pulled his car up and 
flushed the hawk.  He then pulled alongside my car and told me how he'd 
gotten a great action shot of the hawk (as it was fleeing), then then next 
words out of his mouth were "what are you shooting with?"

This was one of the very few times I wished I had been shooting with 
something non-photographic, but for some reason I restrained myself and 
responded "a camera".  I forgot to add "dammit".  Him: "A 1D4?"

My question: why do the biggest jerks have big white lenses?

Oh yeah, my photo:

http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/rthawk13.html

technical stuff: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R+2x APO-Extender-R, shoulder 
stock.  All comments welcome.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com



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