Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/06

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: California Twohee
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 14:49:27 +1000
References: <25859341.1367899878871.JavaMail.root@elwamui-muscovy.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

That will be your portable soft mottled Towhee enhancing background then! 
Possibly supplied by the same California company as the inflatable benches 
that Bob uses.

cheers
Geoff

On 07/05/2013, at 14:11, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I consider the drab species a personal challenge.  The California Towhee 
> is common but difficult to photograph well because the bird's coloration 
> doesn't stand out in its environment; as I see it the trick is to make the 
> foreground and background more drab than the bird so the bird will stand 
> out.  What do you think?
> 
> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/emberizidae/catowh03.html
> 
> technical stuff: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R, tripod & blind, a handful 
> of seed.  Slight crop, sky in upper left corner filled in with "tree".  
> All comments welcome.
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> 
> 
> 
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