Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Patience well rewarded. Nice photo doug. Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> To: lug at leica-users.org Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 3:28:30 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: [Leica] IMG: Long-billed Dowitcher This morning I visited the Davis Wetlands, which is the final stage of the Davis city sewage treatment facility. The ponds have been drying up over the summer and now, mid-August, most have turned into dried cracked mud. The mudflats that still have water in them harbor huge numbers of invertebrate animals beneath the surface and it's these critters that the shorebirds probe for with their long bills. One particular mud flat/pond was especially suited to setting up a blind with a semi-dry grassy hill within a few feet of the water's edge; I waited in this spot inside the blind for 3 hours to photograph Dowitcher (a medium-sized Sandpiper): http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/scolopacidae/lbdowi04.html technical stuff: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO, tripod & blind. 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