Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wonderful as always! And I love the name of the species. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > On 28 Mar 2021, at 17:49, Douglas Herr via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > The Oak Titmouse is a common year-round resident of California's foothills > in riparian area, open oak woodlands and many suburban yards, which is > where this bird lives: my yard. > > This species is a member of the Paridae family, best known in North > America as the Chickadees. Adorable and a pleasure to have around but > difficult to photograph because of their shaded woodland habitat, their > energy level suggestive of a bellyful of an energy drink, and the drab > gray plumage that makes it difficult to visually separate the bird from > its surroundings. > > There's not much I can do about the habitat or energy level but I thought > I'd try backlighting to create a rim light effect to separate the little > fluffball from the background: > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/paridae/baeolophus/inornatus/baeino19.html > > a7rIII, FE 600/4 GM > All comments are welcome. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information