[Leica] IMG: nearby water birds

[Douglas Herr]

Most herons will become accustomed to a human's presence in an hour or so.  Sit quietly near a spot the heron favors and see what happens.  These photos were made using this technique, no camo:

http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/ardeidae/ardea/gregre03.html
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/ardeidae/ardea/gbhero04.html


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


-----Original Message-----
>From: Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
>Sent: Dec 14, 2019 7:31 AM
>To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>Cc: Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: nearby water birds
>
>Fantastic!  My favorite is the cute little Grebe.
>
>We have a heron that comes to our pond but I haven't managed to get a good
>shot of him yet.   Maybe I need camo!
>
>Tina
>
>On Sat, Dec 14, 2019 at 10:14 AM Douglas Herr via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
>wrote:
>
>> Last week I visited a nearby pond and waited a few hours for the birds to
>> become accustomed to my "blind", which consisted of camo mesh netting
>> thrown over my head.
>>
>> Pied-billed Grebes ordinarily are quite wary but at times this bird was
>> too close for the 600mm lens to focus
>>
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/podicipedidae/podilymbus/pbgreb16.html
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/podicipedidae/podilymbus/pbgreb17.html
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/podicipedidae/podilymbus/pbgreb18.html
>>
>> The bird I was most interested in is the Bufflehead
>>
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/bucephala/buffle04.html
>>
>> while the mallards proved that ubiquity does not preclude beauty
>>
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/anas/mallar09.html
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/anas/mallar13.html
>>
>> a7rIII, 600/4 GM
>>
>> all comments welcome.
>>
>>
>> Doug Herr
>> Birdman of Sacramento
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>>
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