[Leica] from under the net

[Don Dory]

Thank you for the flight images.  With a 600 a gimbal/sidekick makes
tracking a moving object a study in catching the subject and not balancing
a heavy lens.

On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 11:08 PM Doug Herr via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> I use a different camera support for different situations.  For waiting
> quietly under the camo net I’m using a small very portable tripod near
> ground level (the camp chair places my butt a couple of inches off the
> ground) and an acratech long lens head.  For flight photos I use a big
> standing-height tripod with the same head, or with a sidekick added to the
> head.
>
> The in-flight photos are here, beginning in November 2019:
>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/anser/ansros.html <
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/anser/ansros.html>
>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/spatula/spacly.html <
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/spatula/spacly.html>
>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/anas/anaacu.html <
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/anas/anaacu.html>
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/>
>
>
>
> > On Jan 27, 2020, at 7:37 AM, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > Your images don't require comments as they stand with any of the best
> bird
> > photographers extant.  However, I wonder if you are using a gimbal for
> the
> > 600 as I am not seeing in flight images.
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 5:44 AM Douglas Herr via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I spent a few hours under camo netting at the nearby American River here
> >> in Sacramento County and made a few photos:
> >>
> >> a resident Bald Eagle
> >>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/haliaeetus/halleu12.html
> >>
> >> Barrow's Goldeneye visiting for the winter
> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/bucephala/bucisl08.html
> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/bucephala/bucisl10.html
> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/bucephala/bucisl11.html
> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/bucephala/bucisl12.html
> >>
> >> Common Merganser
> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/mergus/mermer27.html
> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/mergus/mermer28.html
> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/mergus/mermer30.html
> >>
> >> all photos: a7rIII, 600/4 GM, tripod, comfy camp chair, cheap camo
> netting
> >> all comments are welcome.
> >>
> >> Doug Herr
> >> Birdman of Sacramento
> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> >>
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Don
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