[Leica] from under the net

[Doug Herr]

the 600 balances quite well on the long lens head without the Sidekick.

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



> On Jan 28, 2020, at 12:39 AM, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> 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 <mailto: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/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/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> <
>> 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/> <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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