Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wildlife photography can be fun and exciting, like hunting but without anything dying. But just like hunting, getting close to the animal is not as easy as it might seem. I had the best luck getting camouflaged, setting up a tripod, and then sitting motionless (alone) for 30 minutes or so. If you think one can go out with a 135mm lens and get an image that looks anything other than forest, I would suggest the zoo. And even then, you'll be doing a lot of cropping! Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of > SthRosner@aol.com > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 6:27 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] suitability of M for wildlife photography > > > In a message dated 12/19/01 6:40:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, > TomF@piengr.com > writes: > > > So why wildlife photography? All sense of intimacy > > and involvement is lost. > > Depends on the wildlife. One might not wish to get too intimate > with a couple > of large wild felines or an ill-tempered water buffalo or a pack > of wild dogs > in the African veldt. I've been there, on foot, downwind, unarmed > (although > accompanied by an African game warden and his 375 magnum scoped rifle or > whatever), and you don't want anything less than a 200mm lens on > your camera. > > Seth LaK 9 > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html