Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The posts here have made some very interesting points. South American parrots, especially the predominantly red green-wings, the hyacinths and the scarlets are very curious and sociable and respond positively to those who have a special empathy for them. I have taken photographs in Central America with very modest equipment which are more meaningful to me personally than the spectacular shots taken by highly talented pros with powerful telephoto lenses. I think the M6 could well be perfect for this use. African parrots are a different story - extremely nervous and unapproachable in the wild and I expect and something like a Canon EOS 1 - D (which is supposed to be waterproof - the rainforest is unbelievably wet) would be more versatile. Only problem is that digital is still not quite there and the ID is quite pricy for something with banding problems and which is far form perfect and will probably be obsolete within a short period. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Finnegan" <TomF@piengr.com> > > Wasn't it Robert Capa that said something along the lines of, 'if the > picture isn't any good, you are not close enough'. So much of wildlife > photography is static stale pictures of animals taken from a long ways away > with some monster lens. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html