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Subject: Re: [Leica] Pika
From: "animal" <s.jessurun95@chello.nl>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 12:26:17 +0200
References: <BBAF803A.1259E%telyt@earthlink.net>

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From: "Doug Herr" <telyt@earthlink.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>; <leica@topica.com>;
<leica_reflex_forum@topica.com>
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 7:03 AM
Subject: [Leica] Pika


> The north american Pika is a small mammal related to rabbits and hares
which
> lives in talus slopes at high elevation in the western mountains:
>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/talus.jpg
>
> This particular pika
>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/pika01.jpg
>
> was just east of Tioga Pass, outside Yosemite National Park.  Pikas are
> found throughout the Sierra Nevada but the best photographic opportunities
> are on the eastern slope of the mountains.  The western Sierra is a
granite
> which ia much brighter than the animal's fur, so correct exposure to get
> detail in the fur without washing out the granite is next to impossible.
> OTOH the eastern slope of the Sierra is metamorphic rock, much closer to
the
> same tone as the Pika, so correct exposure is much easier.
>
> Technical stuff:  Leicaflex SL, 400mm f/6.8 Telyt with shoulder stock and
> monopod, Kodachrome 25 from my freezer stash.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>
>
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