Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]can not open your server simon j - ----- Original Message ----- 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 > > > > -- > 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