[Leica] Bald Eagle Photos; proving I'm far lazier than doug herr

[pmcc_2000 at yahoo.com (Peter M. C. Choy)]

Wild Turkey, naturally.

Peter C.
SF, CA

--- buzz.hausner@verizon.net wrote:

> What brand of bourbon?
> 
> Buzz Hausner
> 
> >From: Kyle Cassidy <KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu>
> >Date: Tue May 31 08:32:00 CDT 2005
> >To: "'lug@leica-users.org'" <lug@leica-users.org>
> >Subject: [Leica] Bald Eagle Photos; proving I'm far
> lazier than doug herr
> 
> >In 1980, Pennsylvania had only three pairs of
> nesting bald eagles. Today,
> >there are something like 45 pairs, largely due to
> reintroduction. Hardly a
> >stellar comeback, but a significant achievement
> nonetheless.
> >
> >I knew that to photograph a bald eagle in
> Pennsylvania would be a challenge,
> >but one that I felt up for. In late 2003, a pair of
> bald eagles nested at
> >the Beaver Run Reservoir in westmorland county.
> They hatched two babies and
> >later that year, the father was shot by a turkey
> hunter but the two babies
> >survived.
> >
> >Across from their aerie is a sheer 60 foot rock
> cliff with no road access
> >that looks down from about 120 feet -- I knew this
> would be the vantage
> >point from which the nest must be photographed. I
> called
> >ye-professional-photo palace to rent a 600mm f4
> AF-S and a 1.4x
> >teleconverter, and looked into the proper gear
> backpack for climbing the
> >rockface. Then I scheduled climbing lessons at the
> Centerville Rock Wall
> >gym. Bob Tukkas was very helpful in teaching me
> piton and caribeaner skills.
> >I slated two hours for the climb which left me with
> a dilema, I wanted to
> >get there just as the crepuscular light broke over
> the nest, which would
> >have me climbing at dark, a dangerous prospect. 
> >
> >"Ah, what the hell," I figured, and took the lens
> rental money, bought a
> >case of burbon and went to the philadelphia zoo and
> photographed Ritz and
> >Glory with a 300mm where they sat, ignominiously,
> with an autographed
> >(philadelphia eagles) football, looking very bored.
> 
> >
>
>http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/lj/2005/eagle.jpg
> >
> >Then I had ice cream and went home, realizing I'll
> never be half the
> >photographer doug herr is, but I do have a case of
> burbon.
> 
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