Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In advertising they are put dead in the freezer in the desired pose. Makes it easier to shoot them. So kudos to the real birdmen. (Never did it myself but heard about it from a friend.) > From: Richard <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 08:52:45 -0700 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>, Leica Users Group > <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Canon Introduces 2 new digital SLR's > > What I am most impressed about is how you or other wildlife photog get > shots like that. You are using big lens that are slow to focus (and manual > at point in your case). DOF is minimal. I mean, look at this one: > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/parulidae/prwa00.html The focus is > right on the bird and not the leaves, I don't know, 2 inches away. I > imagine any noise would have scared them and off they go. I understand the > trick of some of the insect photog use is to fridge the subjects or do it > in the morning hours when they are more sluggish but I am not sure the same > can be done with birds, not the fridge part anyway. Most impressive indeed. > > At 08:21 AM 8/24/2005, Douglas Herr wrote: >> After 10 years with the R4s and R4sP I was still missing shots I would >> have gotten with the SL, simply because of the shutter lag. It was >> particularly frustrating with the wood warblers >> (http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/parulidae/index.html) which for all >> practical purposes could be used to define the word 'kinetic'. > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please > use richard at imagecraft.com) > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >