Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric <ericm@pobox.com> wrote: >Doug, how close do you usually get to your bird subjects? As close as they'll allow. Under the best of conditions that's about 6'. More typical is about 20' and it might take a few hours of hanging around melting into the background scenery to do that. The Tree Swallow, a small bird, was about 15' away and I used the full-frame equivalent of a 560mm lens (400mm * 1.37). Extension tubes are my friends. > >I shot these with the equivalent of a 672/5.6 lens since I was using a >"cropped" sensor to get more magnification. And even then, I cropped down >another 2x. So I've got the field of view of a 1400mm lens. And I was only >10-15 away! You might want to check the actual distance I suspect the Killdeer was at least twice as far away. The bird in this photo http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/charadriidae/kill00.jpg was between 6' and 10' away with a 300mm lens (no cropping) >Mother(?) Killdeer >http://canid.com/current/070528_011.html > >Well hidden eggs >http://canid.com/current/070528_012.html > >Standing Guard >http://canid.com/current/070528_013.html > >Yelling at the Intruding Photographer >http://canid.com/current/070528_014.html > >Four Eggs >http://canid.com/current/070528_015.html keep watching that nest, once the eggs hatch the chicks are on their feet and gone! Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com