Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, Since you are handing out tips on how you get those great pictures, here's another question for you -- do you wear anything special that makes you less conspicuous to the birds, or is it just a matter of hanging around and letting them get used to you? Regards, Rob McClure On May 28, 2007, at 10:18 PM, Douglas Herr wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >