Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A non-releasable male American Kestrel in the care of a licensed care and rehabilitation facility, in yesterday's gorgeous partial overcast light: http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/falconidae/amke02.html The American Kestrel is the smallest of the regularly-occurring falcons in North America north of Mexico. As is usual for birds of prey the male is somewhat smaller than the female. He may be tiny but his attitude is 100% falcon. Mouse, beware! technical stuff: R8/DMR @ ISO 400 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R about 1/750 sec @ f/5.6 shoulder stock & monopod All comments welcome. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com