Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Thanks for your comments, Richard. I agree about the California Towhee, > there's a better photo in my back yard somewhere. I'd also like to find a > spot in the yard w/o the equine-origin 'dirt clods'. Doug Herr Birdman of > Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -----Original Message----- >From: > Richard Man <richard.lists at gmail.com> >Sent: Jan 20, 2010 4:33 AM >To: Leica > Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Sparrows > >*Jaw > dropped, pick it back up* > >You are good. Very good. > >I do have a nitpick, > the California Towhee needs the feet, but man... > >On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at > 8:55 AM, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net ><wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> > wrote: >> Realizing I had very few good photos of the birds literally in my > back >> yard, I spent a few hours last weekend sitting by my feeding station. > ?Five >> species of sparrows (family Emberizidae) visited: >> >> Dark-eyed > Junco, Oregon form: >> > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/emberizidae/doju03.html >> >> Spotted > Towhee, formerly thought to be conspecific with the Eastern Towhee: >> > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/emberizidae/spto05.html >> >> > White-crowned Sparrow: >> > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/emberizidae/wcsp05.html >> >> > Golden-crowned Sparrow: >> > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/bpy2010/L1260316.html >> >> California > Towhee: >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/bpy2010/L1260286.html >> >> These > sparrows all prefer dense brush so getting a clear view was a bit >> > difficult. ?They also move very quickly so I ended up with numerous >> > (deleted) photos of backs of heads and departing tailfeathers. ?Those of >> > you who are familiar with horses might recognize some of the 'dirt clods'>> > in the Spotted Towhee photo. >> >> My previous attempts at photographing these > backyard birds involved a blind >> with unsatisfactory results, so this time I > simply sat quietly and waited >> for the birds to learn that I wasn't about to > eat them. >> >> technical stuff: Leica R8 with DMR, 560mm f/6.8 Telyt-R with > UET-R >> extension tube, tripod. ?All comments welcome. >> >> Doug Herr >> > Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> >> As a group a real expos? of how well camouflaged birds are in their markings. [Rabs] Mark William Rabiner