Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina Manley wrote: >>> Wonderful, as usual! The background just show how well camouflaged she is, but I'm glad you braved the slugs to get her head against the black. You must crawl really, really quietly! <<< I'll usually talk to the animal because a predator is silent. Thanks for the comments, Tina. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 12:29 AM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>wrote: > This weekend I made a quick trip (for family) to Brookings Oregon, on the > Pacific coast just north of the California/Oregon border. While there I > found a female Ruffed Grouse who was far more tolerant of a camo-clad > photographer than I expected: > > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/phasianidae/rugrou00.html > > The background was a bit difficult to work with because of the clutter of > the leaf litter on the forest floor; also the grouse' preferred habitat is > the dense understory of the Pacific Northwest's temperate rain forest, so > getting a clear view of the bird meant getting really really close with an > ultrawide-angle lens (100mm APO in this case). Now, about the background... > I wanted a darker background behind the bird's head, which in this > particular case was more distant. The best way to get the dark background > was a very low camera angle, which meant on my belly in the rain forest with > huge banana slugs nearby. > > technical stuff: R8/DMR, 100mm APO, slight crop, shoulder stock, heavy > fog/light drizzle lighting. All comments welcome. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - Microsoft? Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange