Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, A very nice photo. Your remark in another post about talking to the birds to identify yourself as a non-predator was also pretty interesting. Best, John Doug Herr 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