[Leica] IMG: Work in progress

[wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)]

Tonight's attempt at the owl was somewhat unsuccessful.  It flew too close 
and I spent too much time fiddling with the tripod while holding a 
flashlight on the bird.  Tomorrow I'll put a floodlight on the tripod & put 
the camera on the shoulder stock instead of on the tripod.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com


-----Original Message-----
>From: grduprey at mchsi.com
>Sent: Apr 4, 2011 9:18 PM
>To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Work in progress
>
>Doug,
>
>Nice catch.  I'm still working on a good owl shot, but as you say, it takes 
>a ton of luck.
>
>Cheers,
>Gene
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
>To: lug at leica-users.org, "LEG" <leica at freelists.org>, "LeicaReflex" 
><leicareflex at freelists.org>
>Sent: Sunday, April 3, 2011 10:47:26 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
>Subject: [Leica] IMG: Work in progress
>
>Owls in the wild are not easy:
>
>http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/wsowl01.html
>
>This was a few minutes ago in my back yard.  R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO+1.4x 
>APO-Extender-R, tripod, flash & flashlight.
>
>A pair of Western Screech Owls has been nesting annually in a cavity in my 
>back yard cottonwood tree for a number of years and I finally got off my 
>butt and tried to get some photos of them.  One of the adults roosts in a 
>neighboring tree during the day (I haven't found the roost tree yet) and 
>flies into the nest tree just as it's becoming impossible to see anything, 
>calls the other adult out off the nest hole, and takes its turn with the 
>eggs.  The whole process takes only a minute or so in which time I have to 
>find the incoming owl, find a spot with a clear view, find the bird in the 
>camera's viewfinder, focus and trip the shutter.  A hand-held flashlight 
>(UK: torch) helps immensely.  All comments welcome.
>
>Doug Herr
>Birdman of Sacramento
>http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>
>
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