Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Super shots. Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 10:04 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>wrote: > I recently visited Plumas County California where several Short-eared Owls > had been reported. I ditched work on Friday (with boss's permission) and > left early on Thursday to catch the owls in evening light: > > > The owls were perched on roadside fence posts when I arrived. Traffic on > the road was very light, perhaps one vehicle every half hour, so I stopped > the truck in the wrong-way lane and made some photos out the driver's side > window. The locals are used to this sort of thing, even the highway patrol > passed by without a word. > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl00.html > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl01.html > > Owls need a warmup before a night of hunting: > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl02.html > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl03.html > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl04.html > > Once the sun dips below the horizon the hunt is on: > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl05.html > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl06.html > > I caught up with the owl the following morning is the fog: > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl07.html > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl08.html > > Once the fog burned off the owl dropped to the cover of a weedy roadside > ditch. The message I got here was "hey, napping going on here, enough with > the clicking!" > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl09.html > > All photos: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO. Most with 1.4x APO-Extender-R, shoulder > stock & monopod. Last photo without extender, with tripod. 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 >