Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Nov 12, 2012, at 8:58 AM, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote: > doug, > > He would have never appreciated that your great shot was done with a all > manual Leica and glass that would have put his in the junk pile. I would > have had the same thoughts toward this Idiot. I cannot believe your luck > to have this hawk land that near your truck though, even thogh Duffas > scared him off. Nice photo though. > > Cheers, > gene > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> > To: lug at leica-users.org > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 8:04:08 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Red-tailed Hawk > > Yesterday while photographing Snow Geese an immature Red-tailed Hawk > landed on a sign post no more than 25' from the car. Trying not to think > about whether I had packed any spare underwear I made a few grab shots > then while changing to something shorter than 560mm a doofus pulled his > car up and flushed the hawk. He then pulled alongside my car and told me > how he'd gotten a great action shot of the hawk (as it was fleeing), then > then next words out of his mouth were "what are you shooting with?" > > This was one of the very few times I wished I had been shooting with > something non-photographic, but for some reason I restrained myself and > responded "a camera". I forgot to add "dammit". Him: "A 1D4?" > > My question: why do the biggest jerks have big white lenses? > > Oh yeah, my photo: > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/rthawk13.html a very beautiful image Doug... the hawk is even named after that a__h___ . Buteo..... s > > technical stuff: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R+2x APO-Extender-R, shoulder > stock. 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information