Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/06

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: California Twohee
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 21:11:18 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
 
I consider the drab species a personal challenge.  The California Towhee is 
common but difficult to photograph well because the bird's coloration 
doesn't stand out in its environment; as I see it the trick is to make the 
foreground and background more drab than the bird so the bird will stand 
out.  What do you think?

http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/emberizidae/catowh03.html

technical stuff: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R, tripod & blind, a handful of 
seed.  Slight crop, sky in upper left corner filled in with "tree".  All 
comments welcome.

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