Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/07

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: California Twohee
From: bjq1 at mac.com (Bernard Quinn)
Date: Tue, 07 May 2013 06:25:15 -0400
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You nailed it!

Barney

Barney Quinn, WK3Z
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On May 7, 2013, at 12:11 AM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> 
wrote:

> 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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