Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/08/11

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Long-billed Dowitcher
From: montoid at earthlink.net (Montie)
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 16:35:24 -0400 (GMT-04:00)

Well worth the wait! Perfectly captured!

Montie

Montie
>This morning I visited the Davis Wetlands, which is the final stage of the 
>Davis city sewage treatment facility.  The ponds have been drying up over 
>the summer and now, mid-August, most have turned into dried cracked mud.  
>The mudflats that still have water in them harbor huge numbers of 
>invertebrate animals beneath the surface and it's these critters that the 
>shorebirds probe for with their long bills.
>
>One particular mud flat/pond was especially suited to setting up a blind 
>with a semi-dry grassy hill within a few feet of the water's edge; I waited 
>in this spot inside the blind for 3 hours to photograph Dowitcher (a 
>medium-sized Sandpiper):
>
>http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/scolopacidae/lbdowi04.html
>
>technical stuff: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO, tripod & blind.  All comments 
>welcome.
>
>Doug Herr
>Birdman of Sacramento
>http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>
>
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