Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim Nichols wrote: > >Beautiful colors and sharpness, Doug. Very nicely done! > Thanks Jim. It had been a while since I had the time for photography and I was pleased to have found such delightful subjects. > >On 4/30/2014 1:17 PM, Doug Herr wrote: >> Last weekend I visited San Diego county in southern California where >> after an hour or so of fruitless hiking in the desert I returned to the >> trailhead and found a micro-flock of Hermit Warblers in the bush across >> the road from the car. >> >> Hermit Warblers spend winters in Mexico and summers in the western >> mountains from southern California to Washington state, generally in the >> tops of conifers. During migration they have to cross the lowlands and >> when crossing the deserts an oasis such as Agua Caliente county park >> draws them to water. This micro-flock of 4 or 5 birds (hard to count >> them, they move quickly and hide in the bushes) was intent on foraging >> for arthropods so I waited an hour until I turned into background scenery >> & the birds hardly paid attention to me. >> >> female: >> >> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/parulidae/setophaga/hewarb00.html >> >> male: >> >> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/parulidae/setophaga/hewarb01.html >> >> technical stuff: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R, 1.4x APO-Extender-R, >> monopod & 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