Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The trick with herons is to come upon a young bird that hasn't yet developed the skittishness of its elders. Despite their size, adult herons, at least in my area of the northeastern U.S., do not tolerate the human presence well, although I've been able to shoot fairly closely from inside a car. One not very good example is at http://pages.cthome.net/royzartarian/heron.html. Someday I'll get scans of better slides posted. Roy On Wednesday 04 September 2002 12:08 am, Peter Klein wrote: > A couple of weekends ago, I came upon this fellow wading in the shallows in > Blaine, Washington. Now, I'm not Doug Herr, and I don't have a 400mm > Telybazooka. But I had to do something. So I mounted my 90 on the M4-P > and tiptoed as close as I could get. > > So, one Great Blue Heron in black and white, Delta 100, 90mm Elmarit, > probably 1/500 @ f/8. This is only about half the frame, blown up as big > as I dare. > > http://www.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/heron.jpg > > I really wish I'd had an SLR and a longer lens for this one. We're really > at the limit of a 2700 dpi scanner. > > --Peter - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html