Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]David Given the general skittishness of this species, your efforts are most commendable. Seeing that picture makes me regret the sale of my 400/6.8. Roy On Feb 23, 2004, at 2:17 PM, David Young wrote: > > As many of you know, it was my long standing admiration for the work > of Doug Herr that got me thinking about 400/f.6.8 Telyt. Then my > wife, Rose, offered to buy me one for Christmas! :) > > By late January, I had an early model, in virtually mint shape, in my > hands.... but no chance to really try it out until last week. Whilst > walking on the beach on Hornby Island, I spotted a Great Blue Heron, > standing on a log, about 30 meters (100 feet) ahead. > > Using patience and stealth, I got within 20'. The result, a hand-held > shot using the 400 and a 2x converter, can be seen by going to: > http://www.horizon.bc.ca/~dnr and then clicking on "Featured Photo". > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html