[Leica] Blue Grouse

[rdcb37 at dodo.com.au (Rick Dykstra)]

Nice one Doug.  Good focus, composition and proximity.  Difficult  
lighting too.

Are you thinking of a DMR?  I might buy Erics, if he gonna flip it!  ;-)

Rick.


On 02/09/2005, at 4:07 PM, Doug Herr wrote:

> Ordinarily the Blue Grouse is difficult to find: it blends in with the
> forest floor, it likes conifer forests high in the mountains, and  
> it rarely
> flushes until you nearly step on it (thus the nickname "Fool Hen").  
> When I
> heard of an easily-accessible family of Blue Grouse at Yosemite's  
> Glacier
> Point I jumped at the opportunity:
>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/tetraonidae/blgr02.html
>
> I'll be scanning several photos so rather than take up bandwidth  
> I'll add
> them to http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/tetraonidae/ 
> blgrinfo.html as I
> scan them.
>
> Technical stuff (above photo): Leicaflex SL, 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R,  
> Provia
> 400F, monopod/shoulder stock.
>
> Technical stuff (project): Leicaflex SL, Leicaflex SL2, Leica R8,  
> Provia
> 400F, E100G, K25, 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R, monopod/shoulder stock.
>
> All comments welcome.
>
>
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