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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Belted Kingfisher
From: jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Fri Jan 25 08:45:36 2008
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Doug,

That's a great shot.  Good luck on sneaking up closer.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Belted Kingfisher


> The belted Kingfisher is notoriously difficult to get close to.  I used a 
> blind for this photo, and made liberal use of Photoshop's cropping tools.
>
> Now that I know where the bird's favorite perches are I can set up the 
> blind closer to teh perch, and with a better background.  For now, this is 
> what I've got:
>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/alcedinidae/beki03.html
>
> technical stuff:  R8/DMR @ISO 400
> 280mm f/4 APO with 1.4x APO-Extender-R
> tripod & blind
>
> All comments welcome.
>
>
> Doug Herr
> Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>
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