Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug: What do you mean "for now..."? So you're going to eat the fish, then take the shot next time? Fro what it's worth, I like this one a lot. Can't imagine an improvement. Relax! Best, Bob On Jan 25, 2008, at 8:45, Jim Nichols wrote: Doug, That's a great shot. Good luck on sneaking up closer. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net> To: <lug@leica-users.org>; "LEG" <leica@freelists.org>; "LeicaReflex" <leicareflex@freelists.org> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 8:15 AM 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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