Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, I would call the photo very good, sharp as a tack in its natural environment. I was not familiar with this species, but my Oshkosh-born wife said she had seen it in one of our bird books. Congratulations on a fine capture. 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: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 11:55 PM Subject: [Leica] IMG: Brown Creeper > Last weekend's family activities left little time for my usual sort of > photography but I did find in a forested park for an hour or so, where I > photographed a Brown Creeper: > > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/certhiidae/brcr00.html > > Technically this is not one of my best, I'm posting this photo because I'm > excited that I got ANY picture of the bird. The Brown Creeper is a tiny > perpetual motion organism: starting at the bottom of a tree it spirals up > the tree at full speed while searching crevices for insect snacks; > reaching the upper parts of the tree, the creeper then drops to another > tree to repeat the process. Lighting in the forest is dim, the spiral > climb puts the bird out of range in a matter of seconds, and there's > really no telling which tree the bird will drop to next. Most photos were > deleted due to subject motion. > > technical stuff: R8/DMR, 560mm f/6.8, ISO 800, 1/180 sec @ f/6.8 > > All comments welcome. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >