Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, What a neat little bird. I have tried to photograph little birds that run up and down the trees and have had no luck at all. This is a very fine catch and has to be one of your best quick on the draw shots. Very well done and I think the usual DH quality. Regards, Len On Apr 9, 2008, at 12:55 AM, wildlightphoto@earthlink.net wrote: > 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