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, Very nice shot and nothing to complain about from my point of view. Nice work. Gene -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: wildlightphoto@earthlink.net > > 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