[Leica] Raptor fishing action

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

I have to agree with Doug on this. ?The state of Wildlife photography, 
especially bird photography, is all in what technology you bring out and 
very little on skill. ?This past Sunday I was the featured photographer for 
the month. ?I showed a selection of photos mostly from the trip to Europe, 
but ended the presentation with a couple of my Bald Eagle shots, not those 
on the gallery. ?We got to talking about the photos and what I used to get 
them and they were stunned I did not have AF and IS lenses, but my only my 
Archaic MF 560 Telyt on the R8/DMR. ?I also have noted while out shooting on 
the river, all the photogs out there are using their C & N cameras with big 
AF/IS lenses with motors buzzing away, with no effort to planning their 
shots etc.


Gene



 -------------- Original message from Doug Herr 
<wildlightphoto@earthlink.net>: --------------


> Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:
> 
> >>>>
> On Feb 17, 2009, at 2:10 AM, Gary wrote:
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> >
> > A friend sent this link to me... Comments?
> >
> >
> > http://www.miguellasa.com/photos/sspopup.mg?AlbumID=1001578
> >
> 
> 
> These are FANTASTIC action shots. I find them much more appealing  
> than the usual bird photographs where the subjects look like they  
> were stuffed and mounted in a museum. They imply that the  
> photographer had lightning quick reflexes, a camera with minimum  
> shutter lag, great focusing ability with a long telephoto lens, and  
> an almost infinite supply of film. Are any technical details  
> available for these photos, camera, lens, film or digital, location?
> <<<<
> The vast majority of wildlife photographers depend more on fast frame 
> rates than lightning quick reflexes or minimum shutter lag, keeping a 
> cross-type AF sensor on the subject and "sharpening" software instead of 
> great focussing ability (didja notice the sharp background and blurry bird 
> photo, and all the sharp 
> tails and "sharpened" osprey heads?) and a fast large-capacity memory card 
> instead of film.  Go to any internet wildlife photography forum and it's 
> all 
> about IS or VR, AF speed and the aperture the lens needs to be to make the 
> AF 
> work acceptably fast, frame rates, and high ISO.  Reflexes are a thing of 
> the 
> past, and the skills required now are more in programming the camera and 
> lens 
> than in eye/hand coordination.  I'm not intending to grump on anyone's 
> photos, 
> that's just how it is.
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Kailua
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> 
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