Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George Lottermoser OFFERED: Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Diego >Doug Herr wrote & showed:: > >> Diego is a young adult Red-tailed Hawk at the UC Davis California Raptor >> Center: >> >> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/rthawk06.html >> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/rthawk07.html >> >> Diego is unable to fly apparently due to wing injuries so he would not >> survive in the wild. Ordinarily a healthy Red-tailed Hawk in the wild >> will live up to ten years but in captivity Diego's life expectancy is >> about thirty years. And George said: > One of the many remarkable attributes > which subtly differentiate your photographs from other wildlife > photographers > is the individuation of the subjects. > > I often marvel at photographs of various species from many different > photographers > and think, "that's a fantastic photograph of "an elk" or "an otter" or > etc. > > Your discipline of waiting for (or editing for) "the look in the eye" > more often than not seems to make me think, "that's a fantastic portrait > of 'this individual'." Hi George & Doug, George, "You took the words right out of my voice box!" :-) Couldn't be said better! And Doug, "Once again a beautiful capture !" thank you. cheers, ted