Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug You are certainly THE master of your art. Don't know the bird, but we have similar pippits here in the UK, and this is about the best image of one of that type I have seen. Gerry Gerry Walden +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or +44 (0)797 287 7932 www.gwpics.com On 19 May 2013, at 03:56, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote: > I think you did a masterful job at doing what you wanted to do. Amazing > shot of a drab bird. > > Aram > > -----Original Message----- From: Doug Herr > Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 9:11 PM > To: lug at leica-users.org > Subject: [Leica] IMG: California Twohee > > I consider the drab species a personal challenge. The California Towhee > is common but difficult to photograph well because the bird's coloration > doesn't stand out in its environment; as I see it the trick is to make the > foreground and background more drab than the bird so the bird will stand > out. What do you think? > > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/emberizidae/catowh03.html > > technical stuff: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R, tripod & blind, a handful > of seed. Slight crop, sky in upper left corner filled in with "tree". > 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