Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well worth the wait! Perfectly captured! Montie Montie >This morning I visited the Davis Wetlands, which is the final stage of the >Davis city sewage treatment facility. The ponds have been drying up over >the summer and now, mid-August, most have turned into dried cracked mud. >The mudflats that still have water in them harbor huge numbers of >invertebrate animals beneath the surface and it's these critters that the >shorebirds probe for with their long bills. > >One particular mud flat/pond was especially suited to setting up a blind >with a semi-dry grassy hill within a few feet of the water's edge; I waited >in this spot inside the blind for 3 hours to photograph Dowitcher (a >medium-sized Sandpiper): > >http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/scolopacidae/lbdowi04.html > >technical stuff: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO, tripod & blind. 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