Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/06/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Beautiful. Great way to reopen your account on the resurrected LUG :-) Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Jun 13, 2014, at 5:14 PM, Doug Herr wrote: > After last weekend's photos of the White-headed Woodpecker I searched for > a nearby spring I'd heard about earlier this year. I figured that with > the unusually dry weather patterns the spring would draw birds in and with > the blind I'd get some pictures. > > The spring turned out to be no more than 2 or 3 square meters of surface > water; partly shaded and partly in full sunlight and WOW did it draw the > birds in!!! > > In the limited time I had I observed at least a dozen species, several of > which I could not photograph because of awkward viewing angles from the > blind or deep shade with dappled light or obscuring vegetation. > > The photos I did get incuded > > Townsend's Solitaire > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/turdidae/myadestes/tosoli01.html > > Mountain Bluebird > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/turdidae/sialia/moblue07.html > > Yellow-rumped Warbler > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/parulidae/setophaga/yrwarb06.html > > and Dark-eyed Junco > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/emberizidae/junco/dojunc04.html > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/emberizidae/junco/dojunc05.html > > It's a safe bet I'll be going back there soon. > > All photos: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R, lightweight ground-level tripod > & blind. > > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >