Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] PECOW 5: carrion for Mother's Day - not for the squeamish
From: Roy Zartarian <rzartarian@snet.net>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 21:33:25 -0400

Thanks, Mike.

This was one of the fortunate incidents where I happened upon a young 
bird who hadn't yet developed a fear of humans. I think I was 
photographing from about 40 feet away.

Roy

On Thursday, May 15, 2003, at 09:44 PM, Mike Durling wrote:

> Good work, I can't get anywhere near those guys.
>
> Mike D
>
> Roy Zartarian wrote:
>> LUGs:
>> After a long hiatus, I've finally gotten myself out with a camera and 
>> then back to the darkroom.  My latest Picture Every Couple of Weeks 
>> features a first year Turkey Vulture encountered during the course of 
>> a Mother's Day dog walk in the middle of a nearby street.  The bird 
>> was eating a dead squirrel.  Once the labrador had finished what he 
>> was supposed to do, I hustled him home and returned with the bird 
>> shooting outfit.  The subject remained in place for the exposure of 
>> an entire roll.
>> The alternates come from a bird walk earlier in the weekend. The 
>> archive photo comes from the very first roll of film I exposed with a 
>> Leica.  The subject, not surprisingly, is the dog of that period in 
>> the early eighties, the great chow Dickie.
>> The posting is at: 
>> http://www.photo.net/users/royzart/pecow/pecow05.html .  As always, 
>> comments, criticism, and Paypal transactions are welcome.
>> Roy
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