Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/07

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Doug herr, eat your heart out!
From: Doug Herr <telyt@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 09:12:08 -0800

on 11/7/03 6:37 AM, Kyle Cassidy at KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu wrote:

> I went on a bird excursion last week to photograph some of these rare and
> wonderful animals.
> 
> http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/paw/2003/42/2.jpg
> 
> Unlike doug who uses a long lens from a distance, in my bird photography, I
> disguise myself as a pile of bird seed and creep slowly towards them,
> photographing with a 17mm lens. As I get near the bird, in order to catch it
> "on the wing" I fling off my disguise and shriek "I'm a cat!". The
> adrenneline gives the birds a flush of extra color. This type of bird I've
> not seen in doug's portfolio, so it must be rare indeed!
> 

South end of northbound bird... yep, unlikely you'll see it on my website
;-)

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com



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