Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 3/6/06 11:56 PM, Afterswift@aol.com at Afterswift@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 3/6/06 11:10:46 PM, lug-request@leica-users.org writes: > > >> Try photographing a Great Horned Owl near its nest then try telling me >> that >> photographing birds is without hazards!? British wildlife photographer >> Eric >> Hosking lost an eye to a closely related owl. >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------- > Most photographers I know shoot owls with a 400mm lens. > Bob - try it. See if you return unscathed. "near' in this context means within 100'. Same goes for Screech Owls and any of the accipiter species. When photographing Coopers Hawk I keep a hat on and do my best to stay in a tangle of brush the hawk can't fly through. -- Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com