Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Last weekend's family activities left little time for my usual sort of photography but I did find in a forested park for an hour or so, where I photographed a Brown Creeper: http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/certhiidae/brcr00.html Technically this is not one of my best, I'm posting this photo because I'm excited that I got ANY picture of the bird. The Brown Creeper is a tiny perpetual motion organism: starting at the bottom of a tree it spirals up the tree at full speed while searching crevices for insect snacks; reaching the upper parts of the tree, the creeper then drops to another tree to repeat the process. Lighting in the forest is dim, the spiral climb puts the bird out of range in a matter of seconds, and there's really no telling which tree the bird will drop to next. Most photos were deleted due to subject motion. technical stuff: R8/DMR, 560mm f/6.8, ISO 800, 1/180 sec @ f/6.8 All comments welcome. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com