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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Brown Creeper
From: jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Wed Apr 9 08:54:57 2008
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Doug,

Overnight, it occurred to me that getting your shoulder stock from 
California to Wisconsin could have been an adventure if you travelled by 
air.  Is there a story behind this?

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 11:55 PM
Subject: [Leica] IMG: Brown Creeper


> 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
>
>
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