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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Sparrows
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll Querol)
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:01:21 +0100
References: <380-220101219165558242@M2W142.mail2web.com>

Doug,

Your work and the world you show us is absolutely wonderful, it  
requires a great dedication and work, I try to never loss to see at  
your pictures.

Thanks for sharing,

Cheers
Lluis


El 19/01/2010, a las 17:55, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net escribi?:

> Realizing I had very few good photos of the birds literally in my back
> yard, I spent a few hours last weekend sitting by my feeding  
> station.  Five
> species of sparrows (family Emberizidae) visited:
>
> Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon form:
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/emberizidae/doju03.html
>
> Spotted Towhee, formerly thought to be conspecific with the Eastern  
> Towhee:
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/emberizidae/spto05.html
>
> White-crowned Sparrow:
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/emberizidae/wcsp05.html
>
> Golden-crowned Sparrow:
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/bpy2010/L1260316.html
>
> California Towhee:
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/bpy2010/L1260286.html
>
> These sparrows all prefer dense brush so getting a clear view was a  
> bit
> difficult.  They also move very quickly so I ended up with numerous
> (deleted) photos of backs of heads and departing tailfeathers.   
> Those of
> you who are familiar with horses might recognize some of the 'dirt  
> clods'
> in the Spotted Towhee photo.
>
> My previous attempts at photographing these backyard birds involved  
> a blind
> with unsatisfactory results, so this time I simply sat quietly and  
> waited
> for the birds to learn that I wasn't about to eat them.
>
> technical stuff: Leica R8 with DMR, 560mm f/6.8 Telyt-R with UET-R
> extension tube, tripod.  All comments welcome.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
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