Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/02

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Ruffed Grouse
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Sun, 02 May 2010 23:44:20 -0500 (CDT)
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Doug --  superb picture and the 100 APO is very impressive.   But  
considering the crop factor of the DMR, I think the 100 APO only  
qualifies as wide, not ultra-wide.  Robert

On May 2, 2010, at 11:29 PM, Doug Herr wrote:

> This weekend I made a quick trip (for family) to Brookings Oregon,  
> on the Pacific coast just north of the California/Oregon border.   
> While there I found a female Ruffed Grouse who was far more  
> tolerant of a camo-clad photographer than I expected:
>
> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/phasianidae/rugrou00.html
>
> The background was a bit difficult to work with because of the  
> clutter of the leaf litter on the forest floor; also the grouse'  
> preferred habitat is the dense understory of the Pacific  
> Northwest's temperate rain forest, so getting a clear view of the  
> bird meant getting really really close with an ultrawide-angle lens  
> (100mm APO in this case).  Now, about the background... I wanted a  
> darker background behind the bird's head, which in this particular  
> case was more distant.  The best way to get the dark background was  
> a very low camera angle, which meant on my belly in the rain forest  
> with huge banana slugs nearby.
>
> technical stuff: R8/DMR, 100mm APO, slight crop, shoulder stock,  
> heavy fog/light drizzle lighting.  All comments welcome.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>
>
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