Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, it may secretive but nothing can escape your camera and eye! Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On May 26, 2012, at 6:11 PM, Doug Herr wrote: > Friday's weather forecast for a late-season winter storm in the Sierra > Nevada mountains and spring migrant birds establishing nesting territories > in the marshes of the Sierra Valley north of Lake Tahoe got me thinking > "This could be fun". > > I photographed several species but the highlight was an very cooperative > American Bittern. The American Bittern is a secretive member of the Heron > family (Ardeidae) ordinarily heard more often than seen. Their normal > habitat is dense marshes of cattail and bullrush where the bird's cryptic > coloration and habit of standing with is bill extended skyward helps it > disappear. > > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/ardeidae/ambitt03.html > > demonstrating the "you can't see me" posture: > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/ardeidae/ambitt04.html > > and a demonstration of the Bittern Walk: > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/ardeidae/ambitt05.html > > Technical stuff (all photos): R8/DMR, shoulder stock & monopod. First two > photos made with 560mm f/6.8 Novoflex Telyt, third made with 280mm f/4 > APO-Telyt + 1.4x APO-Extender-R. All comments welcome. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >