Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Beautiful photo Doug. As my grandfather used to say, that's why there are more horse's asses than there are horses!! Best, Bob On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 6:04 AM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>wrote: > Yesterday while photographing Snow Geese an immature Red-tailed Hawk > landed on a sign post no more than 25' from the car. Trying not to think > about whether I had packed any spare underwear I made a few grab shots then > while changing to something shorter than 560mm a doofus pulled his car up > and flushed the hawk. He then pulled alongside my car and told me how he'd > gotten a great action shot of the hawk (as it was fleeing), then then next > words out of his mouth were "what are you shooting with?" > > This was one of the very few times I wished I had been shooting with > something non-photographic, but for some reason I restrained myself and > responded "a camera". I forgot to add "dammit". Him: "A 1D4?" > > My question: why do the biggest jerks have big white lenses? > > Oh yeah, my photo: > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/rthawk13.html > > technical stuff: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R+2x APO-Extender-R, shoulder > stock. 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 > -- Bob Adler