Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/06

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] IMG: California Twohee
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 21:13:04 -0700
References: <25859341.1367899878871.JavaMail.root@elwamui-muscovy.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

On May 6, 2013, at 9:11 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> 
wrote:

> I consider the drab species a personal challenge.  The California Towhee 
> is common but difficult to photograph well because the bird's coloration 
> doesn't stand out in its environment; as I see it the trick is to make the 
> foreground and background more drab than the bird


you did it...   ;-)


> so the bird will stand out.  What do you think?
> 
> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/emberizidae/catowh03.html
> 
> technical stuff: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R, tripod & blind, a handful 
> of seed.  Slight crop, sky in upper left corner filled in with "tree".  
> 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



In reply to: Message from wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr) ([Leica] IMG: California Twohee)