Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Beautiful detail, Doug. And the sun position was perfect to give you both a shadow and a reflection. You can't do much better than that. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> To: <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 3:28 PM Subject: [Leica] IMG: Long-billed Dowitcher > This morning I visited the Davis Wetlands, which is the final stage of the > Davis city sewage treatment facility. The ponds have been drying up over > the summer and now, mid-August, most have turned into dried cracked mud. > The mudflats that still have water in them harbor huge numbers of > invertebrate animals beneath the surface and it's these critters that the > shorebirds probe for with their long bills. > > One particular mud flat/pond was especially suited to setting up a blind > with a semi-dry grassy hill within a few feet of the water's edge; I > waited in this spot inside the blind for 3 hours to photograph Dowitcher > (a medium-sized Sandpiper): > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/scolopacidae/lbdowi04.html > > technical stuff: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO, tripod & blind. 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 > >