Re: IMG: Ruffed Grouse
- From: Jeffery Smith <smithjeffery@xxxxxxx>
- To: leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 03 May 2010 16:53:11 -0500
Her colors are a pretty close match to the background. Very nice catch.
Jeffery
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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