Ted Grant wrote: >Doug Herr offered: >> >>http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/nsow02.jpg >>http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/tytonidae/baow01.jpg >>http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/falconidae/amke03.jpg >>http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/falconidae/amke04.jpg >>http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/falconidae/amke05.jpg >>http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/swha01.jpg >>http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/feha04.jpg > > > >Hi Doug, > >Your photos are as usual beautiful, crisp, and telling of each bird. But >there's an added note to them. And that is they were injured and saved to >live another day. Certainly giving you the opportunity to photograph them >right up close and in your face. I'm sure a very difficult thing out in the >country side. > > > >Your photography goes beyond a Happy Snap of a critter, it's because they >are so sharply detailed children of this day can learn so much about other >living creatures of the planet and space we share. Once again wonderful >story telling photography. > > > >That 280 is sure one piece of sharp glass. Of course the guy focusing it >needs a steady hand also! :-) > Thanks Ted! Not only are these birds living to see another day, they're also part of the rescue team. One of the non-releasable Golden Eagles was taken off display last week to be a foster mom to eggs from a nest that was in a tree that had been carelessly cut down (how's that for a run-on sentence?). About that 280mm lens... it will be the last one pried from my cold, dead hands. One of Leica's masterpieces. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com ========================================================= To Unsubscribe: Send email to leica-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. The acknowledgment that you then receive MUST be replied to per instructions. You may also log in to the Web interface to unsubscribe.
