[LRflex] Re: A pat on the back...
- From: Douglas Herr <telyt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 08:12:19 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
David Young <telyt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Yesterday, I was looking up something in my favourite bird book
>(that's a book for bird-brains!) and then spent some time simply
>examining the photos.
>
>Most were quite good...though some made me feel that shots of similar
>birds in my own collection were superior to those in the book. That
>made me feel a bit better! :-)
>
>However, there was one shot, of an immature Northern Goshawk (page
>94, RT, Stokes Field Guide to Birds - Western Region) that seemed
>head and shoulders above the rest.
>
>The image was aesthetically pleasing and the focus was spot on
>(something basic, but which cannot be said of all shots in the
>book!). But what got me was the smoothness of the OOF background
>(Bokeh?). A quick glance at the photo credits determined it was shot
>by one D.R. Herr.
>
>Might that be our own Birdman of Sacramento?
David, does it look anything like this photo?
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/nogo01.html
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Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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