Doug: The definitive Blue Grouse image. How About a Commemorative US Postage Stamp? It truly looks like a master's painting. Audobon with steriods! Gotta love that lens. Regards, Bob >From: "David Young" <telyt@xxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [LRflex] Re: Blue Grouse >Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 00:21:32 -0700 > >Absolutely Gorgeous, Doug! > >Superb pose and light. You've outdone yourself... and that's not an easy= > task! > >Thanks for sharing! > >David. > >On 01/09/2005 at 11:07 PM Doug Herr wrote: > > >Ordinarily the Blue Grouse is difficult to find: it blends in with the > >forest floor, it likes conifer forests high in the mountains, and it= > rarely > >flushes until you nearly step on it (thus the nickname "Fool Hen"). When >I > >heard of an easily-accessible family of Blue Grouse at Yosemite's Glacier > >Point I jumped at the opportunity: > > > >http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/tetraonidae/blgr02.html > > > >I'll be scanning several photos so rather than take up bandwidth I'll add > >them to http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/tetraonidae/blgrinfo.html as >I > >scan them. > > > >Technical stuff (above photo): Leicaflex SL, 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R, >Provia > >400F, monopod/shoulder stock. > > > >Technical stuff (project): Leicaflex SL, Leicaflex SL2, Leica R8, Provia > >400F, E100G, K25, 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R, monopod/shoulder stock. > > > >All comments welcome. > > >David Young, >Logan Lake, BC >CANADA. > >Personal Web-site at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt >Leica Reflex Forum web-page: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm > >------ >Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm >Archives are at: > www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/