[LRflex] Re: Long-eared Owl (Asio otis)
- From: David Young <telyt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 07:35:04 -0800
Douglas Herr wrote:
>This one needs a few disclaimers. Maneuvering an 800mm lens and hefty
>tripod through a dense patch of woods is no picnic, especially when the
>subject is doing its best to keep a significant screen of branches between
>itself and the hairy two-legged creature. Technically... let's just say I
>won't be manking any big prints of this photo.
>
>Without further ado, my Long-eared Owl photo:
>
>http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/leow01.html
>
>Hardware, etc: Leicaflex SL2, 560mm f/6.8 Telyt, 1.4x APO-Extender-R, Provia
>400F film. Exposure was probably 1/15 sec with mirror pre-release.
>
>Doug Herr
>Birdman of Sacramento
>http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>
G'mornin' Doug!
Why is it that my best shots never look as good as your 'rejects'?
An absolutely stunning shot!
I can identify with your comment about lugging an 800mm through the
dense bush. Recently, in Grande Prairie, Alberta, I got a report of some
moose in a nearby woods. Off I went, 400 f6.8 Telyt and 2x mounted,
through 16" snow at about -15C. Brrrr! The woods were so thick that even
a really bad shot was impossible. By the time I got close enough to them
to have a semi-clear shot, I was so close that I had a choice of the
left eye or the right nostril! Like an idiot, I'd rushed out, when I got
the word, and took only the one lens. Came back with nothing except a
really cold nose! ;-)
Still, as super shot and a really neat owl!
Cheers!
--
David Young,
Logan Lake, BC
CANADA.
Personal Web-site at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt
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