Doug I like your partnership-philosophy very much ;-) greetings, Axel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 5:32 PM Subject: [LRflex] Re: OT rant: No wonder birders are wary of photographers! > George Lottermoser wrote: > >> In fact I doubt you consider your subjects prey. > > Exactly! Partnership is my goal, where the animal allows me to make > photos and the animal derives some benefit from my presence (I don't feed > them). My favorite partnership to date was with this Black-tailed Hare > ("jackrabbit") who hopped toward me to get away from another, more > aggressive jackrabbit: > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/lagomorphs/bthare04.html > > the jackrabbit hopped to no more than 10' away from me, fully aware of my > presence. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/