[Leica] The best laid plans etc

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

>I had been trying to get close enough to any small bird to get a 
>halfway decent shot and having failed with some serious glass I
>switched to the Panasonic with a serious zoom range.
>
>Small birds still proved elusive so I bought myself a camouflage 
>suit that would convert my outline to greenery and twigs. All I
>had to do was set up somewhere and wait for the birds to come to me.
>
>I encountered an unexpected problem:
>http://www.geebeephoto.com/2008/Temp.htm
>
>This is where I was going to blend seamlessly into the background. 
>By comparison my camouflage suit was positively gaudy. For all
>the birds I was going to fool I may as well have been practicing the 
>trombone:
>http://www.geebeephoto.com/2008/Temp_02.htm
>



It's working beautifully. I can't see you playing the trombone anywhere.








>I decided to wander around for a while to let the sun get rid of my 
>camouflage antidote
>http://www.geebeephoto.com/2008/Temp_03.htm
>
>After an hour wandering about conditions had improved:
>http://www.geebeephoto.com/2008/Temp_04.htm
>
>Bird photography is almost impossible. Previously I had never been 
>able to get close enough, now they were practically perching on
>my hat. Some were so close, 4ft or so, that I dare not move to lift 
>the camera to my eye and when they were far enough away for me
>to risk moving there always seemed to be something partially 
>obscuring the bird:
>http://www.geebeephoto.com/2008/Temp_05.htm
>
>
>The best pictures are in my head and are the times that they were so 
>close that I dare not move because I could almost reach out
>and touch them. It was magical and could well be habit forming. This 
>wren is the best I got for several hours in stealth mode:
>http://www.geebeephoto.com/2008/08063.htm
>
>
>
>--Graham
>http://www.geebeephoto.com
>
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