Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Excellent indeed. I think no. 5 is my favourite. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman photo at frozenlight.eu http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.frozenlight.eu ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! > On 2 Oct 2022, at 00:45, Douglas Herr via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > In August I set out on a quest to find the Pileated Woodpecker, since my > photos of the bird up to that point were not my best work. Visiting a > location known to be a good bet for the species, I spent the first two > days on the trails where I was told it was most likely to be seen, without > any results other than a tantalizing few calls and a couple of flashes of > the bird flying through the treetops. According to my phone I had hiked 15 > miles in search of the bird, meanwhile carrying a much-too-big camera in > hopes of putting certain pixels resembling the woodpecker onto my camera's > memory card.On the evening of the second day I camped near a promising > puddle at the edge of a meadow which I suspected would yield good > passerine activity the next morning (I was not disappointed). While > preparing to light the camp stove I heard the unmistakable pounding of a > powerful bill on tree stump. Shoving dinner in the bear box, grabbing > camera, I found the bird about 100' from the campsite and follow > ed for about a half-hour as the light faded, while the bird ignored me > foraging for its own dinner. A most excellent adventure. > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryocopus/pileatus/drypil01.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryocopus/pileatus/drypil02.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryocopus/pileatus/drypil03.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryocopus/pileatus/drypil04.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryocopus/pileatus/drypil05.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryocopus/pileatus/drypil06.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryocopus/pileatus/drypil07.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryocopus/pileatus/drypil08.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryocopus/pileatus/drypil09.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryocopus/pileatus/drypil10.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryocopus/pileatus/drypil11.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryocopus/pileatus/drypil12.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryocopus/pileatus/drypil13.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryocopus/pileatus/drypil14.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryocopus/pileatus/drypil15.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryocopus/pileatus/drypil16.html > > With this set of photos I now have good photos of all woodpeckers normally > found in Northern California, plus a couple of extras > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/melanerpes/lewis/mellew07.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/melanerpes/formicivorus/melfor40.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryobates/nuttallii/drynut10.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryobates/pubescens/drypub02.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryobates/villosus/dryvil03.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryobates/albolarvatus/dryalb10.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/picoides/arcticus/picarc04.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/sphyrapicus/thyroideus/sphthy15.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/sphyrapicus/thyroideus/sphthy21.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/sphyrapicus/varius/sphvar03.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/sphyrapicus/nuchalis/sphnuc01.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/sphyrapicus/nuchalis_x_ruber/sphnur33.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/sphyrapicus/ruber/sphrub08.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/colaptes/auratus/colaut22.html > > as usual, all comments are welcome and please feel free to share with > anyone who may be interested. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information