Hey, that's an approach that I might try. Thanks for the tip.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Whitmire" <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Titmouse
> There's a trick I heard about, allegedly used by some bird photographers
> because the little fellows are sometimes really hard to catch, and not
> everyone can afford a 600/f2.8. Anyway, the way the story goes is that you
> get yourself a stump or a long long with a weathered end that doesn't look
> like it's been chairsawed, and you set it on-end with a proper forest or
> wild background, and then you seed the stump, literally, so the little
> guys come in to snack. Because you've set up the "perch", you know how
> far, which lens, and you can be set up and ready to go at a second's
> notice. And the resulting pics don't have a feeder or some other man-made
> device in them. Looks like you trekked through the wild to get the shot.
> <g>
>
> I'm sure you've seen the famous angry bluebird picture that's sold a
> skazillion prints . . . ? I'm told this is how that one was done, and they
> photog even had a motion detector to fire the camera. Didn't even know
> what he had until long after.
>
> --Bob
>
>
> On Mar 29, 2011, at 4:36 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Bob. After I came back inside, I saw a pair at the feeder. My
>> old
>> ears don't hear much of the calls.
>
> --
> _________________________________________________________________
> Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
> Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
> Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
>
>
--
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
|