another new bird photo

A hen Ring-necked Pheasant, taking advantage of the seeds

spilled by Juncos from my back yard bird feeder:

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<B>Ring-necked Pheasant, hen</B> - Sacramento County,

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Leicaflex SL2, 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R, Kodachrome 200</I>

 

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All comments are welcome.

I am wondering, Douglas, if your reputation has spread so far that birds are trekking to your place to have their portraits made. It's probably a status symbol in the avian world, like sitting for a Liebowitz. No matter; once again, your work is magnificent.

wonderful color and crispness

Nice bird to have as a yard bird, and a nice photograph to have to remember it by. What is your list up to? When I lived in Phoenix, AZ, birdwatching in my backyard was a better hobby than most of the rest of what I did. My favorite was a pair of Harris Hawks that used to come to visit and try to convince the chickens in the coop in my backyard to come a little closer to the fence wire. The chickens were not convinced this was a good idea.

 

And thanks for your web page. Each time I've had a question about Leica R, you've had the answer.

Doug, it looks so real..!! Who builds your studio sets? ;>)

 

Dennis

Peter A wrote: <I>I note the 'easy on the eye' OOF areas, - I have

recently discovered that the Canon 70-200 2.8 ISL I use can

produce very very ugly 'bokeh' under certain conditions.</I>

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It's an imaging property I watch for in a lens. So far I've been

quite pleased with the 280 f/4's combination of a crisp plane of

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<I> I believe that Kodak has announced the end of Kodachrome -

so I would be

interested to hear what you intend to replace this with.</I>

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I don't recall hearing of an end to all Kodachromes. K25 has

been discontinued and Kodak tried to discontinue professional

K200 (and they listened to photographers' protests) but I haven't

heard of an end of all Kodachromes. Have I missed something?

I'm not sure what I'll replace it with. Provia 100F and E100G are

both quite good so I'll probably use one or both of these films.

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Jorn Ake wrote:<I> Nice bird to have as a yard bird, and a nice

photograph to have to remember it by. What is your list up to?

When I lived in Phoenix, AZ, birdwatching in my backyard was a

better hobby than most of the rest of what I did.</I>

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Jorn, my life list is a bit over 500 species. My photo list is

somewhere over 300 species. Phoenix is a <B>GREAT</B>

area for bird variety. I wish I could spend more time in AZ.

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Thanks all for looking and commenting.

Doug, I always look forward to viewing your images. Beautiful. Along with Marc Williams, your images are always at the very top of the offerings on the 'net. One of these days I will try to learn how to post an image.

I have not seen any announcement that Kodak is discontinuing Kodachrome although

A&I will be discontinuing Kodachrome processing March 1. I am sending out my last

rolls to them today. Very sad indeed.

 

By the way, I've been seeing a lot of birds I havn't seen before. Red Tailed hawks are

everywhere and last summer I saw a Pilliated woodpecker right outside the house.

Maybe the birds are coming back.

I was photographing some Pheasant that had been re-introduced into the wild at Huntley Meadows in Northern Virginia. They were not fully "re-indoctrinated" to the ways of the wild yet. They came running towards me and I had to protect them from a Great Blue that wanted lunch.

Doug, what do you charge a bird for: a head shot? 3/4 shot? full?