doug herr Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 <CENTER><A HREF="http://www.wildlightphoto.com" target="_blank"><IMG SRC="http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/lagomorphs/btha01.jpg"></A><BR><B>Black-tailed Hare</B> - Sacramento County, California<BR><I>Leicaflex SL2, 280mm f/2.8 APO-Telyt-R, 1.4x APO-Extender-R modified to fit Leicaflex</I></CENTER><P>I've been developing my approach technique. These BTHA are tough critters!! I certainly haven't perfected the technique with this species but I've seen some progress.<P>Typically I'll stay outside the animal's fight/flight distance until it realizes I'm not a threat, then slowly approach, watching for signs of nervousness. The fight/flight distance, and the time it takes for the animal to become comfortable with my presence varies greatly and the hare's distance is generally a lot more than the visibility in it's typical habitat.<P>Comments are always welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_amiet2 Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Doug, I guess when you show the black tail, we'll know you got close enough! Actually, I like this one as is. Seems very natural. Love (as usual) your OOF areas. The toning of the grass 'buds' with the rabbits colouring is particularly pleasing to my eye. Would love to get into really long tele-work myself, but financing it seems to be the first step. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatrice_flowers Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Those guys really like to hear a to; those *ears*! AWACS detection system. Can't begin to imagine the patience invested to get a shot like that. I really like the pale green you got here; refeshingly unvelvian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_neuthaler Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Damn it, Doug. Another one of your beautiful, carefully-planned exquisite nature photos. Leave us alone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry_rory Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Another great Hare from Herr. Thanks from this Hare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtk Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 http://www.southernnewmexico.com/Articles/Wildlife/Jackrabbits-remarkablecri.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny massey Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Another vote for your hare, and better than my motionless Hare from here.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtk Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 The worst meat I ever et was jackrabbit, cooked over mesquite in Texas. Pfaugh. Like anything else, I'd imagine it improves considerably with enough home grown red chili. They're easier to approach by blundering up to them than by stalking. Locate them with binoculars, identify the spot you want to get to, march over there casually. Jackrabbit's hardwiring tells it that someone being tentative and quiet is probably stalking. Jackrabbits squeal in distress. This doesn't draw help (what help can a jackrabbit offer), it draws predators: Mme Nature thinks there are more than enough jackrabbits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom m. Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Hurrah for Herr's hare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brunom Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Doug I like this shot a lot - full of tension, and I keep waiting for it to leap away to the right at the slightest provocation - Great picture ! Bruno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulr Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Doug Herr "the master of manual focusing". Up here where I live, I have plenty of these "long ears" around. Maybe I consume too much coffee but would not consider using anything but one of those VR lenses on my F5 with auto tracking auto firing auto everything. Probably still would not get such a fine sharp shot. Thanks for your outstanding work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivek iyer Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Outstanding, indeed! Yet another inspiring shot! Thanks a bunch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_piper2 Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 So where (Herr Herr) can I get an APO-extender-R "modified to fit Leicaflex"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug herr Posted June 21, 2005 Author Share Posted June 21, 2005 Thanks for the comments, everyone. Andy, the modified 1.4x APO extender is my own work. The mod consists of replacing the R-only flange with a suitable Leicaflex-compatible flange. It still works exactly as before on R bodies (full meter and diaphragm coupling) and now it also can be used on Leicaflexes, with stop-down metering on the SL and SL2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_mcallister Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Nice shot of my couzin Jack. Steve Easter Bunny A bare and a rabitt was settin in the woods next to each uther takin dumps. Bare sez to the rabitt, hey, do you have trubble with she-it stickin to you're fur? Nope sez the rabitt. Good sez the bare, picks up the rabitt an wipes his ay dubble ess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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