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Black-tailed Hare a.k.a. Jackrabbit


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<B>Black-tailed Hare</B> - Sacramento County, California<BR>

<I>Leicaflex SL2, 280mm f/2.8 APO-Telyt-R, 1.4x

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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.

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Comments are always welcome.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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