[OFB Cafe] Tilt/Shift Lens

Patrick Shanahan patrick.shanahan at gmail.com
Thu Jul 24 21:11:28 CDT 2008


* dep <dep at drippingwithirony.com> [07-24-08 21:57]:
> 
> irritating is that we have a substantial population of pileated woodpeckers 
> around here -- think woody woodpecker, 18 inches tall. i've seem one near 
> the house twice. once, one sunday morning, when it was raining, i went to 
> the kitchen for coffee and there he was, hanging on to the side of one of 
> the porch posts. but they're skittish and he took off before i could grab 
> the camera. the other time, he was in a woodpile at the edge of the woods, 
> and you could only see his head and neck from time to time. but that would 
> be the real catch. that and the red-tail hawk that circles in the valley 
> in front of the house. i'll get that one sometime.

I have a pair that feed several times a year on my soot feeder in
front of the house.  I have not had occasion to photograph one but
will.  I saw them three or four times last year but only once the year
before.  I have not seen them this year.

Central Indiana.
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