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Chico California

Doug Herr

Member
I'll be showing a few photos at Avenue 9 Gallery in Chico from January 15 through 31 in connection with the annual Snow Goose Festival. Last year the artist reception was PACKED with patrons and sales were quite satisfactory :)

I'll be showing these photos:

caquai07.jpg


buor00.jpg


buow04.jpg


blbear05.jpg


rogoos02.jpg

 

Jarmo Juntunen

Well-known member
Excellent work Doug! Good luck with the show.

ps. "The goose take-off chaos" is my favourite of the set. Feel free to use the title ;-)
 

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
I'll be showing a few photos at Avenue 9 Gallery in Chico from January 15 through 31 in connection with the annual Snow Goose Festival. Last year the artist reception was PACKED with patrons and sales were quite satisfactory :)


blbear05.jpg




Hi Doug,

This fellow is adorable. where was this taken and how close were you? I'd want to look behind me all the time with this cub!


buor00.jpg


The color is so rich! So what's your setup? Are you a luck 100-400 Canon guy or you use a really special lens?

Asher
 

Doug Herr

Member

blbear05.jpg




Hi Doug,

This fellow is adorable. where was this taken and how close were you? I'd want to look behind me all the time with this cub!

I'd guess I was 50' from this guy. I spent a week with this cub and his mom at Taylor Creek Lake Tahoe where the bears are accustomed to people and vice versa. BooBoo's mom (Blondie) was off to the right when I made this picture; she was quite comfortable around photographers. The Forest Service keeps track of the bears and makes sure any encounters end without bloodshed, sometimes by scaring the bear away.

While I was there Blondie taught BooBoo to catch live fish.
blbear06.jpg

He started with fish that were already dead, but when he first caught a live fish Blondie came over to check it out & BooBoo told her very clearly "My fish, not sharing".

buor00.jpg


The color is so rich! So what's your setup? Are you a luck 100-400 Canon guy or you use a really special lens?

This is an old Kodachrome 64 made with a pre-AI 300mm f/4.5 Nikkor-H. My primary lens now is the Leica 280mm f/4 APO.
 

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
and these photos:

mawren02.jpg


amavoc01.jpg


Doug,

What distinguishes your work is that, unlike Audubon, you didn't slaughter the birds you show so beautifully! I can't remember any other photographer who competes with beauty this way! It's as if you have discovered a secret path in the woods and meadows tended by nymphs and fairies who keep everything magical for you!

Tell me the secret of how you bribe the nymphs?

Asher
 
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