Ed, I once had an assignment to photograph the web'ed foot of a duck.
I acquired a young wild duck with clipped wings. It took me several
days to finally get what I wanted--so every day the duck would ride to
work with me. When the day was done, he went home with me, took a bath
in one of our tubs, and lived in a cage on our patio (we had to be aware
of hungry cats). After a few days he had the routine down. We had
trouble getting the shot done for a couple of days--he crapped on the
set, so we figured out not to feed him before the session--he was
nervous as he had to stand on some small rocks, so we put a sock over
his head! Finally got it done after the third day of R & D.
I also had to deal with baby chicks--Texaco chemical wanted a shot of a
baby chick hatching from a light bulb--took me a month to get that one
right. The light bulb was the problem, but we discovered we had to
replace the chicks for each attempt--they grew too fast. They also grow
from cute--to pretty ugly!
I get congested when I get in a chicken coop--I would never had made a
good farmer.
Bob
On 5/21/12 7:28 AM, Ed Kozlowsky wrote:
Since I haven't given an update for a while, I thought I'd let you
know why. This coming weekend marks the beginning of spring clean-up
in my train room. I was finally able to move the baby chicks out of
my trailer. It was the only warm place we had besides the house.
There's a thick layer of dust everywhere. When those guys flap they
really mean business!
*Ed Kozlowsky*
*Sanford, Maine*
*www.SScale.org <http://www.SScale.org>*
