On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 12:47:56PM -0600, steve harley wrote: > on 2013-04-20 1:07 Larry Colen wrote > >On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 02:52:30PM +0800, David Savage wrote: > >>You don't have to photograph everything. > >> > >>Sometimes it's more worthwhile to simply put the camera down & enjoy the > >>view. > > > >True, but I had never seen a block crowned night heron before, and I wanted > >to find > >out what it was. > > *black-crowned* yes, they are way cool; i've seen them a few times, > but i've never photographed one
I'm not a birder. I can tell a buzzard from a red tail hawk and a cormorant from a seagul. And I certainly don't consider myself a bird photographer. I've tried just enough to have a deep appreciation of both the gear and the skill it takes to get good clear photos. That's what was so frustrating about this. I had the opportunity for an amazingly clear shot, had I not had the really dumb idea of checking out a new place to photograph with only a single lens, that I've never used before. Had I just brought my 18-250, which is pretty much the ultimate "just in case" lens, I would have gotten one of my best bird photos ever. As it was, the photos were clear enough that even cropping them way down, a friend was able to identify the bird for me. I must say that the 21st century lazyweb is better than just about any bird book ever written. All I need to do is get a half decent photo of a bird, post a link on facebook, and in a couple of hours, somebody will tell me what it is. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
