@Instantkamera — that's an odd use of that word. "Funny". Never thought of it as meaning "mind-blowingly sophomoric" before. Good coinage. Mind if I use it in the same sort of context?
I had filled all my cards, and was putting my camera in my car when I believe what was an Osprey flew by, VERY close overhead, with a nice fat fish in its talons
that would have been the best shot of the day, and I had no more CF space :'''''(
'Twas ever thus. In the bad old days, you would have had nothing but a roll of Kodachrome 40T (tungsten) in the bag, no CC filter, and twilight lighting in shade. Oh, and the ospreys won't be there if they know you're looking for them.
Oh, you betcha. I can't count the number of shots missed changing film (or simply reloading). But I still hear the cash register in my head every time I press the shutter release.
@Instantkamera yeah, it was wicked cold. I tromped through a bunch of thickets to get out to the end of this little peninsula to photograph some pelicans that were hangin out on a sandbar close to shore. The wind was blasting, it was sleeting, and it was freakin COLD.
Before I could even sneak around the last few trees, the pelicans all hopped up at the same time, floated in the air, then landed about 15 feet farther off shore. The nice close-up head shots I was hoping for, for which I'd gone through a lot of bone-freezing, wind-whipping grief, was suddenly dashed.
I had the great good fortune of having about $20K/annum discretionary when I took up the sport, and I'm almost ashamed to say I spent almost all of it on photography (mostly film, paper and processing).
@StanRogers Yeah, it can get pretty out of sync. You can directly reply to any line. Click the down arrow to the left when you point to one to reply-to.
@jrista Clicking on little things is badness in my book (although I somehow seem to manage it in Photoshop—maybe it's a badly skewed set of priorities that goes right to the spinal column).
@jrista Yep. Canadian Forces (I wore a light blue suit and worked on aircraft, but I never saw an Air Force base in my entire career. Navy helicopters and Army communications school intsructor).
@Instantkamera: I also "linger" too long on a given subject. I get some great shots and poses within the first few bursts, but I stick around and keep shooting. I can probably learn to move on sooner, which would likely mean fewer shots in a day.
I'm the other 100K Google hits in the 3.1M. We're actually related if you go far enough back, and the family seems to have a sort of prohibition on names other than Stan, Lew, Bob and Harry. (I have no idea where Garnet and Nathan got permission.)
@StanRogers yeah, that would be my last resort. I played with photoshops puppetmaster tool once though...it filled in the "hole" automatically and did a superb job, allowing me to freely move the cut object around.
@jrista That's one of those annoying "so close" images. Good, yes, and you can pump up the volume to make it better, but it would be freakin' iconic if there were just a hairline separation between the crest and the left wing. If only they'd take direction...
...pation! The tuft's good, but I like the sort of implied awkwardness in the wing position. It's so stereotypically pelican (never mind that they can soar gracefully in real life).
yeah! I had never really seen pelicans fly that much before...they really do just glide on air...
They do indeed have some awkward wing positions at times, though. I love that shot, not quite as much as the first one directly overhead, but this one is pretty good.
@StanRogers: Hey, many thanks for the input. :) Glad you liked the shots. Sadly, I'm one of those annoying early risers (not by choice...the damn robins forced me into it!! Damn themm!!) I gotta hit the sack too. Take care!
