Dark-eyed Junco levitates
Let me address several issues here.
As I follow you guys and look at your images I noticed that several of you have become quite adept at talking about things that are not even part of the picture. I will adopt this technique to a certain extent for this image.
First, I previously mentioned that I would not leave the house any longer because of all the weird goings on outside. I have changed my mind on this (getting in touch with my inner woman was helpful in this regard) to follow my quest of getting a shot of a Blue Jay in flight. Do you see a Blue Jay in this image? No, of course not, that's what I mean about talking about things that are not present in the image. I have come close, but either the image is grossly out of focus or part of the Blue Jay is not in the image and I refuse to post images that advertise my shortcomings as a photographer. As usual, though, other opportunities arose and I took advantage of them.
This, and finally we are getting to this image, is one of those opportunites. It is a prime example of another species, Dark-eyed Junco, having adopted the Levitation technique previously demonstrated. Quite clearly, he's not using his wings in his upward progression. The other thing about this image is - thanks to the settings on my camera which were set with the mindset of capturing a Blue Jay in flight - the ISO being at 8000. That's a first for me and actually I am pretty happy with the result.
And finally, thanks to the constant exposure to Levitation, I have become desensitized (to borrow a term from the guys in white coats) to a certain extent and am not quite as concerned about this activity any longer.
Dark-eyed Juncos, I have always considered them to be a dressed up version of a Sparrow, ready to go out to some fancy dinner party. Me, I am more of a "come as you are" kind of a guy ...
Dark-eyed Junco levitates
Let me address several issues here.
As I follow you guys and look at your images I noticed that several of you have become quite adept at talking about things that are not even part of the picture. I will adopt this technique to a certain extent for this image.
First, I previously mentioned that I would not leave the house any longer because of all the weird goings on outside. I have changed my mind on this (getting in touch with my inner woman was helpful in this regard) to follow my quest of getting a shot of a Blue Jay in flight. Do you see a Blue Jay in this image? No, of course not, that's what I mean about talking about things that are not present in the image. I have come close, but either the image is grossly out of focus or part of the Blue Jay is not in the image and I refuse to post images that advertise my shortcomings as a photographer. As usual, though, other opportunities arose and I took advantage of them.
This, and finally we are getting to this image, is one of those opportunites. It is a prime example of another species, Dark-eyed Junco, having adopted the Levitation technique previously demonstrated. Quite clearly, he's not using his wings in his upward progression. The other thing about this image is - thanks to the settings on my camera which were set with the mindset of capturing a Blue Jay in flight - the ISO being at 8000. That's a first for me and actually I am pretty happy with the result.
And finally, thanks to the constant exposure to Levitation, I have become desensitized (to borrow a term from the guys in white coats) to a certain extent and am not quite as concerned about this activity any longer.
Dark-eyed Juncos, I have always considered them to be a dressed up version of a Sparrow, ready to go out to some fancy dinner party. Me, I am more of a "come as you are" kind of a guy ...