a dream come true!
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It was exactly two years ago yesterday that I posted my 'I'm gonna start taking pictures of birds' announcement. www.flickr.com/photos/25973579@N07/3621113058/in/set-7215... The first shot I posted made Explore. I was both surprised, and embarrassed, because it wasn't very good. www.flickr.com/photos/25973579@N07/3653311490/in/set-7215... I recently looked back over some of those early shots from the Summer of 2009 and literally cringed at the sight of them. They were horrible!! I almost wore the letters off my Delete key getting rid of them!
The above shot is a far cry from those early ones, however I must post a disclaimer here. Do not expect my future birds-in-flight shots to be this good. But as pleased as I am with this lucky capture, there are lots of birds-in-flight shots on Flickr for me to strive toward including those by one of my contacts, vidterry www.flickr.com/photos/17084494@N03, who wrote on my original 'bird announcement' two years ago: "You've been exposed to the 'disease', and now it is progressing towards a full-blown illness. Photographing birds will take every minute you make available, and every dollar you wish to spend. (and perhaps some you hadn't planned on at all.)". Boy, was he right!!! - - - Be sure to check out his site sometime!
So... what have I learned over the last two years??
1. Photographing birds, especially in flight, is a LOT harder than it looks and a lot harder than I thought it would be.
2. Light truly is 'everything'.
3. A bird in flight can be in focus as far as the outter edges being sharp, but without good details within the bird, the picture isn't very good.
4. Not all flapping wing formations are aesthetically pretty.
5. Many shots of a bird in flight will be good - of the bird itself, but there is a branch in front of its face as it flies by, or another bird flies right in its path as you click the shutter, or you only got its feet and tail feathers in the shot, or its beak is chopped off, or my personal favorite... your neighbor decides to park his red pickup truck right behind the feeder so it is in the background of every shot you take that day!
6. I have LOTS more to learn!
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................................................................This is definitely a MUST SEE Large on Black ! ! !
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a dream come true!
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It was exactly two years ago yesterday that I posted my 'I'm gonna start taking pictures of birds' announcement. www.flickr.com/photos/25973579@N07/3621113058/in/set-7215... The first shot I posted made Explore. I was both surprised, and embarrassed, because it wasn't very good. www.flickr.com/photos/25973579@N07/3653311490/in/set-7215... I recently looked back over some of those early shots from the Summer of 2009 and literally cringed at the sight of them. They were horrible!! I almost wore the letters off my Delete key getting rid of them!
The above shot is a far cry from those early ones, however I must post a disclaimer here. Do not expect my future birds-in-flight shots to be this good. But as pleased as I am with this lucky capture, there are lots of birds-in-flight shots on Flickr for me to strive toward including those by one of my contacts, vidterry www.flickr.com/photos/17084494@N03, who wrote on my original 'bird announcement' two years ago: "You've been exposed to the 'disease', and now it is progressing towards a full-blown illness. Photographing birds will take every minute you make available, and every dollar you wish to spend. (and perhaps some you hadn't planned on at all.)". Boy, was he right!!! - - - Be sure to check out his site sometime!
So... what have I learned over the last two years??
1. Photographing birds, especially in flight, is a LOT harder than it looks and a lot harder than I thought it would be.
2. Light truly is 'everything'.
3. A bird in flight can be in focus as far as the outter edges being sharp, but without good details within the bird, the picture isn't very good.
4. Not all flapping wing formations are aesthetically pretty.
5. Many shots of a bird in flight will be good - of the bird itself, but there is a branch in front of its face as it flies by, or another bird flies right in its path as you click the shutter, or you only got its feet and tail feathers in the shot, or its beak is chopped off, or my personal favorite... your neighbor decides to park his red pickup truck right behind the feeder so it is in the background of every shot you take that day!
6. I have LOTS more to learn!
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.
................................................................This is definitely a MUST SEE Large on Black ! ! !
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