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One thing I've long wanted in a camera is the ability for the focus to lock onto and track the eye of an animal I'm photographing. It would have come in handy here, I was testing out my Canon mirrorless camera to see how limiting its poor autofocus would be if used as a backup in case my main camera failed. I had been watching this bittern that had been mostly sitting still, with some occasional preening, when it suddenly threw its mouth wide open and shook its head about. While the camera had focused fine on the bird while it was sitting still, by the time this shot was taken the bittern had already moved far enough that it isn't in good focus.
The technology is moving in this direction for photographing people at least, but I fear it will be a while yet before we can do it with moving animals. While my main camera would have handled this situation much better, it still requires thinking about it's many autofocus modes, and I'd love to spend less time thinking about the technical side of photography and instead just enjoy the animals I'm watching.
Fricks Lock is this town that is now abandoned. From what I know, there was a lock there. Now a power company owns all the land and the town is all boarded up. There are lots of No Tresspassing signs up all over and signs indicating that the place has cameras all over, so we didn't go in. We have since found out you can get a permit to enter.
This is what we could see from the gate.
Lock and Dam 5 on the Upper Mississippi River in Minnesota City, Minn., has been dewatered this winter to allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, to complete major maintenance work on it. Each St. Paul District lock chamber is dewatered every 15 to 20 years for this major maintenance. Lock and Dam 5 was last dewatered in 1990. --Photo by Shannon Bauer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Lock and Dam 5 on the Upper Mississippi River in Minnesota City, Minn., has been dewatered this winter to allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, to complete major maintenance work on it. Each St. Paul District lock chamber is dewatered every 15 to 20 years for this major maintenance. Lock and Dam 5 was last dewatered in 1990. --Photo by Shannon Bauer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Just leave your bike and the daisies will see to a secure lock of the backwheel to prevent theft :). Yashica TL electro and Kodak Gold 200- out of date by 5 years. Low-res scan
Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 58 located in Newark, NY. Alas, the scrap metal company, just continues to mess up this site. You would have thought that they would have made an effort to keep their junk off to the side, not right smack in front of the lock. They surely were aware of the clean-up project. It's not enough that they turned the south chamber into a covered storage building. I guess we should be happy they didn't get a bulldozer and demolish it. Located off Route 31 on Lyons Street in Newark, NY.