My perfect owl photo
fish
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So you may be wondering why this post wasn't made in the "wildlife" forum, and well...it's because it's an opportunity lost.
As you may or may not know (or even care), we've been having steady rainfall here in paradise for about two weeks. Today we got to the flooding stage, so I donned my raingear and started digging trenches to route the water out to the street.
Anyway, as I was taking a break from playing in the mud, I pulled hard on my SNPA (sierra nevada pale ale) and looked up at the dark gray sky. About 40 feet from me, in the neighbor's tree, was the largest screech owl I had ever seen. We watched eachother for a few minutes, before one of us decided to try to make a run for the Canon. I started planning what I needed to do...doff muddy boots and raingear, run upstairs to the office, grab the 20D (long lens already attached), attach flash, determine if there was a CF card in it (there wasn't, so I had to "eject", pull card, and insert in camera). Running downstairs, turning the camera and flash on, bumping iso to 400, and try not to break my neck as I run outside in my socks.
As you may have guessed by now, the owl was gone by the time I got outside.
: Opportunity lost.
So I started a fire instead. :thumb
As you may or may not know (or even care), we've been having steady rainfall here in paradise for about two weeks. Today we got to the flooding stage, so I donned my raingear and started digging trenches to route the water out to the street.
Anyway, as I was taking a break from playing in the mud, I pulled hard on my SNPA (sierra nevada pale ale) and looked up at the dark gray sky. About 40 feet from me, in the neighbor's tree, was the largest screech owl I had ever seen. We watched eachother for a few minutes, before one of us decided to try to make a run for the Canon. I started planning what I needed to do...doff muddy boots and raingear, run upstairs to the office, grab the 20D (long lens already attached), attach flash, determine if there was a CF card in it (there wasn't, so I had to "eject", pull card, and insert in camera). Running downstairs, turning the camera and flash on, bumping iso to 400, and try not to break my neck as I run outside in my socks.
As you may have guessed by now, the owl was gone by the time I got outside.
: Opportunity lost.So I started a fire instead. :thumb
"Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk." - Edward Weston
"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."-Hunter S.Thompson
"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."-Hunter S.Thompson
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Speak with sweet words, for you never know when you may have to eat them....
What a tale of woe! I remember this huge vulture settled on a telephone pole down the street. The house was on a hill, so the bird was almost level with me. Fortunately I had a mere point and shoot cam ( :-) Sony F707) at the time) and I just reached over, picked it up and zoomed in to get that vulture!
Then we moved, so I no longer have a fireplace. I keep threatening to use the few remaining fire logs in the kettle type barbecue the previous tenants left, and put it on the deck and watch the flames thru the window! However it's been raining and raining and raining....
I'm sorry you missed the owl.
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"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."-Hunter S.Thompson
You ok bud? I know, it's terrible. You'll be fine.
For strictly medicinal purpose, I'd suggest a little Maker's
Mark.
Ian
Capital idea, ian. Since it's a school night, I'll only have one.
"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."-Hunter S.Thompson
ian