Critters captured on camera

[Pixguy]

Perseverance pays off. Got my heron shot. Wish I was closer, but a guess thats what the crop function is for. I cropped the picture to look as it does.

Full length is nice.

That's a great shot!

 

[Larro Darro]

Perseverance pays off. Got my heron shot. Wish I was closer, but a guess thats what the crop function is for. I cropped the picture to look as it does.

Nice picture. Very good detail.

Larro

 

[sldva00]

Full length is nice.

That's a great shot!

Nice picture. Very good detail.

Larro

Thanks.

I got the photo bug during our honeymoon to Alaska in 2007. Still a hobbyist though, nowhere near a pro.

 

[Pixguy]

Thanks. I got the photo bug during our honeymoon to Alaska in 2007. Still a hobbyist though, nowhere near a pro.

Don't knock your yourself, the photos are very good.

I made my living doing what I loved, taking photos, but after years of it being a job, most of us lose the passion for fun pix. There were years that I didn't take my point and shoot camera on vacation. That's changing in retirement and as I travel more and not grabbing my camera for work. My mom used to ask me where my camera was and I'd reply it's where my contractor brothers hammer was, at home.

Keep it up and enjoy and keep posting here where we can enjoy your great shots.

 

[sldva00]

Don't knock your yourself, the photos are very good.

I made my living doing what I loved, taking photos, but after years of it being a job, most of us lose the passion for fun pix. There were years that I didn't take my point and shoot camera on vacation. That's changing in retirement and as I travel more and not grabbing my camera for work. My mom used to ask me where my camera was and I'd reply it's where my contractor brothers hammer was, at home.

Keep it up and enjoy and keep posting here where we can enjoy your great shots.

Thanks for the boost of confidence. The whole Alaskan trip my camera was set to auto mode. It wasn't until just recently (pelican and blue heron) that I've ventured into manual mode. Those were the two best shots out of about 100 shots I took. Still have a lot to learn, but do enjoy learning.

 

[Pixguy]

Thanks for the boost of confidence. The whole Alaskan trip my camera was set to auto mode. It wasn't until just recently (pelican and blue heron) that I've ventured into manual mode. Those were the two best shots out of about 100 shots I took. Still have a lot to learn, but do enjoy learning.

You're most welcome. The joy of shooting digital is that you can throw away hundreds of images and it doesn't cost you anything.
When I was first shooting weddings in the 80's with a medium format camera, we were chewed out if we shot something that wouldn't go in the album and if we shot over 100 photos as 80 were put in the album. We only had a few that we could waste doing doubles of large groups and of the couple. Fortunately, those days are gone.

Learn aperture(F-stop), shutter speeds, ISO and depth of field, it will help you tweak your shots.

But mostly just enjoy what you do. Keep it up. :thumbsup:

 

[Larro Darro]

You're most welcome. The joy of shooting digital is that you can throw away hundreds of images and it doesn't cost you anything.
When I was first shooting weddings in the 80's with a medium format camera, we were chewed out if we shot something that wouldn't go in the album and if we shot over 100 photos as 80 were put in the album. We only had a few that we could waste doing doubles of large groups and of the couple. Fortunately, those days are gone.

Learn aperture(F-stop), shutter speeds, ISO and depth of field, it will help you tweak your shots.

But mostly just enjoy what you do. Keep it up. :thumbsup:

I had a big clunky 35 SLR when I was a kid, and used an antique box camera when I was on the high school newspaper staff. But I didn't really learn to shoot until I could burn through rolls of black and white film when I was on the newspaper staff in college. We would do proof sheets in the darkroom and decide what was worth the time and paper of proper printing. It also taught me it wasn't something I wanted to do for a living. Going to shoot the math department professors is not a very exciting task.

Like you say, shooting digital takes all the risk out of it. I always shoot at least 15 or 20 shots to get the one I want. Although these days what I shoot more than anything else is my supper http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/rural-living/288289-whats-supper.html

Larro

 

[Happy Gilmore]

Perseverance pays off. Got my heron shot. Wish I was closer, but a guess thats what the crop function is for. I cropped the picture to look as it does.

Awesome picture, I have one down at the pond occasionally, too quick for a pic though, but someday.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Great pic. Majestic birds.

 

[MitchellB]

I heard the dogs raising a ruckus a few years ago. I walked out the back door to investigate and found this owl sitting on the ground by the porch. It could not fly away. Luckily there was a bird of prey recovery center in town and they told us to wrap her in a blanket, put her in a big box and bring her in; which we did. A couple weeks later they turned her loose near us. We often hear her hoot at night now. They said she seemed to have eaten something like maybe a poisoned rat and was just sick and soon recovered with some TLC.