I keep seeing wonderful, exotic birds — who vanish exactly the minute I have my camera in my hand. Are they afraid of the camera? Does it look like a weapon?
It’s eerie. I walk very quietly into the dining room and put the camera on, facing away from the glass. I turn around — they the one I wanted is gone. All the rest are there, but the Cardinal or that big golden woodpecker?
Flown away. Gone with the wind or at least, a feather.
That being said, the birds who are used to the feeder are hanging around long enough for me to choose my shots, which helps. I have enough pictures — including ones I have yet to process — so I can pick and choose and hopefully, get better (or at least different) photographs.
Great shots!
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I took more than 2000 pictures in January. I decided I needed to slow down and take fewer pictures, but maybe more interesting ones.
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Hee hee, sounds like you have same problem as me! I have slowed down a bit, but mainly now I’m just more ruthless with the delete button 😊
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I never seem to delete enough. If it’s fuzzy, I dump it. The problem comes when the picture is fine but really, it look exactly like the other six. Keep? Delete? So I’m trying to slow down. I can’t shoot that many pictures. My computer won’t live to tell about it.
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External drives are the answer!!!
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I have them, but when I”m looking for a picture, I don’t feel like hooking up …. so I keep most stuff on the drive.
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Fair enough…… Hope the slowing down is going well 😊
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Wow, that’s a lot of pictures!
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When I backed them up, it was like backing up three months rather than one. I realized I had to be a little less enthusiastic especially when it’s the SAME birds as usual. But when a new one shows up, well …
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There is no such thing as a boring bird:)
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But there are some pretty boring photographers. I’m trying not to be one.
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Never.
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😀
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Look at that! You got a photo I’ve never captured before in years of photographing squirrels… one shaking off the rain! That looks neat flying off in all directions!
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First I thought something was wrong with my lens, then I realized wow, it was rain. Cool!
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I saw a mama cardinal yesterday in the ground blending in with the doves — I saw a movement of red beak and there she was. 😁
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I think the mama Cardinals are quite lovely. Not as bright as the dad, but what a great combination of colors. Who’d think red and olive green would work in combination?
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You can actually see the water coming off the squirrel – well done.
Leslie
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I didn’t realize it was raining until I saw the pictures. It was a relatively light rain, but it came out really well in the photographs.
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It did indeed…
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Love the mama cardinal!
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She is lovely.
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