I fully agree with your reply about how preparedness pre-determines luck. (I have a T-shirt with an old dog in sunglasses and a cigar saying, "The harder I work, the luckier I get.") What I was asking, I guess without details, was whether you had, say, a tightly timed sequence of shots to get that one you exhibited, or say you saw the bird, aimed your camera, and snapped. But it was just curiosity; not critical. Almost like Cartier-Bresson's of the man jumping over the big puddle.
-yoram
On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 6:26 PM, Cap'n Jimmy <flyboy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
At 9:12 PM -0400 4/23/14, YGelmanPhoto wrote:Jim Snarski - Liftoff
Nice to see. One shot of many? -- or just a lucky shot?so let's talk about lucky shots...I would venture to say that nature photography, by its, if you'll excuse me, very nature, engenders a lot of lucky shots, at least those that involve creatures of the wild...many of them just don't stick around for very long...this bird, a female Ruby Crowned Kinglet, is known for its constant energetic motion...I was just hoping to get a shot of it before it departed the area...but I would also venture to say it's the sort of luck brought about by attention and preparedness...like Dr. Louis Pasteur famously observed, "fortune favors the prepared mind."...so was it just a lucky shot?...absolutely...but it's a shot I was prepared to take...thanks for your review Yoram...much appreciatedJimBaja Oregon
