yoram,
I did not take your comments as critical
at all...the photo is what one would call a "grab shot"...I
keep my camera on the kitchen table where the glass doors open out to
the deck...we are surrounded by oak trees and numerous and various
birds are constantly coming and going and when this one showed up, it
was grab and shoot...I've photographed everything from Chickadees to
Turkey Vultures out there...
Jim
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
