It is good that I have read what I have already read, and I am re-reading more. Which is fine. The first time around there was a lot! To learn! And it was too much to get it all. Now, down the road aways, I know some, and I can pick up some of the rest.
So it’s all good.
We even had a field trip on Saturday for practice in some hands-on picture takin’. Some of the exercises I put to work new things about my camera. Some of the exercises…well, I figured out later I didn’t know what I was doing, and will do those exercises on my own later this week.
Again..good. That is the purpose, is it not?
So on Sunday, Wonderful Guy and I headed up the mountain to Estes and Rocky. For more practice. And after looking at the shots on the computer, I have some notes. Not all great photos, but overall a learning experience.
However!
On the way home. Look what we spied. First one I have ever seen in real life. So cool.
Close to the road. And I got lots of shots.
But! The camera? She was still set on manual. With a wide aperture. And focused on a fence rail between me and the bobcat.
D-oh! Lots of shots, but none as good as they might have been. Still learning.
(Best Dog Ever barked at the big kitteh…)
10 comments:
So cool and even better that you got a picture!
Wow! I've been trying for years to see these kitties in the wild! What a score! Good pics, too.
AWESOME!!! I've had the same thing happen to me (having the camera set one way but shooting in conditions not appropriate for the settings) more than once, and I supposedly know what I'm doing. That you were nimble enough to get the camera going when you spied the critter is a wonderful accomplishment! How many people would have just gawked, then slapped themselves upside the head... "Oh, man, I should have taken a picture!"
Wow -- that's exciting! I can't believe you actually got some photos. Here in the Pacific NW we have cougars, but I've never actually seen one.
Wow! How cool that you saw a lynx in the wild! I saw a cougar once when I was walking on a trail (rather heart stopping to be staring into the eyes of a cougar, but he wasn't impressed by Me ;-). Anyhow, so exciting!
That definately gets the fauna prize! I can't really think of anything more dramatic to find crossing your path!
too cool!
We have some coyotes here in NYC you'll be able to take pictures of!
At least you had a camera with you! My luck is that I see the coolest things and the camera is sitting on the table at home. I'm tempted to buy a little camera to carry all the time for moments like that. I love my digital SLR, but it just doesn't fit in my purse, lol.
Thrill! I just realised I probably couldn't tell a bobcat from a lynx without a guidebook.
Do they look a lot alike?
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