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ssheipel

ssheipel

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Trumpeter Swan. This shot nearly cost me about a thousand bucks (Cdn, but still :) ). While shooting, sitting in the snow, my glasses kept fogging up (it was abnormally mild after a big snowstorm) so I took them off and set them on top of the snow next to me. A short time later three Hawks flew over and I got up suddently and began to track them, leaving my glasses on the snow. For no known reason, hours later, I left a trail and was near the spot where this shot was taken and found my brain saying, "Oh look some idiot left their glasses...." Gettin' old... LOL
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Excellent shot, Steven. And a great example of how breaking the "rules" of composition sometimes works. Too funny about the glasses. Can't count the number of times I've done the opposite. Looking all over for mine only to find them perched on the bridge of my nose :rolleyes:

Good to see you're managing to get by with that ancient D6 pending return of your real camera.
 
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ssheipel said:
Trumpeter Swan. This shot nearly cost me about a thousand bucks (Cdn, but still :) ). While shooting, sitting in the snow, my glasses kept fogging up (it was abnormally mild after a big snowstorm) so I took them off and set them on top of the snow next to me. A short time later three Hawks flew over and I got up suddently and began to track them, leaving my glasses on the snow. For no known reason, hours later, I left a trail and was near the spot where this shot was taken and found my brain saying, "Oh look some idiot left their glasses...." Gettin' old... LOL
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NorthernFocus said:
Excellent shot, Steven. And a great example of how breaking the "rules" of composition sometimes works. Too funny about the glasses. Can't count the number of times I've done the opposite. Looking all over for mine only to find them perched on the bridge of my nose :rolleyes:

Good to see you're managing to get by with that ancient D6 pending return of your real camera.
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Thanks, Dan. Yah I've returned to my apt from the parking garage for my glasses that were on my face! And the D6 continues to beat back any occasional thought I have of selling :)
 
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Steven,
Now you know why I write my name and phone number on my camera gear and camera bag. Getting old is not for wimps for darn sure.

By the way, great photo of the trumpeter. Down here in the Northern Kentucky / South West Ohio area those are not extremely rare but are also pretty uncommon.

Nicely done.
 
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Thank you. In Canada by 1930 there were less than 100 Trumpeters remaining (and were near extinction across their entire range) but have nicely made a comeback tho still face stiff competition especially from the invasive Mute Swan (watched three different pairs of Mutes being aggressive against three pairs of Trumpeters on the day I took this shot). And as for aging, I've looked at gear and said 'that's not mine' thinking I'd not brought it with me, so I'll be taking your strategy (and my mom's when I was 6) of putting my name on stuff LOL
 
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ssheipel said:
Thank you. In Canada by 1930 there were less than 100 Trumpeters remaining (and were near extinction across their entire range) but have nicely made a comeback tho still face stiff competition especially from the invasive Mute Swan (watched three different pairs of Mutes being aggressive against three pairs of Trumpeters on the day I took this shot). And as for aging, I've looked at gear and said 'that's not mine' thinking I'd not brought it with me, so I'll be taking your strategy (and my mom's when I was 6) of putting my name on stuff LOL
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I write it on my camera bag, the lens hoods (I have had them fall off before) and my tripod legs (don't ask). So far, I have not lost anything since I started doing this which maybe a good reason to do it yourself. I figure if an honest person finds something I left behind at least they can call me. While out on the trail I have found a couple lens hoods, numerous lens caps and I did see an unattended tripod on an observation deck. Fortunately, the owner of the tripod came rushing back hoping someone had not walked off with his tripod. One of the lens hoods I was able to reunite with the owner via a post on Facebook. It was at a state park and I brought it to the visitor center and the owner saw my post on a local nature page and was able to get it. Had she had a phone number I would have called her instead.
 
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