EricKlees
Well-known member
Steve, for me, the summer is usually my biggest down time. June of 2022 i think i shot only 3 days that month. In general dinner is slow for me.I hear ya - I wish I was out more too. It's weird - when I'm at home, I'm lucky if I'm out every other week. However, I also spend about a third of the year traveling when I'm out multiple times a day. The biggest issue I have is that I'm a little rusty (slow) when I start a trip since I'm not out as much as I'd like.
Shooting, your own techniques even, is a perishable skill and i find it takes a day shooting to get back your techniques and the ability to instantly getting the subject in the frame again.
I had to have my Nikon 800PF repaired (gone 3 weeks) and just got it back Friday. I had a friend lend me his 500PF and another lent me his 180-600 the rest of the time and my first day shooting 800mm again took me 2 days to get back to instantly putting the bird in the frame again. It doesn't take long to lose those abilities. I ended up late yesterday spending about an hour shooting ring billed bills fishing