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Every once in a while.....

Started Jan 5, 2013 | Discussions thread
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Fish Chris
Fish Chris Veteran Member • Posts: 4,987
Every once in a while.....
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.......My old T1i actually hit focus correctly ! {like, by accident or something} and I actually get a good shot !

With this shot, proper focus was just the icing. But also, I got lucky enough to pull up so close to this Red Tail, that I was not able to take the shot with my 400 F5.6, holding the camera normally (landscape position) but had to spin the camera to take this portrait shot. {the bird actually squatted down, in prep to fly...... then watched me for a few seconds, set back, and started to relax a little}

This shot was centered "exactly" like you see it, with zero cropping.

Then, besides all that, the sun was low, and literally straight behind me.

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Photography is SOOO like fishing..... Any goofball can get lucky and catch a big fish, if he puts in enough time.

Just like a wanna' be photographer, with a lousy focusing T1i, can get lucky once in a while, and get a good shot of wildlife 

I'm living proof of BOTH of these ^  LOL



100% crop



Total other end of the spectrum from the Red Tail..... Huge crop, not good for much but a small, online photo, but artistically, I like the shot anyway.



Peace,

Fish





 Fish Chris's gear list:Fish Chris's gear list
Canon EOS 7D Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM Canon EF-S 10-22mm F3.5-4.5 USM
Canon EOS 500D (EOS Rebel T1i / EOS Kiss X3) Panasonic Lumix DMC-F5
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