View From The Porch: That turned out well...

Sunday, September 22, 2013

That turned out well...

One thing I like about digicams is that the cheap storage makes it like having the proverbial infinite monkey in your hands. If I just take enough pictures, I occasionally wind up with one like this:

That was a pleasant surprise to find on the CF card when I got home.
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12 comments:

Gewehr98 said...: Where's the "like" button on this confounded thing?; 8:31 PM, September 22, 2013
Old NFO said...: Nice! And it beats the hell out of shooting roll upon roll of film and then finding NOTHING worth using...; 8:44 PM, September 22, 2013
Tam said...: Gewehr98,

"Where's the "like" button on this confounded thing?"

Thank you for talking me into a DSLR. :); 9:29 PM, September 22, 2013
Weer'd Beard said...: I do like some ducks!

I like your ducks Tam!; 9:32 PM, September 22, 2013
BGMiller said...: Make sure to wash your hands after you're done handling the infinite monkey.

BGM; 9:35 PM, September 22, 2013
Scott J said...: I was having the same thoughts about point & shoots since I plan to get one that happens to have a phone in it (in the form of the Lumia 1020) this coming May.; 10:38 PM, September 22, 2013
Mark Alger said...: Very cool.

M; 10:52 PM, September 22, 2013
Indy said...: It's most likely a leucistic male mallard. Leucism is similar to albinism (white with pink eyes) but basically it results in less melatonin (coloration pigment) being deposited instead of none. More accurately (and I had to look this up) your mallard there is what's referred to as "pied leucistic" - it has normal coloration in some areas but white in others. If it was its normal color but pale all over it would be a "pale leucistic." Cornell's ornithology lab has more info if you google. :); 12:58 AM, September 23, 2013
Skip said...: Looks like my backyard yearound.
Locals and travelers.; 1:47 AM, September 23, 2013
Dwight Brown said...: Some years ago (in the pre-digital era) I took an "informal class" in photography offered through The University.

It was worth the money, but I can tell you the three important things I learned in three sentences:

* Everything is doubles and halves.
* The smaller the hole in the front is, the more of the picture (back to front) is in focus.
* And the best way to learn to take good pictures is to take lots of pictures.; 7:45 AM, September 23, 2013
Tirno said...: Very... van Gogh.; 8:30 AM, September 23, 2013
Drang said...: Best advice regarding photography I ever got was that "they sell this stuff (film) by the mile, buy plenty and don't be afraid to throw the bad shots away."

The difference between "analog" photography and digital is that it's easier for amateurs to fix the fixable, and discard the ones that either cannot be fixed, or it isn't worth the time.

The giver of above advice, BTW, was Matt Helm, in one of Don Hamilton''s excellent novels. (Don't be fooled by the cheesy Dean Martin movies.); 11:44 AM, September 23, 2013