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A Lucky Picture of a Crow in the Back Yard

Hi,

For those of you new to this blog, here's a bit of info... To borrow from a common phrase, I am to a camera what a fish is to a bicycle. Still, the "School of Statistical Improbability" clearly teaches that if you give an idiot a camera and enough time, he'll eventually take a decent photograph. Well, it took me over 2,000 tries, but here is what I'd call a respectable picture.

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(For the following, feel free to envision a "bragging Barney Fife" using both hands to grab his gun belt whilst looking askance skyward...)

"Yup, yup, yup... I took that beauty myself using just the NovaBird... Why Andy, you should have seen..."
All right... Enough already of Deputy Fife. But the very simple fact is that so much of back yard birding is luck, and yesterday was my day. As time goes by, I'm sure that we'll discuss cameras, birds, lenses, light, feeders, feed, and everything else under the sun.

Regardless, (for this moment anyway) let me revel in the shimmer of luck, and there is the picture to prove it. So enjoy the shot above...

And who knows... I'm finally starting to figure out these cameras... You just never can tell when another nice photo might float your way!

See you by those most rewarding feeders,

CapeCodAlan

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Did you crop that image or did it fill the entire screen? Great close-up! But you have posted another crow image that is good also, as well as other pictures. This isn't the first "respectable picture."

{CCA replies: Yes, I did crop that image... You can see the full picture at: http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1338576409&size=o&context=set-72157600205988509

And you're right... I'm being a little facetious about only having taken one decent photo... In general, there are more than a few quality pics at http://flickr.com/photos/capecodalan/sets}


I really like to full image also!

{Thanks! CCA}

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