Well, the life of a wildlife photographer is never boring. On this trip, we were charged by an alpha male white-faced capuchin. That was a highlight. Of all the beautiful things I witness, I only capture a few in images. For the rest of the time, there are often near misses. I thought it would be fun to share a few of those.
I was photographing something else when my photo friend, Amber, saw this toucan fly in and land. I swung the camera around and shot off a few frames before checking the settings. He took off again just as I got the settings changed, but leaves always have a way of being in an inconvenient spot.
Sometimes birds take flight so quickly and there’s no time to adjust.
More pesky leaves:
Sometimes I just plain miss the focus (I’ll blame it on the autofocus not being able to read my mind!)
Then there was this baby spider monkey. We saw several, high in the treetops, moving quickly. Not much of a chance for photos. One quick moment and I missed it. Bad focus. Darn!
Then some other random blurry birds:
This basilisk was taken from a raft, zinging down the river. I kinda figured it was a long shot.
But this one, taken of a keel-billed toucan is the blooper of the trip. Talk about a pesky leaf!
Carole Rogers says
I enjoyed all of them
Julie says
God thing cameras have advanced so far. Now we can delete bad pics instead of finding out after the fact!
Julie says
OOPs even computers aren’t perfect or its probably the operator. Should have two o’s in Good.
Kimberli Bindschatel says
Yes, digital has given us more freedom to click, click, click!