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01/17/2007 07:50:45 PM · #1 |
I drove from Chicago to Des Moines in Iowa yesterday for a meeting today. It was one of those perfect winter days, clear blue sky, beautiful snow covered ground - nothing could be better. I even had my camera in the car with the zoom all set to stop if I saw something worthwhile.
And boy, did I ever see something - there was a small herd of deer standing looking out from a hill over the highway. As the sun was setting and I was driving due West they were mainly only visible in silhouette, but it was a beautiful sight nonetheless. Sad to say, I was speeding along in the fast lane and there was absolutley NOWHERE to stop. AGH.
It would have been a perfect opportunity to have a nice entry in the Wildlife III challenge.
Sadly on the return journey there was no sun and no deer.
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01/17/2007 08:55:39 PM · #2 |
:(
You need to carry cones, flashing lights, and a "Photographer Working" road sign, it helps in this situation :) |
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01/17/2007 09:27:27 PM · #3 |
| Now, that is a good idea! |
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01/17/2007 09:29:35 PM · #4 |
| I whizzed right past a big bull Moose the day BEFORE the challenge was announced. Sadly, I did not have my camera with me. |
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01/17/2007 09:37:47 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by ShutterPug:
I whizzed right past a big bull Moose the day BEFORE the challenge was announced. Sadly, I did not have my camera with me. |
Quit your whining you get moose in your yard all the time :-P
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01/17/2007 09:41:14 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Shakalaka:
Originally posted by ShutterPug:
I whizzed right past a big bull Moose the day BEFORE the challenge was announced. Sadly, I did not have my camera with me. |
Quit your whining you get moose in your yard all the time :-P |
but not big bulls...just the cows and the young |
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01/17/2007 09:54:15 PM · #7 |
The Best photo I never took - I was visiting some relatives a few weeks ago in Melbourne and went for a wander around their inner city suburb, checking out the sights and smelling the smells and all that jazz. Anyway, I walked past a house with a traditional aussie/italian concrete and brick front yard and to my amusement there were two old blokes sitting in the sun, drinking beer and fixing their lawnmower - but I didn't have a camera with me - it would have been the best candid shot ever. They didn't have a pot plant much less a lawn, I'm still laughing...
Message edited by author 2007-01-17 21:54:42.
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01/17/2007 10:18:45 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by dr_timbo:
... a house with a traditional aussie/italian concrete and brick front yard... |
Sounds a bit like my parent's place in Brissy :) I'd been staying with them over the last couple of weeks, and since their front (concreted) terrace faces west, am treated to the most spectacular sunsets over the distant mountain ranges. Typically, the skies are clear as I watch the sun go down. This past week though, I was hanging out to see the comet but unfortunately, of all the freakin times... there was far too much cloud along the horizon for it to be visible. So I missed it :(
What's worse is that coming back to NZ on the plane yesterday afternoon, the pilot announces, "if everyone would like to look out the right side of the plane, the comet is visible... blah blah blah". Sure, I have my camera with me. Sure, I can take photos if I want. Only, I'm on the left hand side of the plane, and when I look over to the right, the passengers in those seats are fast a-freakin-sleep with the window down!
Bugger. |
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01/17/2007 10:43:28 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by ShutterPug:
just the cows and the young |
Those are the most tasty :-)
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01/17/2007 10:59:04 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by salmiakki:
Sad to say, I was speeding along in the fast lane and there was absolutley NOWHERE to stop. AGH. |
I know excatly how you feel. I drive a lot for work and spend a lot of time driving along the central coast of california and sometimes when the light is at its best, I am in too big of a hurry to get to a meeting to be able to stop. Arrgghhh. Oh well, one of these days the light will be perfect on my day off.
I wish you well in stumbling across a beautiful scene that has a nice pull out. :) |
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01/17/2007 11:22:20 PM · #11 |
That used to happen to me all the time when I would commute from chicago to ky on the weekends. I'd mostly see hawks and stuff right on the side of the road but at 70-80mphs you don't get to slow down to fast...well actually I probably could have but it really would have pissed off a lot of people behind me.
Terrible luck.
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01/17/2007 11:58:06 PM · #12 |
I have had three occasions where I sorely wished I had my camera and/or wished I could have pulled over to the side of the road safely to take the shot.
First missed opportunity:
1. While getting onto the highway, I spotted a scene that I would never see again as I speed past at 58 mph. Resting between the slow lane and the onramp is a triangle strip off offroad big enough for a car and a half. Parked there in that strip was classic 50's convertable car in powder blue . In the car were five young adults. One woman was sitting up on the back with her legs hanging down in the backseat - yes she was wearing shorts. And then there was the Hunk with the plain white T-shirt hand on steering wheel with head turned back to look at her and his other two passengers. Man, this was like a glamor shot for a magazine it was almost unreal that they were just parked off to the side of the road and just talking! I did not have my bloody camera and was 25 minutes from home!
Second missed opportunity
2. My husband was driving and we had just come from a car dealership after looking at some potential cars. It was an early Saturday afternoon. We drove under this underpass and quickly came up to a railroad crossing. Standing there on the sidewalk about 3 feet from the track and the RR crossing sign where two young jewish boys walking home from Temple. They were dressed complete with black coats, black pants, white startched shirts, one had the hair locks the other did not. They were carrying what looked to be leather satchels to hold their books. It would have been a wonderful candid capture of a religious culture - a scene that you would see captured in a National Geographic Story. But I did not have my camera with me....not to mention I am sure the boys would have freaked out if this crazy stranger jumps out of a car and asks to take their picture.
Third missed opportunity.
3. While driving along at highway speed another classic car passes me and gets in front of my lane. Here is another classic 50's red convertable with an 40ish gent with ash blonde hair driving the car. In the passenger seat is a woman with medium length hair and wearing a bright yellow with black polka dots scarf that is whipping in the wind. Argh, a wonderful picture perfect postcard of a traveling couple in a classic convertable is right in front of me. Where is my camera? On the floor of the passenger seat nowhere near where I can get it safely without causing an accident. Not only that - my front windshield is dirty and no matter how much I tried to clean it it would streak so I gave up any thought on pulling off to the side of the road momentarily to grab the camera.
Message edited by author 2007-01-17 23:59:12. |
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01/18/2007 12:05:19 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by sabphoto:
That used to happen to me all the time when I would commute from chicago to ky on the weekends. I'd mostly see hawks and stuff right on the side of the road but at 70-80mphs you don't get to slow down to fast...well actually I probably could have but it really would have pissed off a lot of people behind me.
Terrible luck. |
I have been trying to get a good picture of a hawk in flight for about a year. Every time I have my camera with me the bloody birds seem to know I am fumbling to get my camera out - and they turn away from my direction and fly away!!!! Dah! I can't remember who told me but one has to line them up and focus quick because they are traveling at about 25 mph per sec. So the one time I had the opportunity I could not keep the bird in the frame. |
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