Another Old Image From The Archives
The other night went scrolling through an old hard drive of image files. I came across a folder of bird photos from when I was testing my new little Sony a6000 camera three or four years ago. I scrolled through the entire folder before realizing it was difficult to choose just one photo so I simply went back to the first photo in the folder. There are a few things to point out about this particular photo: 1. Song birds... in this case, a Dark Eyed Junko... flit around quickly, unexpectedly jumping from branch to branch so they are difficult to capture even when seemingly statically perched on a branch. These birds are never static even if they appear that way in a still photo. 2. Getting a camera to focus on something jumping around quickly and taking flight unexpectedly every couple of seconds is difficult enough but having to focus on this bird when it is hiding behind twigs, leaves and branches is even more difficult. The camera often will focus only on the neare
