I am happy with the 5 thousand photos of Coopers Hawks that I photographed since we have lived here. All of them were taken with a Canon Rebel camera and some with a longer lens that I no longer have. I used to think it was important to get up as close to the hawk as I could using the best lens I had but I learned that it is not always the closeup that makes the best picture but the person who took the picture and when the shutter clicked makes the best picture. And, of course, the people who make the Canon cameras want to keep you buying their cameras so they advertise the lenses and accessories that goes with the camera to keep you hooked. After a while you have so much Canon stuff that you can't afford to start over with a Nikon camera and their standard, out-of-the-box lens. I like Nikon. I even owned one of their first 35mm cameras and took a lot of color film using it while I was stationed in Japan but I sold it when I got back to the states and now I just have Canon . I do wish Canon would put a red plastic strip someone on their new models so I could think I got the best camera with a red stripe on it. Now, these many years later, it doesn't matter which camera I use because I no longer mess ith the results trying to make them look different or better than the originals.
Rain on the skylight. Pitter-patter. Not cold enough for snow or ice but nice to hear the rain. Read the story. I used to draw a lot.
On Iwo Jima I came across this Japanese Pillbox not far from Mt Suribachi. All of the men once in it died defending this place and now it ...
Sometimes I wish I had the Canon Rebel with me when I am out on the road. I used to carry it with me when I rode on the bike path from home to Verona, Ohio and back. I sure miss being able to do that. I even gave my mountain bike to #Kurt Meyers.
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