I just spent a beautiful morning on my first outing this year to watch our Peregrine Falcons here in Pacifica.
It is such a wonder to watch them, and such a challenge to photograph. They are a little too far away and move so very fast. But with some good fortune and the willingness to delete many out of focus frames, it is amazing what joy a few hours of work and play can produce.
My biggest photographic challenge continues to be just getting the autofocus to lock in on such fast moving subjects.
Catching one of these speedy birds in flight is hard. Catching one in a drive seems mostly sheer luck. Yes, it is luck, but on top of bringing all of my limited wildlife photography skills to bear. It is also a process of relearning some of the nuances of how to track, lock in and stay with the birds.
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