Day 50: Run Away!
Generally speaking, I'm not a planner. Most things I take the just wing it approach. And I do make that work a lot of the time. And a good chunk of the time it's an unbridled disaster. Every once in a while I try thinking ahead and I am always rather startled at how well that makes things work. Maybe someday I'll wise up enough to make that standard operating procedure.
Anyway, I say all that because this photo is a case of thinking ahead. I walk through this park several times most every day. And in the afternoon mourning doves are often found pecking away looking for snacks. And when I get to a certain distance from them, they flee. So this time I came at them with the camera at the ready, maximum zoom, and constantly adjusting focus as I moved closer. When I was too close for their comfort, they flew away and I started firing off shots. If I hadn't thought ahead, it would have been impossible to try and focus on them in flight.
So there's a lesson for me. Rest assured, I will ignore it.
