Getting out with a camera and giving yourself opportunities, will increase your chances of getting a "good" one. Be choosy once you've decided what "good" is, then learn the basics of composition, exposure and lighting. "Good" will then, likely, take on a new set of ever evolving conditions. Jack
----- Original Message ----- From: Eric Weir <eew...@bellsouth.net> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> Cc: Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 2:56 AM Subject: Re: PESO: White-Faced Heron On Oct 30, 2013, at 12:50 AM, David Mann <dmann...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's funny how every time I take a whole load of photos of something it's > always either the first or last one I end up choosing. I have a similar set > of another bird to go through so I'll see if I can break that rule. My understanding is that the secret to getting good shots is taking a lot of them. That said, one of my favorites from my trip to England last month was a quick one-handed shot as I was crossing a street and throughout, “Hey, that looks interesting." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net "Evertyhtnig is amazing and nobody's happy." - Louis C.K. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.