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<blockquote data-quote="Blacktop" data-source="post: 480250" data-attributes="member: 22693"><p>Went up to my mountains to shoot some pano's. I pull off to the lookout point and pull my tripod and my cam with the 35mm attached. What do I see in front of me? A golden eagle circling around.</p><p>Run back to the car to grab my 70-300. By the time I put the lens on, the bird is gone. (note to self. Buy a D400 for birding)</p><p></p><p>No problem, I do my panos and a few other landscape shots, in my usual Aperture priority 100 ISO setting. (I'm on a tripod now..)</p><p>I finish all that and I'm thinking maybe I better put my 70-300mm on, just in case I see the eagle again.</p><p></p><p>Sure enough, I see the eagle circling around. I pull the car over, get out and wait for it to get a little closer. Off I go cranking out shots left and right. Then the bird goes away, but it's fine, because I got a few shots off and I know they will be fine because I have the Cam set to one of the user settings that I use for fast action stuff. OOOHHH...but do I?</p><p></p><p>No. Stupid me, left it in Aperture priority with a 100 ISO setting, so most of these shots will be well under a few hundredths of a second shutter speed. (no problem, you live and learn)</p><p>At about this time I spot the eagle again. This time I have the right speed for it and take a whole bunch of shots.</p><p></p><p>I start heading down the mountain. I notice my brakes are a little soft. By the time I get down from the mountain I have lost about 90% of my brakes. I'm real careful driving the last 10 miles to the house. I pull in my driveway and I have no brakes left whatsoever. I hit the garbage can trying to stop!!</p><p></p><p>So now come monday morning I have to call a wrecker to tow the thing to a garage and try and get it fixed. I wonder how much that is going to cost?</p><p>Oh well, at least I have a bunch of great flying eagle shots...Or, DO I??</p><p></p><p>Well, I don't! I have bunch of great flying turkey vulture shots....:excitement::biggrin-new: </p><p></p><p>I swear! I don't know how some people make it through life without a sense of humor. :indecisiveness:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blacktop, post: 480250, member: 22693"] Went up to my mountains to shoot some pano's. I pull off to the lookout point and pull my tripod and my cam with the 35mm attached. What do I see in front of me? A golden eagle circling around. Run back to the car to grab my 70-300. By the time I put the lens on, the bird is gone. (note to self. Buy a D400 for birding) No problem, I do my panos and a few other landscape shots, in my usual Aperture priority 100 ISO setting. (I'm on a tripod now..) I finish all that and I'm thinking maybe I better put my 70-300mm on, just in case I see the eagle again. Sure enough, I see the eagle circling around. I pull the car over, get out and wait for it to get a little closer. Off I go cranking out shots left and right. Then the bird goes away, but it's fine, because I got a few shots off and I know they will be fine because I have the Cam set to one of the user settings that I use for fast action stuff. OOOHHH...but do I? No. Stupid me, left it in Aperture priority with a 100 ISO setting, so most of these shots will be well under a few hundredths of a second shutter speed. (no problem, you live and learn) At about this time I spot the eagle again. This time I have the right speed for it and take a whole bunch of shots. I start heading down the mountain. I notice my brakes are a little soft. By the time I get down from the mountain I have lost about 90% of my brakes. I'm real careful driving the last 10 miles to the house. I pull in my driveway and I have no brakes left whatsoever. I hit the garbage can trying to stop!! So now come monday morning I have to call a wrecker to tow the thing to a garage and try and get it fixed. I wonder how much that is going to cost? Oh well, at least I have a bunch of great flying eagle shots...Or, DO I?? Well, I don't! I have bunch of great flying turkey vulture shots....:excitement::biggrin-new: I swear! I don't know how some people make it through life without a sense of humor. :indecisiveness: [/QUOTE]
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