Wednesday 21 April 2010: When bad things go good!!

The story....

Late afternoon appointment in town. Driving home along waterfront at rush hour (lol! marginally slower 20 minutes!). Sun going down over bay - beginning to look very promising for a good sunset shot.

Choice - sit in traffic and crawl for a couple of kms or park for 20 minutes and take walk along waterfront with camera to see what sun does. No brainer - park 'n' walk wins hands down.

Adjust camera settings to cope with shooting into sun. Shots not looking so inspiring afterall......

...then.....

...this wee shag/cormorant comes paddling along right below me. Quickly adjust my position so I can get some of the sun's rays on him but forget to adjust camera settings.

Shag dives down into water then emerges a few metres further on and snap........just as he pops to the surface and shakes his head to clear the water. And all of this captured on a (I thought!) w-a-y too slow shutter speed!

Looking at it now though I feel it was a lovely mistake to make! Kind of gives a new meaning to having a 'brain explosion' doesn't it?

• Canon EOS 40D:
• f/22.0:
• 1/13":
• 300mm:
• ISO 400

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