[texbirds] Re: Photography versus sketching
- From: Tim Brush <txbrush5@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Honeylet Jones <antshrike1@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 08:14:53 -0500
Amen, Dan, especially to your comments about 1) a trade-off between careful
observation and snapping photos and 2) going to Mexico or getting a real
good camera. I'm with you on both of them.
I would only add that for presentations people really want to see good
photos.:(
Regards,
Tim
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 6:46 PM, <antshrike1@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I thought Cameron's comments were a bit simplistic. Of course a good
> photo beats a sketch (usually). But anyone who carries a camera regularly
> in the field knows that you don't always get the shot. And in fact getting
> the shot often takes a lot of experience and sometimes politically
> incorrect methods. Newbies in the field are probably safer to study the
> bird first and worry about the shot secondly. There's always a debate in
> my mind for a split second when I have to make the decision, do I study as
> much as I can for descriptive details and possibly a sketch later on or do
> I go for the photo. In fact my experience in the the field is extensive
> enough that I can ID the bird without really seeing it well enough to be
> able to sketch it. In such a case I would be sketching what I thought I
> was supposed to have seen. And If I make that split second decision to go
> for the photo, sometimes I get nothing. And I don't really have much to
> write in the way of details, even thou
> gh my ID was correct, because I didn't really note any field marks.
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> Relying on a camera in the field, as I usually do, can result in poor
> observation skills. So studying a bird to the point that you are able to
> sketch it means that you have learned something about the bird. This leads
> to experience and making that next identification more quickly.
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> Lastly not everyone can afford a quality camera. Many the time in the
> past I had to make the decision, do I get a good camera or take a trip to
> Mexico. I'm glad I took all those trips to Mexico and got the camera
> later. Point and shoots, digibining and digiscoping are OK for cooperative
> birds. But when that bird doesn't sit for the shoot, it's good to be able
> to rely on some observation skills and sketching ability.
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> Dan Jones, Weslaco
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