Bird Watching: Rednecks and Ducks, 0 by Grasmussen

Grasmussen wrote:
Thanks so much for the complements everyone. The invention of the modern digital camera, is allowing me to finally live a fantasy I have dreamt for forty years. I'm finally able to capture realist images of rapidly moving small birds, in a way that never existed with the outdated 35mm cameras. In June 1967 I spent a weeks vacation photographing the extremely rare Kirtland's Warbler with my first 35mm camera. For the last month I have been fantizing about the images I could have captured with today's equipment. A retired old man, living a life long fantasy, taking pictures like these. Self-actualization: creating beauty simply for the pleasure of creating.

We went back to Palmer this evening. A great air show, but entirely different than last night, in addition the clouds moved in, along with a strong cold wind. The Snows weren't dropping right in front of me like last night. Tonight, I was trying for shots with the Talkeetna Mountains as the back ground. The telephoto lens pulls those distant mountains, up real close! Great for landscapes also.