What's your most disappointing shot of the day? Vol.3

Oh now I know there are more out there!!!

I got this one about 3 days ago of a pair of Ceadar Waxwings...I was soooo bummed that it didn't turn out.

Almost every Cedar Waxwing photo that I took last year was a disappointment! They are just never in focus! That one is cute though!

Here is my most disappointing photo of the day. I've been trying and trying to get a good one of this Solitary Vireo who isn't so solitary as I have a pair of them visiting! Anyway, this one flew right up to me to check me out, and all I got was this lousy photo.

Hey that's not bad...you can tell what it is!! lol

Mediterranean Gull. It was too far away.

Resin

Black-headed Gull. It walked out of the field of view at just the wrong moment.

Resin

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Nanny, that really is a shame. It would have been a beauty.

LOL..Resin at the walking out of the shot!

Nanny, you cracked me up! If only I could accept "you can tell what it is" as my photo criteria, I'd be such a happy person!

Resin, nice rear shot of the Black-headed! As for the other one, I have soooo many shots where the subject was just too far away. A hawk shot from the other day comes to mind-- I should post that one.

He landed right above me when I didn't have my camera. When I came back with it, he was just too far away. Can you even find him?!

Yep! Sharp-shin or Cooper's. Nice pine! Loblolly Pine, I guess.

Resin

Well he is there as plain as day Elphaba!

Plain as day! LOL! Definitely a Loblolly Pine - amazing that you can tell by this photo!

Even more too far away . . . female Common Eider (left) and Slavonian Grebe (right).

Resin (who likes pines even more than birds ;-)

Well, it passes the "you can tell what it is" test! Almost a really cool shot with both in the same frame like that.

I am gonna end up eating those words..I just know it! lol

I think this is the same hawk in the other photo, but then I always think it's the same one whether it is or not! It landed in another Loblolly this morning much closer this time with the sun in its face. I was sure the pictures would turn out. I'm so mad. The only one that isn't super blurry is one like the one above where I didn't zoom very much, so annoying. I need a tripod!

At least you can tell what it is! LOL! --or at least Resin can! It seemed to be too large to be a Sharp-shinned. It does have the tail of a Cooper's, but doesn't the chest coloring suggest a Red-shouldered or a Broad-winged?

Yep, that one is an adult Cooper's - the tail is too long for a Buteo (Red-shouldered, Broad-winged, etc.), and the eye is red (brown on Buteo species).

Resin

I just wrote that info about the eyes in my book! That's so helpful. Thanks!

stupid jumpy autofocus…

That's so cute! You have very high standards Mrs. Ed!

That's exactly what I was thinking. I thought "well what's wrong with that".

you did NOT margaret!

I really only need for a photo to be in sharp focus! Especially when I've spent $$ on a good camera! User error I guess!

Yeah, Mrs. Ed, I'd love to get a picture of a BLue Jay like that one. But I understand what your saying, I feel the same way. You spend all that money on a camera and it's suppose to take perfectly focused pics all the time...maybe even read your mind. That's not asking for much, is it? ;))

Right, reading my mind would be nice. especially if it is wireless! Just took about 5 pix of a white-throated sparrow that were "supposed" to be in focus. NOPE!

Rotflmbfbo Mrs Ed. I really was thinking that. Brownie's honour (did I tell you I was thrown out of the brownies?).

ha! No, you didn't. OMG, I can hardly wait for this story.

not a bird of course, but eating bird food! It's really dark here, so this was quite out of focus. I had to do some aggressive sharpening!

Ruh-oh

as long as they stay OUTSIDE, I'm okay with them!

This one cracks me up. Check out the peanut standing on end as the nuthatch takes off.

ahhh..how did it do that!!!????? lol

I have Norway rats too -- outside only! I think they are kind of cute, but I do wish I could figure out how to get rid of them. They eat my flowers. The other day I saw this little rat, and it stopped under the iron plant and watched me. I started talking to it, and it sat up, holding its little paws up and cocked its head listening to me. I told him to go live at the vacant house on the corner. I swear he said that he liked the bird seed, berries and flowers in my yard better.

I knew this shot wouldn't come out because it's so cloudy, but still fun -- Blue Jay washing his face.

Elphaba, that is EXACTLY what my darn chippies say to me when I tell them to go live over in the woods with the other chippies!! LOL

Here is one of those "almost" shots. Tufted Titmouse

haha. "look ma, no wings"

Wow...In my book that's a keeper!! Chris Angel Mindfreak!!

Almost a Cedar Waxwing...dang branch!!

Pelle...that's a cute shot!

LOL..Nanny!!

Pelle, I love that almost award-winning shot!
Nanny, so close and yet so headless.

Pretty much every picture I took today could be posted on this thread. I was so excited when a Blue-headed Vireo and a Black-throated Green Warbler came down to the pond together. I took about half a dozen lousy photos.

That looks pretty good compared to my BTW shots!

I think I have cornered the headless market!!

that is a neat shot Pelle.... not a miss at all

Nanny...you are so funny!

Elphaba...Not a bad shot at all!

Now this is a bad bad shot. I took it through the window...the first Junco in the yard. Obviously everything I could do wrong...I did wrong!! LOL! It hurts my eyes to look at it!