Sandhill cranes courting and doing something else (hide your eyes)
When I'm out birding and see birds or animals of interest, I generally just start taking pictures, especially if it looks like the composition is good. Many times I'm not really sure how the pictures came out until I get home as the LCD screen on the back of my camera is tiny at 3 inches square. That's just too small in most cases to be useful in determining the quality of the outcome. There is a chance I may be able to tell if the picture of the animal/bird is in focus, but little else. I was out birding the other day and a perfect event occured: a small flock of sandhill cranes flew in just across the river from me. I was able to get pictures of them in flight and landing in the water, but something was wrong with my camera setup. I wasn't able to adjust the shutter speed high enough for some reason. I was using the teleconverter and knew it took away two stops of light, (not allowing as much light on the sensor,) but what I didn't know was that it affected the sh...