I Like Pigeons Because Nobody Else Does

…and I need to get my shit together and figure out how to wield this mother-of-all-cameras with proficiency.

I took this picture of Sinbad at 1/60 of a second, f4.5, with my 50mm lens. If you’re shooting at anything less than around 1/100 of a second, it’s not reasonable to expect a sharp picture. At speeds that slow you either need a very steady hand or a tripod. I have neither in this case and a subject matter that was constantly jerking and twitching in anticipation of the cookie I was holding. Still, I got this picture of the little nutcase:

Not bad. He’s extremely tough to photograph with that black light-sucking coat. Here are a few more, all at slower shutter speeds:

By now, pictures of the mutts are probably getting stale, but they’re the only things I can shoot in this miserably cold weather. Stay tuned and I’ll make up for it when we return from Spain with some interesting shots.

Here’s one of Little Buddy just so he doesn’t feel left out: