tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916447777056971449.post1326648990624549581..comments2024-03-06T05:17:56.336-05:00Comments on Biking for Birds: Dec 7 (Day 341) - In a holding pattern on a rainy day....Dorian Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770246226295859548noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916447777056971449.post-27947994220807327602014-12-08T13:38:53.515-05:002014-12-08T13:38:53.515-05:00Sharp shot of the Roadrunner. As you know, good b...Sharp shot of the Roadrunner. As you know, good bokeh is achieved with a long lens using a high aperture where the distance from the lens to the subject is close to the MFD (minimal focusing distance), and then background behind the subject is even further away. Birds have a funny way of not cooperating for me the way a model or bride does, and I'm too impatient for them to get off that man-made wire/post/object and land on a lonely twig with great lighting and a distant background. Bird photography takes way more patience that I'm willing to spend. Considering how much you've birded this year, you have a great inventory of quality shots of so many different birds. Do you know what the record for a "big photo year" is? I'm sure you've got to be close to that number as well.John Muellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12865018860999540781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916447777056971449.post-71326009327531706702014-12-08T06:18:44.216-05:002014-12-08T06:18:44.216-05:00So glad you have had the chance to meet John Yochu...So glad you have had the chance to meet John Yochum and Mary Gustofson, both of whom made their excellent birding reputations here in Ohio before moving on. Mary was very instrumental in completing the first Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas in the 1980's. John still holds the eBird records in some of Ohio's northwestern counties. These were two of the birders to whom I sent messages about your then-anticipated visit to LRGV, back in early November. BTW, there are worse places to be "stuck" than in the LRGV. In fact, I'd love to over-winter there sometime, when my obligations here in Ohio will permit me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com