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Storks, Monforte de Lemos, February 2019

February 18, 2019 in photographs

This image was one of my first attempts at wildlife photography with my Bronica SQ-Ai. I failed.

As soon as I got close, the storks flew away and never came back. I waited with my tripod and camera ready for almost an hour. They didn't trust me and I don't blame them.

I moved on and kept making images, but decided to check on them again on my way back home, and good I did. They were back, and this time I won't let them leave without an image.

Having ran out of film, I grabbed my digital camera. That would've been my choice anyway, even if I had film. The Bronica proved too big and slow for a scene like this.

I clicked a few times, but it was with this last composition that I got what I was looking for. Inmediately after, they flew away again. This time, I didn't mind.

You can watch the whole thing on this video: "Wildlife" photography with the Bronica.

Tags: monforte de lemos, lugo, galicia, spain, sony a6000, black and white, fog
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