Iceray
Until last saturday I didn’t know that we have rays in Finland ;-) This iceray was dwelling in Lampinkoski, which is a rapid stream nearby Pori. On that trip, my main purpose was to shoot wintering dippers, but I had to give it up :-( My zoom lens is of so bad quality, that I almost hate it. It produces decent quality in well lit situations, but it just ain’t good enough for serious photographing.
I learned a lesson that day:
1. The lens you carry is the wrong one.
2. Probability, that you need a certain lens, is directly comparable to the distance between you and the lens.
I was in that Lampinkoski area with my friend and I tried to be practical and wise. Had to choose (Why in earth I had to choose, you tell me!) between two lenses: 70-300 mm Nikkor and 90 mm Tamron macro. Ta-daa, picked the zoom lens, because it was more versatile. After half a mile walk, my friend found some flying squirrel’s droppings (actually: only one), and guess what… I, in my so called “wisdom” and “practicality”, had left the macro lens in the car!!! How stupid a man can be? -In the matter of fact, spare me from that information. Let me explain this a bit more. Flying squirrel is a rarity in Finland, and it was the very first time I saw the droppings of that species. Naturally, I’d have taken some pics of those easily recognizable droppings, but…hum-di-dum… This wasn’t enough: There were also some very nice beaver’s eating traces near those unshot droppings…
Hehee… Art Morris or some other brilliant photographer once said that the best lens you have is the one you have with you… But I have also noticed that this is not always the case! ;)