testmeat photoblog

if i had a longer zoom lens, a quicker 4x4 driver or just more luck with timing then this could have been a glorious photo of 30 cows rushing across this river in unison. i suppose i should be grateful that i was able to capture that stampede with my eyes, but it's a shame that i couldn't enjoy it fully knowing that the camera hanging round my neck couldn't share my vision. i don't always think like that, that would be a horrible way to go through life, but it happens now and then. i think the previous occurrence was when i was in punta gallinas, the most northern point of both colombia and south america. it was an unbelievably clear night so the stars some of the brightest i'd ever seen. i was with a french and peruvian friend and we sat on three red chairs looking up at the infinite sky. i thought it would make a perfect shot with the camera behind us: 3 red chairs and 3 silhouettes in front of a starry black sky. i set up my camera, lens, tripod and remote control and was ready to go when an empty battery symbol started flashing. i managed to capture a 2 minute exposure which was pure black. i guess the good thing about those kinds of vistas - if they're special enough you don't need a photograph to remember them.

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