all creatures great and small
I slowly followed our blue fellow here as he travelled from fallen tree to fallen tree. I came to complete stops and looked off in other directions. I sat motionless at times, all to make it feel like I was just like all the other people in the park, off doing their own thing walking their dogs, jogging, fishing, reading the newspaper, doing anything but stalking it.
As I got as close to it as I dared I became as slow and quiet as possible, I even switched shutter modes on my camera. As I traded in my old D300 two months ago for this D300s, which has an optional mode of shutter release that is surprisingly quiet. Great feature because this close, the sound of the reflex mirror clapping up sounds a lot like a predator stepping on a branch.
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