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Sunday, April 17, 2011 - Utah Rt 12, East of Escalante UT

Desert Catfish, Dead, with Toes, Escalante UT, April 17, 2011
Desert Catfish, Dead, with Toes, Escalante UT, April 17, 2011

Dang, I did it again

You may recall I lost most of my nesting Great Blue Heron pictures a while back to that certain fuzziness caused by forgetting to turn the auto stabilization off when I had the camera on the tripod, trying my darndest to get some nice clean shots from farther away than I would have preferred.

Well, this morning I went walkabout with the camera, took some neat shots... and forgot to turn the stabilization ON. The sun was low in the sky and the shutter speed was adequate with image stabilization. But not without!

Tomorrow morning, maybe I'll go walk the route again - or maybe not. Clouds are rolling in. I think there's a storm brewing. If so the light won't be worth a darn. Darn.

Night camp

Boondocked - Utah Route 12 East of Escalante UT

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