Prevailing wisdom among photographers is to always bring a camera with you, wherever you go. That’s the rule: you never know when you’re going to need it. But really, there should be some tempering to the madness, no?
No.
Today I went out to get the mail, without my camera. Nothing big just a 30 foot stroll. There, flying just overhead, slowly into the wind: a North American Bald Eagle. Naturally, I didn’t have *any* camera with me.
D’oh!
I’d like to tell you that I ran inside, grabbed the camera, and just made it to having a decent pic for you. But I didn’t: even flying slowly, that bird was long gone by then.
So there you have it. A missed opportunity.
