Woodpeckers and More Jays
Went to Stanford Shopping Center via the San Fransquito Creek this morning and got a nice bird show right at the bike bridge. First, some Stellar Jays rooting around in the brush, and then some Acorn Woodpeckers (instead of the more common Hairy or Downy Woodpeckers). The Canon performed well in the photos that came out, but I am beginning to have serious doubts about the focusing. Given a foreground object and a background of, say, trees, the Canon went to the background, losing me all of my first shots of the woodpeckers, in addition to many of the jays. I did get the shots I wanted, but that was almost out of luck rather than having the camera perform well. I probably have the settings wrong, though–I’ll have to check the manual on that. In any case, the successfuyl shots are displayed below.
