{"id":4939,"date":"2012-06-15T16:34:42","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T22:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/?p=4939"},"modified":"2012-06-15T16:34:42","modified_gmt":"2012-06-15T22:34:42","slug":"timing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/photos\/timing\/","title":{"rendered":"Timing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have one observation for photo enthusiasts: If your camera isn\u2019t in your hand, you might as well not own a camera. I\u2019ve made it my habit to have my camera ready to shoot most of the time I\u2019m outside, especially on walks. Even so, I miss some great photos.&#160; A legitimate complaint about non-DSLR cameras, such as my wonderful <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjhinton.com\/help\/?cat=64\">Sony HX-100v<\/a>, is shutter lag: The time between pressing the button and capturing the image can make all the difference in the world. Today, it worked to my advantage, lagging from a mediocre shot into a very cool moment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-content\/mine\/2012\/06\/DSC07487.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"ladderback woodpecker on hummingbird feeder\" border=\"0\" alt=\"ladderback woodpecker on hummingbird feeder\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-content\/mine\/2012\/06\/DSC07487_thumb.jpg\" width=\"553\" height=\"772\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I heard this bird a couple of minutes before I saw it. It\u2019s familiar chuckle chided me to practice what I preach and get my camera out of the bag, lens cap off. Thank you, little one.<\/p>\n<p>Save your accolades for the Universe. I was a lucky witness.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/photos\/be-ready-for-good-luck\/\">Be Ready for Good Luck<\/a><small> Thu 05\/05\/11 at 12:00 pm<\/small><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have one observation for photo enthusiasts: If your camera isn\u2019t in your hand, you might as well not own a camera. I\u2019ve made it my habit to have my camera ready to shoot most of the time I\u2019m outside, especially on walks. Even so, I miss some great photos.&#160; A legitimate complaint about non-DSLR &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/photos\/timing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Timing<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wild","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4939"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4940,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4939\/revisions\/4940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}