In April 2018 I took a trip to Chirere Beach, located in Higuerote, Miranda state, in Venezuela. At that time I used to travel a lot to that place, because of the beautiful view and the incredible sound of the waves and the mist. The house I rented was near the seashore.
I spent a weekend there and in those days I used my Nikon D5200 camera and a 55-300mm lens to take pictures of my friends and also of those who were working or enjoying themselves on the sand.
Sometimes I looked at the sky trying to take pictures of the birds that fleetingly flew, appeared and disappeared. It was difficult to coincide with them. Most of the time, I didn't have the camera in my hand.
The camera's zoom is at maximum, there is no tripod, you are still turning the camera trying to get everything in focus and when you click you miss the target. The image is probably shaky or with the protagonist out of the frame.
That's how most of the photos were. None of them worked. It's frustrating when you don't get any good ones. It's not easy to stabilize what you see when the zoom is at full tilt. It's very easy to lose the aim of the sight.
However, the one who perseveres succeeds and out of a thousand shots I was able to get some good shots of the pelicans flying across the sky. I was satisfied with the few where the focus was more than 85% in focus.
We must remember that you have only micro seconds to take the picture and that with every tenth of a second the lens loses focal length, so beyond your expertise, there is a lot of luck in getting a good picture.
I accompany this series with slightly simpler photos. They are of a fisherman standing on the shore and a man carrying sand on his back.
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