Today we went up into Carara National Park after chasing a Collared Forest Falcon around the lodge property during breakfast. I decided to spend the day shooting in manual mode (meaning there are few if any automated settings) and by lunch I was about ready to throw the camera into the Tarcoles River. The first two birds were the worst possible two birds to start that with, one being a wren that liked to somehow move and hide at the same time, the other being a ground bird that lives in darkness and probably wants it's "preciousssss".
Fortunately, lunch plus caffeine plus a little more light and I started to get the swing of it. I'm still not great at it, but I got a few good ones this afternoon.
We're well over 300 birds for the trip now, with more on the way tomorrow.
There's a lot of road to cover tomorrow, and hopefully it will be full of many stops and many new photos.
Oh, and FYI, I did get a beer tonight, so all is well with the world.
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