Selected this high-rise apt because it had a built-in camera mount (tripod).

Watching Blue Jays picking up pecan halves.


A few doves too.

Posting a "toe in the water" statement to check out this group yesterday brought out a wide range of replies. Some good and some that I had to try hard to see how they were relevant. Thanks to everyone for the little time out of your day. I'll check out the new posts for a while and maybe find one I want to comment on one of these days. I'm sure I will learn more than I need, Tommy2

Great catchlight!

Well one thing is for sure, my DSLR is an excellent tool for collecting obscene gestures - ought to start a folder. My particular interest is collecting casual people photos from around downtown in a large city. A cell phone does that in a very stealthily way - I meld with the general masses constantly texting. Something about bringing a hulking DSLR up to one's eye to attract the attention of the possible targets.

Yep, "give the tech guys a couple more years..." The iPhone X I started carrying around a few months ago is the "Swiss army knife" of lightweight cameras! Over the last handful of years I've found 98% of my photography has consisted of what some call "street photography" and being able to retrieve it and take that shot instantly to capture an image is what it takes to get that once in a lifetime photo. My wife says my right arm is stretched from having the heavy DSLR with me constantly and it is a relief to not have that bulky thing along on my walks to smell the flowers and bring home good images too. Gotta say all the reasons above to not upgrade apply here too.

Yes Wingpilot got it - the rest of you trolling my "tongue in cheek" post need to get a life away from your little hole in the cosmos...

Well gee whizzzz...one of the rules I read on this forum said something about not being nasty....

When your cell phone provides better images than your trusted DSLR.