Seven Faces of Ziva

After I taught violin this afternoon, I tossed a ball with Ziva for awhile.  This temporarily slackened her coil spring energy, so when she became interested in chewing a stick, I grabbed a camera and caught a variety of expressions, from playful to curious and searching.  This sequence was done just before sunset, in a heavily wooded yard.  The camera ISO was 20,000 - 25,600.  After limiting myself to cell phone pictures a day earlier, it felt great to work with such a highly competent instrument in my hands.

As I write this, we are just back from an evening walk, and reviewing and editing the photos again makes me appreciate what a great camera (in this case, a Canon EOS 1DX)  can pull out of semi-darkness.  Of course, it takes some human involvement in the process; you can't just point and shoot and expect much of a reward.  Still, the tools of the trade have gotten awfully good!  Ziva will also be amazingly good when her wild side can be tamed just a bit, not to inhibit her personality, but to preserve my fingers and other body parts.

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