krnaturalphoto's Blog 
It looks like it is finally that time of year. The time of year of which I speak is the time of year when raptors that migrate south for the winter begin to return to the north east United States. This is one of my favorite times of year. One of my favorite and most sought after subjects for my photography are birds of prey.
Over the past few weeks the broad winged hawks that are normally active in our woods have returned. I can year their calls on a fairly regular basis. Their familiar screech is quite noticeable out in the country when there are few other sounds. I have seen them circling the woods, streaking over my house, and soaring high overhead. I have been fortunate enough to see multiple broad wings flying through the same patch of sky. Hopefully one pair will choose our woods to nest in.
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I love to photograph my dogs but I cannot possibly live with one of every breed of dog that I like. So to fulfill my desire to photograph more breeds of dogs than just the ones that I am lucky enough to live my life with I keep my eyes open for opportunities to photograph other dogs. I may not be out looking specifically to photograph dogs but if I see one while I am out I may stop and photograph it quickly if the opportunity presents itself. I have photographed dogs at local parks that I have happened to come across. I have photographed dogs while on vacation in Bar Harbor, Maine. Some of which were on vacation themselves. I have even stopped my car while driving down the road and rolled down my window to photograph a dog that was walking down a local street alone as it passed by me.
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Today has been a different kind of day for me. Different but in a good way. I live in upstate NY where for the first time all winter we are getting a significant snow storm.
I personally love the snow and do not have much problem dealing with it.
However, I have a one hour commute each way to and from work. So I decided that it was not worth the risk to make that drive in the bad weather. At first I felt guilty. But I decided to make the best of it.
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While most of my photography centers around wildlife and nature I also love to photograph dogs. I love dogs. They are one of the passions in my life. I have five wonderful furry companions that my wife and I share our lives with. They are amazing creatures. They each have their own personality. They each have their own quirks. There is no normal with my dogs. They each have some oddity about them. I greatly enjoy photographing them and I have been able to create some amazing images of them. They each respond differently to my attempts to photograph them. I simply watch them as they roam our yard and wait until I see something that I find interesting or that I think will make a nice image. I try to get the dogs to ignore me. I just move around the yard to get the light right and the right composition.
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This photo of a common merganser was taken at a stream near where I worked in Ithaca, NY. I was out for a walk on my lunch and spotted her. While I was watching her she got up off the rock she was sitting on and jumped into the water. I was fortunate enough to capture this image.
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In regards to my previous post. I did hear back from the individual on Twitter that I was concerned I made upset. He was fine with what I had sent him.
So I guess, no harm no foul. But, I have learned a valuable lesson. It may be best practice to ask an individual if they would like to see something before sending it to them. Especially if it is potentially upsetting content.
I have also learned that it is easy to have a miscommunication when you cannot see or hear the person. Simply reading the words and punctuation leaves room for a lot of interpretation.
We can easily add our own context to someone elses type. I know that from here on out I will exercise more caution when sharing information directly with one individual, simply to avoid the potential for a possible incident.
Social media is a constant learning experience. I plan to learn from my missteps. Even though this interaction did not actually result in any negative consequences I still consider it an error in judgement from which I have gained invaluable insight. Hopefully others can learn from my mistake as well.
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There is an aspect to social media that I had never realy considered pertinet to me before. I consider myself a polite repectful individual who would never try to abuse the power of the internet or social media. These forces can be put to ill use as ways to harras others. This is something I would never do.
However, social media allows us to communicate with anyone, anywhere, at any time, instantaneously. Many of the people we communicate with we don’t realy know. We only know then by their picture on their profile, the limited information contained in the profile, and what limited communication we’ve had with them. It’s easy to forget that we don’t actaully know these people. We don’t know what is going on in there personal lives or how they may react to what we say or information we may share.
