Night shoot in Napolean, Ohio

[GREAPER]

So a friend calls me up and askes me if I want to out and photograph some wild turkeys on a property in Grand Rapids, Ohio. I dont have any shots of wild turkeys, so I said "of course. Understand I would have went even if I had dozens of turkey shots already. I rarely say no to an invite to go shoot,

We drove out to the property on a beautiful evening and started unloading, two camera bags, two tripods, two blinds, turkey calls, jackets. We load all this stuff on our backs and are ready to hike back to the woods when two van loads full of pumped up boys scouts come blowin into the parking area and unloading camping gear. :huh I guess callin in turkeys is unlikely. :humungus .

We load all of our gear back into the car and drive off looking for other photo ops.

We drove past independance dam hoping to see eagles fishing the water there, no luck but we did shoot the sunset.

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We end up in Napoleon. It was dark so we decided to photograph the courthouse that was all lit up.

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The clock at 500mm

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As we were walking around the courthouse we passed a wonderfull monument to the fallen soldiers from the area.

This is My friend setting up for a shot.

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I decided to concentrate on the statue iteself.

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I haven't done a lot of shooting at night, and the trip was a lot of fun despite the total lack (literally anyway) of turkeys.

It just goes to show you should keep always be willing to abandon a shoot that isn't going to work out and adapt to a new plan.

[USAIR]

Great nightshots love the sunset also good color :clap :clap :clap

Sounds like some of my hunting trips
You think you have everything covered but then.....something happens :rofl

Thanks for the great shots and it looked like fun anyway:thumb

Fred

[GREAPER]

It was fun, but I ended up in the doghouse at home :wxwax

I guess I was out later than she thought.

[Skippy]

You adapted very well without the Turkeys :rofl

See just goes to show that life goes on with or without Turkeys :lol4

I'm going to Ohio in September for 3 weeks, last time I was there was 4 years ago it was winter, I wanted to see a White Christmas as it never snows were I live, I've only ever seen snow about 4 times in my life.

I'm hoping that the Fall has completely happened by the time I get to Ohio, because I'd love to get some shots of the beautiful colors of the leaves.

You did real good with your images....thanks for sharing....Skippy (Australia)

[Andy]

It was fun, but I ended up in the doghouse at home :wxwax

I guess I was out later than she thought.

i know the feeling. my wife is 5'-3" and all of 104lbs dripping wet - yet she can kick my a$$! btdt, greaper :lol3

the soldier is crying out for bw + toning layer imo. nice work! :thumb