Wes Hardaker

@hardaker@fosstodon.org

If a photographer and a computer scientist had a tug-of-war it would look like my brain.

Computer Scientist for the Information Sciences Institute. Member of the Internet Architecture Board and the ICANN Board. Creator of Net-SNMP. DNS Root Server Operator. Photographer of the pretty, the wild and the small. Ex photography teacher. Hiker.

Replying to an earlier post

@dnkrupinski Well... Yes. Because to be a good wildlife photographer you need to sometimes drive to where they are, because they won't come to where I live. Then you need to show up a **lot** because you still only have a fraction of a chance of seeing something like a bobcat. (granted I also saw probably 20 rabbits and 10-15 deer too). Fortunately, I knew where some occasionally hung around about 20 minutes away.

But you're right, a better closing line might have been "PUT ON YOUR BOOTS".

My self-conversation at 05:15

Wise self: You should go hiking
Lazy self: Nah, it looks cold, dark and foggy
Wise self: You should go hiking
Lazy self: Well, ok... but lets not carry the big camera
Wise self: You might miss something important
Lazy self: But my shoulder hurts
Wise self: GET IN THE CAR

Always listen to your wise self

#wildlife #wildlifeWednesday #nature #photography #photomonday #bobcat #sfba #marin

More of my work: captured.earth/

A bobcat sitting next to a field of Mustard flowers looking back at me
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A bobcat slinking away from me tracking something in the weeds beyond
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A beautiful bobcat walking right at the camera along a trail between some native grasses.
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