Shutter speed

 

Without knowing what this thing was thinking, I couldn’t really spend a whole lot of time adjusting camera settings.  It was simply a snap and run situation.

It did, however, remind me of a time when I was trying to learn sign language.  My intent was to be able to communicate with deaf people. What I discovered was that I had no frame of reference with respect to their level of intelligence.

In the hearing world, the moment someone starts speaking, you know a great deal about them.  Not so, with the deaf.  Sign language has no indicators as to the amount of education or life experience a person has had.  I didn't know if I was communicating with a college professor or a politician. Testing the waters can prove awkward.

I am sure I came off as a complete dolt to several people.  Hopefully some of my stupidity was attributed to me not being familiar with most of the signs and not at all being fast in signing to begin with.

The animal now standing in front of me could either be thinking about knocking me down, or possibly just admiring my camera choice.  Not really believing it was camera choice, I decided to just click the picture and quickly depart.  For all I know, the thing could have been deaf, and here I am going on about auto-focus and composition.