Being a photographer, naturally there are plenty of social media pages that I follow or like or what have you, and so many times I see little memes about how it's not all about the camera, it's the photographer. In many cases, yes I agree. For a number of years I had to work with an older, outdated camera and I had to be creative to make things work. It wasn't always easy, but hey, you do what you've got to do. I was still able to get some nice images, but now that I've had a nice camera for the past year, I've got to admit, contrary to the memes ... having a nice camera sure makes things a hell of a lot easier!!
When I got my nice new camera one of the first things I wanted to shoot was the octopus at the aquarium. My old camera just didn't have the capability to take a decent shot in the dark tank. My new camera makes it almost too easy. I think the first 3 trips I took with my new camera Noel hid from me, but in recent trips he's been showing off for me. I'm like the octopus paparazzi ... truly. And I don't care. 
There's something sort of odd about an octopus. 8 legs, a big water balloon head, suction cups all over, they change colors ... I think he's beautiful. I don't know why. I feel like he's a strange sort of beautiful, but I love it! I wonder sometimes how much he can see from his tank. Does he people watch the way we watch him? He must see something, I would wave to him and he would make his way over to me. Coincidence, perhaps, but I think he likes getting his picture taken. Whatever the reason I never care why he swims by the glass or climbs over it... I'll catch it...
Cheers!!
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