Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART

This Galapagos Tortoise was photographed in soft, misty light with the tripod-mounted Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D MIV. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1/100 sec. at f/8. If you remain still these ancient animals will come completely out of their shells and show off their long necks.

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This Whimbrel was photographed in soft, misty light with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D MIV. Evaluative metering +1 2/3 stops: 1/500 sec. at f/5.6. This tame bird gave us many good chances. We first spotted it swallowing a small octopus. Sorry: no photos of that .

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Galapagos Day 6/Afternoon, July 11: Punta Moreno, Isabella

This Greater Flamingo bird-scape was created with the Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS lens (handheld at 70mm) and the EOS-1D MIV. ISO 200. Evaluative metering -1/3 stop: 1/500 sec. at f/10. When creating bird-scapes I generally determine the correct exposure, set it manually, focus on the bird [...]

Galapagos Day 6/Morning, July 11: Elizabeth Bay

This Bryde’s Whale image was created with the Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS lens (hand held at 129mm) with the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1/1000 sec. at f/8. I used the lowest focusing sensor in the middle to get the whale down in [...]

Galapagos Day 5/Afternoon, July 10: Urbina Bay, Isabella Both originals for this two-frame top and bottom stitched image were created with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens, the 1.4X II TC, and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 250. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1/200 sec. at f/10 set. II could not quite fit the whole [...]

Galapagos Day 5/Morning, July 10: Tagus Cove, Isabella This three frame stitched panorama was created with the 24-105mm zoom lens handheld at 28mm with the EOS-1D Mark IV. I was inspired by the sweet light and the sloping hillside covered with incense trees. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 1/3 stops: 1/200 sec. at f/11 [...]

This image was created just after 2:30 pm on an obviously clear sunny day with the Canon 15mm fish eye lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 200. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop: 1/200 sec. at f/11. I held the camera on the ground and used Live View to frame the image. I warmed [...]

Day 4/Morning, July 9: Punta Vincente Roca The original image here was made with the Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS lens and the EOS-1D MIV handheld at 70mm. ISO 500. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop: 1/30 sec. at f/20. I added the bird with the very blue feet top/right/center from another frame to create this photo [...]

After seeing an Andy Rouse image of a Sally Lightfoot crab on black lava rock surrounded by a blurred wave (in his book, Concepts of Nature), I was determined to try something similar on my next Galapagos visit. This image was created with the tripod-mounted Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D [...]

As often happens in the Galapagos in June and July, we walked past a nest with two eggs only to find out five minutes later that there was just one egg in the nest along with a chick. This newly-hatched Nazca Booby chick was photographed with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and [...]