Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART

This image of a Brown Noddy waiting to scoop up any wriggling baitfish that might escape from the adult pelican’s pouch was created with the hand held Canon 400mm f/4 IS DO lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 320. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1/500 sec. at f/4. It seems as if I [...]

This is the only image that I created on Day 14. It shows most of the group headed towards Dragon Hill without yours truly. I used the Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS lens handheld at 200mm with the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering at zero: 1/5000 sec. at f/5. Read on for [...]

This image of a Blue-footed Booby brooding two chicks—the one on our left just hatched minutes before, was created with the Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS lens hand held at 200mm with the EOS-7D. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/400 sec. at f/8. The 7D/70-200 combo is a great Galapagos rig; it yields [...]

This pan-blurred image was created with the tripod-mounted Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 500. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1/15 sec. at f/25 in Tv Mode. I panned from side to side and made many exposures; I wound up keeping two including this one. “A Guide to Pleasing [...]

This image combined the two principal attractions on Sante Fe, the extremely large cactuses and a Land Iguana. It was created with the hand held Canon 15mm fisheye lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop: 1/1000 sec. at f/8.

Galapagos Day 12/July 17, Morning, Santa Fe Island [...]

This image of Kicker Rock was created with the hand held Canon 15mm fish eye and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/2500 sec. at f/5.6. I try to remember to place a Kaiser Bubble Level in the hot shoe whenever I use the fish eye lens and to [...]

This Chatham (or Cristobal) Mockingbird was photographed with the hand held Canon 400mm f/4 IS DO lens, the 1.4X II TC, and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/1000 sec. at f/9. I went to a high ISO to maintain both a high shutter speed while hand holding at [...]

This Galapagos Sea Lion pup was photographed with the hand held Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS lens at 185mm and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 1000. Evaluative metering +1 2/3 stops: 1/320 sec. at f/6.3 in Tv Mode. I got downy on my belly to give the image an intimate feel and to provide [...]

This Waved Albatross was performing the bill-clacking portion of its intricate courtship dance. The image was created with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/1600 sec. at f/7.1. A vertical pano crop was chosen to eliminate it’s dancing partner from the left [...]