Taking Advantage...

I created this high key, tight vertical head and neck portrait of a Masked Booby on Sand Island, Midway with the Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II lens with the 2X III teleconverter (hand held at 230mm) and the Canon EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 2/3 stops: 1/800 sec. at f/13 [...]

Midway Revelation and Laysan Albatross Images...

I created this tight head portrait of a Laysan Albatross on our second morning at 8:58 am with the Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II lens with the 1.4X III TC (hand held at 280mm) and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering at zero: 1/1000 sec. at f/9 set manually after histogram [...]

Safe in Honolulu & Gear Questions Answered

This intentional and pleasing (to me at least) image of a Glaucous-winged Gull was created with the Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS II and the 1.4X III TC (hand held at 280mm) with the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 50. Evaluative metering -1 stop as framed: 1/15 sec. at f/13. To see what the folks [...]

Bald Eagle Squabble #2/Which Do You Like Best?

This image was created near Homer, AK with the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II lens with the 2XIII TC (hand held at 238mm) and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 1/3 stops off the sky: 1/1600 sec. at f/6.3 in Manual mode.

Bald Eagle Squabble #2/Which Do You [...]

Bald Eagle Squabble/Interactive Photoshop Lesson

This image was created near Homer, AK with the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II lens with the 2XIII TC (hand held at 238mm) and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 1/3 stops off the sky: 1/1600 sec. at f/6.3 in Manual mode.

Bald Eagle Squabble/Interactive Photoshop Lesson

The [...]

A Blurry Morning in Homer

This image was created with the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II lens with the 1.4X III TC (handheld at 210mm) and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 50. Evaluative metering +3 stops off the white sky: 1/30 sec. at f/9. I like the pan-blurred background streaks in this image, especially those behind the [...]

Canon 70-200 f/2.8L IS II Gear Questions from the Non-believers :)

This Great White Pelican (if I have the correct species name….) was photographed at Lake Kerkini, Greece with the Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II lens (hand held at 175mm) and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop: 1/2500 sec. at f/5.6. There were 2 of these birds present the week [...]

214 Keeper Day at Lake Kerkini, Greece

This Dalmatian Pelican image was created with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 2/3 stops: 1/125 sec. at f/11 in Av mode. From shore. The hair-dos on these birds are too much.

214 Keeper Day at Lake Kerkini, Greece

After a day [...]

Greece: Oh My God!

This landing Dalmatian Pelican was photographed with the Canon 70-200mm f.2.8L IS lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV (hand held at 155mm). ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 2/3 stops: 1/2000 sec. at f/3.5 in Manual mode. From the shore.

Greece: Oh My God!

My dreams of Lake Kerkini were realized in a [...]

Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS II/1.4X III Composite Flight Pano

This image was created from five images made with the hand held Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II lens with the 1.4X III teleconverter and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop off the blue sky 35 degrees up from the horizon: 1/2500 at f/5.6.

To see a spectacular [...]