Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART

Barnegat Lighthouse in Heaven

This image was created on the first Barnegat Jetty IPT with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 800mm f/5.6L IS USM Autofocus lens and the Canon EOS-1D X digital SLR . ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1 1/3 stop: 1/1600 sec. at f/6.3 in Av mode. Central sensor/AI Servo Rear Focus AF [...]

This Coastal Brown Bear image was created in Katmai National Park on a 2009 Bear Boat IPT with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 800mm f/5.6L IS USM Autofocus lens, the Canon 1.4x EF Extender III (teleconverter), and the discontinued EOS-1D Mark IV that has been replaced by the Canon EOS-1D X digital SLR . [...]

Home Safely

After a pretty good night’s sleep on the Auto Train we pulled into Sanford, FL this morning an hour early. I was way-lucky when my SUV was one of the first off the train. After stops at Publix and Junior’s Fish Market in Lake Wales I arrived at my home in Indian [...]

This Chestnut-mandibled Toucan image was created by BPN member Vikram Potdar with the Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 600mm f/4G ED VR AF lens and the Nikon D-700 replaced by the Nikon D800 Digital SLR camera body (w/FREE Bonus Item – $191.60 Value! [expires soon]!). ISO 200. Ev -.3: 1/250 sec. at f/4. White balance: [...]

In Traffic Hell!

I left my Mom’s in Holbrook, Long Island, NY at 9:39 am this morning, hursday, 12/27/13. Google Maps showed 5 hours 1 minute in current traffic to the Amtrak Station in Lorton, VA where I will board the Auto Train tomorrow. I hope. The close-in LIE was a bit crowded and [...]

This Ipswich race Savannah Sparrow was photographed on the recently concluded Barnegat Jetty IPT with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 800mm f/5.6L IS USM Autofocus lens, the Canon 1.4x EF Extender III (teleconverter), and the Canon EOS-1D X digital SLR . ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop: 1/400 sec. at f/10 in Manual mode. [...]

As I have been saying, it was a bit windy at the Barnegat Jetty on Friday and Saturday. This image was created with the tiipod-mounted Canon EF 800mm f/5.6L IS USM Autofocus lens and the Canon EOS-1D X digital SLR . ISO 50. Evaluative metering +1 2/3 stops as framed: 1/10 sec. at [...]

Barnegat Miracle…

Despite high winds on Friday and Saturday, gusts of more than 50mph, water washing over the jetty, and waves of 40 feet in the inlet, a great time was had by all on the Barnegat Jetty IPT. All four of us: Denise and I and Bill Wingfield from South Carolina and David [...]

This image was created on the Barnegat Jetty IPT (things are going great) with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 800mm f/5.6L IS USM Autofocus lens and the Canon EOS-1D X digital SLR . ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop: 1/320 sec. at f/10 in Manual mode. Central sensor/AI Servo Rear Focus AF on the [...]

This image was created with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 800mm f/5.6L IS USM Autofocus lens and the Canon EOS-1D X digital SLR . ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 stop off the low sky: 1/1250 sec. at f/7.1 in Manual mode. Central sensor/AI Servo Surround/Rear Focus AF active at the moment of exposure. Click [...]