April 7th, 2019 Postlist 2019
I Followed My Own Oft-Given Advice …Early Morning Bath. And an ISO/Shutter Speed LessonFort DeSoto is Rocking! When f/18 Is Not Enough …Tons of Bait. And a Topaz Sharpen AI Sandwich Tern SaveSlow Shutter Speed Prothonotary Warbler and Central Park Barred Owl Re-do, Images by Anke FrohlichThe Canon 5D IV & BIRDS AS ART High Key Pelican ActionWestern Sandpiper Raw Conversion Video & MoreBathing Bird Tendencies … Part ITales of Two Fresh JuviesImpressive Shorebird Wing Action by Anke Frohlich. Mining the Comments. BIRDS AS ART Camera User’s Guides”A Killer Vertical AF Tip for All SystemsPicking Your Keepers: The All Important Second EditCropping Like Crazy at the Brandon Rookery with the SONY Alpha 1 at 1200mm! Topaz Gigapixel AI to the RescueLearn to Create BIRDS AS ART. And Great Stuff on BPNIf and When Photoshop Goes Haywire …So What is Clemens Van der Werf Doing Now?Video Blog — Part II of III: Learn to Create BIRDS AS ART at Fort DeSoto with Arthur MorrisVideo Blog: Photographing Fort DeSoto’s Fall Wading Birds. And Announcing the 2021 Fort DeSoto Fall IPT ScheduleVideo Blog: Photographing Fort DeSoto’s Fall Wading Birds with Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART. And Announcing the 2021 Fort DeSoto Fall IPT ScheduleTight Bathing Bird Tips from the Wild Windy Saturday Past. Nikon AF-S 80-400mm/4.5-5.6G ED VR Lens Price Drop!The Big Sunday SurpriseNearly All Bird Photographers Stayed Home on a Wild Windy Weather Morning …Sipping …Sony Alpha a1 Revelation by Jim Dolgin. Working With a Nikon Z50 Student. And More on Getting Up Early.Pleasingly Blurred Skimmers. And Location & Situation TipsUniversal Advice for Better Flight Photography. A Seriously Mis-framed, Under-exposed Raw File. A Free Content-Aware Crop Tutorial. A Topaz Sharpen AI Tip. And a Pretty Darned Good Sandpiper Flight Image!Small in the Lime-Green Frame Image Optimization …Bird Photography Teacher Learns From Student …Impromptu Trash Bag Butt Mud-Guards. Almost Famous. Dull Day Image Processing. And East Pond PhalaropesShockingly Amazing: JBWR East Pond and a1 AF. And a Bedford Canon RF Wide Angle Lens Screw-up …Beach Butt-Advancing Illustrated … Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM Lenses in Stock at Bedfords! And Bathing Gull (and Tern) TipsButt-crawling at 840mm with the SONY 200-600 G LensBlack Skimmer Flight Save. What Bugs Me? The SONY a1 AF System Continues to Amaze …In-the-Field Student Anke Frohlich Kicking Butt …Cloudy Day American Oystercatchers Brightness QuestionJBWR August 2021 Goal: Better These Six ImagesThe JBWR In-the-Field Sessions. On Sitting Still. And Juvie Osprey Post-Processing/Topaz Sharpen AI LessonsCanon R5 for Tight and for Flight! In Stock at Bedfords: Canon R5-s and R6-s, RF 100-500mm lenses, and lots of the brand new Canon RF 100mm f/2.8 Macro LensesMorning Macro Saved by a Shirt! And Beach Nesting Bird Survival or the Lack Thereof …The Best of a 5350-Image Morning!Making the Best of a Muddy Situation!Black Skimmer Aerial Battle Tips. And A + B = CBarred Owl Tragedy in NYC’s Central Park …SONY a1 AF: Bird Eye Tracking Beyond Belief …Loving White Sky Days. Midair Battling. The Realities of 30 frames per second. And How Fast is a Blink? (Nictitating Membrane Insurance …)Hungry Beach Babies! And Loving Cloudy DaysMurder on the Beach, This Time for Real … Glad That I Brought the 1.4X TC. Or Not? And Beach Clean-upI Kid You Not; the 70-200mm f/2.8 for Bald Eagle Flight!Blacklit Discovery & Strategy Map. And Used Canon Gear!Murder (???) on the Beach!Working the Best Available Subject. a1 AF and OSS Systems at 1200mm. Leaf Removal. A Background Question. And a free and improved Divide and Conquer TutorialWorking the Best Available Subject. a1 AF and OSS Systems at 1200mm. Leaf Removal. A Background Question. And a free and improved Divide and Conquer TutorialA Very Long Day That Ended Very Wet!Young Little Blue Herons and the 600mm Lens Three Ways!Abstract Flower Center: Any Better?A Trip Down Memory Lane/A Bit of Bird Photography and Personal History: the East Pond at JBWR and BIRDS AS ARTWill the Real Swallow-tailed Kite Please Swoop Down For a Sip? Mega-challenging Bird Photography. And the Realities of Hand Holding Super-telephotos Lenses …My Very Favorite Image From Two Mornings on a Swallow-tailed Kite Adventure … And More Topaz DeNoise MagicThis Image is Not Up to Contemporary Professional Standards …Variety is the Spice of Flower PhotographyThe Wind Direction. And For What It’s Worth …A Zebra at ILE ??? Your Thoughts? Be Honest. Be Brutal.Happiness Is … And a Near-Mint Canon EOS-1DX IIWind Against Sun Begging Chick Strategy. A Near-Mint Used a9 ii. And Beach Clean-UpThings Are Going Swimmingly on the 2nd JAX IPT!Not a Baby Barracuda …Boring Bird on Beach? Worked Too Hard …Canon R5 (Sump) Scores in the Right Hands!Does This Image Make You Feel Sad? And a Lens QuestionSurprised! Not Surprised. And Not Surprised …A Small, Weird Surprise! Bug Bob Allen to the ID Rescue. Manual Focus with Focus Magnifier and Focus Peaking. A Great Topaz Sharpen AI Tip, And the The Levered-Clamp FlexShooter Mini Back in Stock!Image Design Question. And Another Free Photoshop TipAlligatorlily: If At First You Don’t Succeed …Divide and Conquer Technique Revealed in a Free Excerpt. Clean-up By Popular Demand. And One Bird Butt Too ManyAdd Green Whenever Possible …Clean Beach? Changing Tactics. Moving a Bird Back in the Frame. Creating a Natural Catchlight. JAX IPT #2 Sold Out!Inked By a Squid! Is the SONY Alpha a1 Really Worth $6500? And Would You Spend 80 Minutes on This Image?The JAX Colony is Not Just Royal Terns and Laughing GullsTwo Spots Left on JAX IPT #2. Tips, Tips, & More Tips: Chick-Feeding, Flight/Fight, and When the Light is Bright …Mike De Rosa: Learning a Ton, Making Great Images, and Dispelling Many Myths About SONY!Announcing JAX IPT #2. Cutlassfish! Why a Tripod-mounted 600mm f/4 Lens for Flight Photography? And the World’s Best Camera Body for Birds in Flight Gets Even Better!Avian Pedophile Rape. No Kidding … And Copulation, Ruffling, and Bathing Bird Photo TipsThree SONY Alpha 1 Bodies in Stock at BedfordsHow Torrid Was The JAX Action? SONY Alpha a1 EVF Blackout Problem Purportedly Fixed. SONY Alpha a1 AF continues to astound and is supposed to be even better with the recent firmware update!Non-stop Action on the JAX IPT!How Old is that Least Tern Chick? Part I800+ Images of the Same Bird … Right Down the Barrel. Practice Fishing. And the Rocky PointWhite-Mouth Dayflower: Wider or Tighter? A Depth of Field Question. And Focus Magnifier and Focus PeakingTen of Anita North’s Best Images from TanzaniaNest Distraction Display. The SONY 200-600 G Lens in Low Light? Part II. And Using All the Tools!No More Mud Patterns … And Lots of Used Canon GearLike-New Canon 1DX Mark III for Sale. Images not included … And Sarah Vaughan – Broken-Hearted MelodyIt Was a Wet Muddy Night in the Marsh. The SONY 200-600 G Lens in Low Light? Part IBud Strategy. And WDYT? I & II.Two Like-New Nikkor Lenses. Why the 600 f/4? And a sneaky way to save over-exposed , detail-less whites …Wind and Sun Together. And Truly Superb When the Sun Shines — the SONY 200-600 G LensA Whole New World: Picking Flight KeepersThe Quest for Something Different/Birthday Gift #2. Flying Adult Least Tern Carrying Halfbeak for Young!The Quest for Something Different/Birthday Gift #1. Four is a Crowd: Least Tern Chicks Food Fight!Mommy Long-legs and Still Need One for Jax In-the-Field …Sunday Morning Mommy Long-legs Screw-up 🙂Get on Line Now for the Canon EOS R3! Clemens Van der Werf & the Canon EOS R5 — Not Bad At All at 1200mm … The 600 mm f/4 + a 2xTC Rocks with Canon and SONY SystemsLucky Shrike Means Fine Tobacco? And It’s Much Better to Try and Fail Than Not to Try at All…Hey Bud, Does Viveza Work? A JAX In-the-Field Opening for One. And lots more on exposing to the right …How Low Can You Go? Panning Ground Pod Techniques. And Getting Sand and Mud on Your Camera Body. Part IIThe Levered-Clamp FlexShooter Pro Back in Stock. The Levered-Clamp FlexShooter Mini Announced! Perfection? The Whole Turtle Nest Story (with Photos). And more totally amazing Sony Alpha a1 Eye Detection AF Magic …How Low Can You Go? Panning Ground Pod Techniques. And Getting Sand and Mud on Your Expensive Camera Body …Laughing Gull as Devil Crop Percentage. Ho Hum, Another Perfect Exposure. And Right Place + Right Time + Vision + Good Technique Usually Works Out Just Fine …Beggar: a Tricolored Heron Fledgling. The Keep-out Fence and the Rocks. The Incredible a1 Image Quality (and AF!). Repairing Ov-Exp Pixels. And a New Topaz DeNoise Trick!Big Baby Osprey in a Low Nest — Which is the Stronger Image? And Topaz DeNoise Rocks!1/500 Second for Flight? What is the best shutter speed for photographing birds in flight? And a Near-Mint SONY a9 ii!Hills, Mounds, Ridges, and Rises. And to Bee or Not to Bee …Better: Lessons from the Great Limpkin Morning. And VivezaLaughing Gull as Devil?An Incredibly Beautiful, Intricate Natural Creation. And a Situation With Immense Photographic Possibilities …Huguenot Memorial Park Help Requested. And Fledgling Wood Stork Head Portrait Fine-Point In-the-Field LessonsHow Still’s the Water, Mama?An Afternoon at the Beach …Blood Work — Japanese-style? And 200-600 VersatilityIt’s a Start — Limpkin with chickCanon R5 Crop-ability. And A New, Brian Sump, Hand Held, Ground Level/Rear Screen Shooting Technique That is Not for the Average Joe …Ground Level/Rear Screen Shooting Obsession and How-to …A Thing of Beauty is a Joy … The Perch IIThe Big Negative With Ground Level ShootingI Get By With a Little Help From My (Fit, Talented) FriendsYe of Little Faith. And Out of the Crane Box Twice …Ballerino or Danseur Noble. With Zebras, Eye Tracking AF, Topaz, and RawDigger, Is Bird Photography Too Easy Now?Not Bad, But Knot What I Was After …Thanks again, Anita! When f/4 is more than enough. And Super-telephoto Basic depth-of-field LessonsI Thought She Was Totally Nuts! How Observation, Intelligent Planning, Forethought, Patience, Belief, Skill, Faith, and Determination Led to a Big Pay Off!Is it possible to make beautiful, small-in-the-frame images of shorebirds that include habitat? And Sony Alpha a1 AF MagicSoft Light Flight. Exposure Basics Lesson. And ISO Savings versus Shoulder Shoulder Pain and Dysfunction …Cleaning Up at the Beach. And My Three Steytler FavesThe Canon EOS R5: Rockin’ in the right hands!BBWD Operator ErrorsRookeries are Cluttered, Messy Places … And So are Wood Stork Nests! Insane Tripod Set-up …Winning the Lottery? And a Multiple Choice QuizAustralian Lady Bird Photographer Georgina Steytler Creates High-Key, Soft Light, and Dramatic Stunners …How Low is Too Low?Announcing the Video Webinar: Designing and Creating Pleasing and Dramatic Natural History Images. Low Carb Seafood Curry. Why the Larger, Heavier, More Difficult to Hand Hold 600mm f/4? And Why the Subject to Background Distance is More Important Than Aperture!Tall, Shorter, and Snail Meat Two WaysAperture/Depth-of-Field Multiple Choice Question. And Turn-around is Fair Play: Viveza RevisitedOsprey with Black Crappie: Cool Light/Warm Light. And Hand Holding a 600mm f/4 Lens …Simply Deadly …Slow Canon RF Lenses and Topaz Denoise AI. Laguna Seca Ranch. Which is your favorite Joel Eade R5 image? And There’s No Telling What You Might Learn on the BAA Blog …Symbiotic Relationship Yields Serendipitous ImageRunning With Both Feet Off the Ground!A Catch-up Learning Day on the BIRDS AS ART BlogHow Low Do You Go? A Used Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS Lens!The Whole Catfish!Silly-Tame Red-shouldered Hawk. And Focal Length QuizBob Eastman Saved By the Sony Alpha a1! And a surprisingly good afternoon on Lake Blue Cypress!As Different as Night and Day. Identifying Flowers, or not!Shorebird Behavior Quiz. SONY Alpha a1 Crop-ability!Perfect Tee Shots and Perfect T-ShotsOspreys and BPN and Learning a Ton … Luis Grunauer GoneVintage IR. Infrared Photography — like it or hate it?Fort DeSoto Miracle Resurrection …Two More Keepers From the 10 April DeSoto Morning SessionEnding the Sales Tax Confusion. A Short But Great Move Pays Off! Can a Big Over-exposure Be Best? More on RawDiggerHow I Deal Easily With So Many Huge Image Files @ 30 frames per second … Announcing the The Laughing Gull/Red Knot (and more) DeSoto Picking Your Keepers VideoPre-Order Canon RF Lenses Now to Save Time and MoneySometimes You Just Have to Stick With It …Marbled Godwit Swimming in Heaven. The Plusses and Minuses of Using the Rear Screen for Ground Level ShotsAn Aqua Square. And Loving My SONY Alpha a1!BTHS Grad with R5/RF 100-500 Kicks Ass at Stick Marsh. With a Vengeance. And Magically Wide Enough!Willet and Limulus Polyphemus Three Ways …I Cannot Decide Which is More Amazing …Hand Held 840mm Flight While Standing (Double Gasp!)Webinar Invitation. Jeopardy and Alex Trebek. Espanola (Hood Island), Galapagos and Waved Albatross112 millimeters? Surely You Jest ! Depth-of-Field QuestionSerendipitous R5 Flight (Shot)Is This Any Better? And Believe it or Not …Three Squares a DayLittle Chicks in a Big World, My Favorite Crane Chick Perspective, and Clambering Around at 1/1000 SecondArtie Returns to Canon Full-time with a Vengeance. His status as an Explorer of Light has been restored!The Top Ten Reasons to Love the Canon EOS R5 Mirrorless Digital camera body and the Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM Lens. R5 Overheating Problem with Stills …Sony Alpha a1 Electronic Viewfinder (EVF) Blackout …Planned Blog Post Delayed One Day for Two Good Reasons. A Small Green Dragonfly for Breakfast. The Punked Look. And a quick comparison of two great rigs: the Sony Alpha a1/200-600 versus the Canon R5/RF 100-500 …Stick Marsh Euphoria. A Rare Square. Hand Holding at 840mm. A Change of Pace. More Sony a1 AF Magic …Invasive But Beautiful Introduced Species. Sony Alpha a1 Bad News Coming Monday …Five Million to One Shot Comes Home! Or not?Four Basic But Oft-Ignored Lessons. R5 Versatility Shines. And New BAA Record-low Used Canon Gear Price ListingsAre You in Florida and Free on Thursday Morning?Stick Marsh Roseate Spoonbill — unsure of which way it was going –Flared for LandingAnnouncing the Publication of the BIRDS AS ART Canon EOS R5 Camera User’s e-Guide. And FBM (FaceBook Maniac) Donna Bourdon and the Canon R5Bill Schneider, Jeff Walters’ Comment, and Zebras …If At All Possible, Join Me this week for the Pink Bonanza! Two Big Used Gear Price Drops Yield $5500.00 in Savings!The Spoonbill Flight Image: What Did and Did Not Bug Me. Sony Alpha a1 BCNH Image Quality and Crop-ability!A Perfect Storm of Great Egret PerfectionKicking Myself Over Stick Marsh. Or Not? Roseate Spoonbill Heaven. Sony Alpha a1 Unfair to Flying Birds!Photographing in Rapidly Changing Light. What is a Dip-landing? Amazing SONY a1 AF! A Perfect Flight Shot?Magical Fire in the Merritt Mist Morning!A Sunday Morning Blast-off of a Different Type. My Last R5 Image For A While. — and Why. On Waiting for that Special Behavioral Moment. And Topaz Viewing at 400%Roseate Spoonbill Mission Accomplished; but it was tough!Sony Alpha a1 Shines from Dawn to Dusk. And the Sony Alpha a1 Set-Up and Info Subscription UpdatesSony Alpha a1 First Thoughts. And a really crappie morning on Lake Blue Cypress …My New Sony Alpha a1. My honest answer to: If the R5 had Zebra technology for stills, would I switch back to Canon?Hand holding the Canon R5/RF 2X TC/RF 100-500 rig yields amazing results! Adult Laughing Gull molt sequencingA Tough Year for Sandhill Cranes at Indian Lake Estates. And cashing in on a rare second chance …Getting Creative (?) with R5 On: ContShtng In-camera Multiple Exposures … Am I Nuts?Red, Yellow, Wide, Clean, and Dramatic … Like It or Hate It? Why?In Memoriam ??? The Writing Process with regards to the R5 Camera User’s e-Guide. Big Canon 1DX III Price Drop!Catching Up on Some Stuff and Comments …Art or Trash?Flapping-After-Bath Soup-to-Nuts Tutorial. ISO on the Rear (Thumb) Wheel. Why not use the live, in-viewfinder histogram with the Canon R5? And What Makes a Good Flapping-after-bath Image?ID Quiz Winner. Definitely not an Anhinga! And a mystery (leucistic?) juvenile Reddish Egret … R6 bodies in stock!Getting what I went for, in spades, at 1200mm …THE Best Image from a Really Great Afternoon! Exposure is so much easier with SONY Zebras. And a Left Bank DinnerKiller Afternoon at DeSoto. RF 100-500 Close-focusing MFD. Age and ID Quiz: Earn a $25.00 credit in the BAA Online Store. And ask yourself …Zero Birds at North Beach; Join me at DeSoto on Saturday! Or Sunday.Why Bother Getting Down and Dirty?Live Near Fort DeSoto?White Pelican Pastel Masterpiece in Simplicity. Why Zebras? More New Used Gear. And What ISO 800 Noise?Fort DeSoto in Spring! Announcing Two DeSoto IPTs. New and Selected Used Gear Listings. The Under-Appreciated Laughing Gull. And an Image Perspective QuestionToo Cute!Is Photographing at a Road-Kill Cafe (or at any bird feeder) Cheating? Grackles Displaying at Sunset. And Getting the Right Exposure for Silhouettes (with RawDigger help!)Two-system Insanity: American White Pelican Success in Lakeland. Saved by my Own Guide! And Sometimes Loving What Is is a Better Choice than Bitching and Whining …Come On Down! And inspired by Jon Pearson1DX III Price Drop. Canon Bargains. Announcing the Merritt Island NWR IPT. And AF Strategy for Head Bobbing BirdsIs the Canon RF 100-500 the Most Versatile Super-Telephoto Zoom Lens Ever? R5 Face detection + Tracking AF Improved! Knowing When to Toast the Sun. And a Pleasant Surprise that Bodes Well for the Future …Two Florida IPTs coming soon. Old Canon Favorites. A Serious Depth-of-Field Mistake ??? And DeSoto in April!Bombshell R5 Autofocus News. Blue Sky Osprey. The Best AF Method for R5 Flight Photography. R5 Sharpness and Fine-Feather Detail. Sun Angle and Underwing ShadowsTons of Like-New Used Gear. An Almost Forgotten Image and an Almost Forgotten Plug-in: Revisiting NIK Color Efex Pro Detail Extractor. And a Specular Highlight QuestionISO 5000 Snail Kite IQ with the R5/RF 100-500/RF 1.4X TC Combo. And R5 Firmware Update Version 1.2.0White Sky Osprey with Spanish Moss. A Quick Comparison of the R5/RF 100-500 versus SONY 200-600/a9ii. A Great Topaz 400% Tip. And Clemens Tries My Canon Rig!Determination Pays Off in the Snow: Bullseye!Completing the Flopped Reflection in PhotoshopCan Operator Error Trump Science-fiction-like Autofocus?Ever Hear of Richard I. Bong? The Out-lined Vulture; does anyone besides me think that this one is neat?And Then the Sun Came Out … Seeing and Utilizing a Shooting Gap. My Super Bowl Prediction Down the Tubes!R5 AF and Exposure Breakthroughs. Wind and Sun Together Flight Photography. Making progress on the R5 e-GuidesA Very Lucky One. And A Very Strange One …Wind-Against-Sun Flight. The Photoshop Bill-Shifter Tool (Keyboard shortcut = BS). And Tracking Plus Back Detection AI Servo AF with the Canon EOS R5 …New ILE Residents? Hope So!Pewter Visions. RF 100-500 (100mm) Versatility. Two-Gun Morris. An Angelic Blur. Thinking Clean, Bold, and Graphic! And Creating B&W Silhouettes during the raw conversionBlue-winged Teal Three Ways. Including my best-ever wingstretch image? And After-Bath Flapping Tips“The Silence of the EOS R5.” A “Pewter” Morning Gone to Hell in a Handbasket. And “The Major Screw-up:” a story almost too embarrassing to tell …Four From the Marvelous Merritt Morning. And SONY Camera Body Bargains!Why Auto-Exposure Bracketing with Digital? Announcing the RawDigger e-Guide with Two Videos. When You Can Do This Consistently, You Will Know That You Have Exposure Down Pat! And Billy Joel, Elton John, and the Citrus Bowl.A Pretty Sweet Merritt Morning …My New Lady Friend — I’ll Never See Her Again! Today is the Last Day to save $10 on the RawDigger e-Guide. Huge Thanks Matthew Milnes! The Super-sharp Eye of the Turtle. Image Clean-up Tips. And Quasi-Macro (Handholding) TipsPDF Help Needed. And Merritt Island NWR In-the-Vehicle InstructionMerritt Island NWR In-the-Vehicle Instruction. The Answers to the Osprey Optical Collusion and Other Recent Questions.Stop the Presses! Time Sensitive for SONY Users. Announcing the Sony Alpha a1 Mirrorless Digital Camera …RawDigger e-Guide News. Canon R5 Vulture Flight. R5 Cropping. R5 Face Detection + Tracking AF for Flight … And a neat Topaz Sharpen AI TipSun-ball Silhouettes. A One-Shot AF & an f/22 Diffraction Question. A Coming-or-Going Optical Illusion. And more!Give Me Eight Good Minutes! A Like-New Canon EOS-1DX Mark III for sale. The Topaz AI One-Two Punch. And Creative (?) Fun With the Liquify Tool …2 Sunset Family Jewels. Was Luck the Residue of Design?R5 American Coot Large Crop + Topaz Gigapixel AI = Tons of Great Detail! More on the RawDigger Adapted HistogramBut Sometimes … A Photo Illustration is the Only Answer!Cattle Egret with Tasselflowers and learning more about depth-of-field … And Exposure Fine Points & RawDiggerLearning a lot from a so-so R5 Bald Eagle flight image …The Great Turkey (& Black Vulture) Shoot. SONY Center Zone AF-C Rocks! And a New FlexShooter VideoBeauty is Obviously in the Eye of the Beholder. Used SONY a7r iv for sale! Fort DeSoto In-the-Field Instruction. And a 1200mm a7r iv Roseate Spoonbill Family JewelILE GBH-Scape: Color or Black and White?Florida Tickseed EOS R5 Multiple Exposures Two WaysNot a Head Shot! SONY AF Point Display after-the-fact News Coming Soon. And Topaz DeNoise ISO 8000 MagicThe R5-RF 100-500 Deed is Done; Thanks Steve! Why? Lots of reasons, but in part, because of Funky Flight Photos …“Two-Gun” Geoff Newhouse had a great day with the Short-eared Owls! Comments on R5 Face Detection + Tracking AFA Different Opinion. Another insightful comment from skilled veteran bird photographer Cliff Beittel. Cattle Egret/LBH Feet-Reed Merge Confessions!Flotillas & Armadas & Cackling Geese. The story of the USS Wahoo. Multiple Choice Quiz. And Bob Morris re-visited …Discovering what was there all along. And I hate to ask …SONY Center Zone AF-C. A Road-kill Cafe Squabble: Bite me! And the RawDigger e-Guide is almost finished!Wind-Against-Sun Butt-View Solution? And Why So Much Noise at ISO 500?Bosque 2020-2021: the handwriting was on the wall. Why So Much ISO 800 Noise? And More Great Topaz Tips!RawDigger, Black Subjects, and White Skies. I thought the Gila Monster was a Boat-tailed Grackle Pellet. But … And Introducing the Y-PerchMorris to Sump Video! And From Wes Welker to the Flying Duckman …Gila Monster in Central Florida?A Blasting Highlights AF Tip: Focus Manually!Circle: the years keep rollin’ by. A strikingly beautiful image from more than 60 years ago. Ordinary People; Extraordinary Lives. And happy 64th Pat and Stokes!Is there a fine line between being inspired by the work of others and copying it?A Lousy Morning In Lakeland. Lots of Learning for You and for Me. And the effects of aperture on background …A Short Walk on a Long Pier Watching the Dancing Points … And AF Lessons for all Camera SystemsLaguna Seca Crested Caracara Display Poses. Price DropsTopaz DeNoise and Sharpen AI Comparison Views. The Growth and Development of the Surviving Mother’s Day Crane Colt. And An Important Image Stabilization PointA Story of Lost Images and Partial Franklin’s Gull Redemption …2020/2021Excuses for an Unsharp Flight Shot. Topaz Sharpen AI to the Rescue. And a possible bug in Sharpen AI V. 2.2.2Early Holiday Dinner for Two. Image Clean-up While Preserving the Natural History of a Moment. Raw file offerHappy Ninetieth BirdDay! Will you be photographing birds after reaching 90?The Work of Byron Katie. Working a Tame Subject. Topaz Sharpen AI Tips. And Polar Opposites: Abstracts versus setting the scene images …Re-visiting An Exercise in Thinking Part II. An R5 Negative: Color Noise. I Generally Do Not Study-Use-Understand the Scientific-Theoretical Mumbo-Jumbo and Charts. But …Impressive Sharpness at 1-8 second handheld at 254mm?Humbled. And inspired …Looking Up at GBHs with SONY and Canon. Act Now to Join me at DeSoto …Used SONY Bodies for Sale (not mine!) Join Me at DeSoto. A Brand New Plumage for Me! Adding Canvas with Choppy Water. And an Exposure Fine-Point QuestionA Monumentally Educational Blog Post: Getting Comfortable with the Versatile Canon R5/RF 100-500 Rig at Fort DeSotoOperator Error, a Great AF System — but …, a large Crop, and not too bad an image. And a variable aperture zoom lens tip!COVID Strikes Again. And a Day Late: Announcing the BAA Canon R5/R6 Autofocus e-GuideWillets: a dime a dozen. A Wave Can Make or Break an Image. Announcing the BAA Canon R5/R6 AF Guide. And a update on the RawDigger e-Guide: why is it taking so long?Learning a Ton by Re-visiting An Exercise in Thinking Part I. American White Pelican flapping v-Log. And how to help a bird spread its wings more fully …Two Oldies But Goodies Topazzed to Print! Catching up with Jim Brandenburg …A Two-part Exercise in ThinkingAn Honest and Extensive Comparison: the Canon R5/RF 100-500L IS lens/Extender 1.4X versus the SONY a9 ii/200-600 G OSS lens/FE Teleconverter 1.4X. And more Topaz DeNoise AI and Sharpen AI examples & tips.DPP4 Installed! Puns for the Educated. Focus Breathing Clarifications. My Evaluation of Nine R5 Face detection + Tracking/AI Servo AF Images (plus one more) along with my (somewhat surprising?) conclusions. And Shame on SONY!Topaz Cyber Monday Sale. GBH with a very large needlefish!A Bad Morning in Lakeland. Using and Learning a Ton About My Canon Gear. My Thoughts on the R5/RF 1-5 Here SoonMy Very Brief Initial Canon R5/RF100-500/1.4X TC Thoughts. And help needed installing DPP4 (Digital Photo Professional 4.13.10 for macOS)Headed Out to Play with the Canon R5/100-500/1.4XTC. Switching Back to Canon? A Great GBH Nest in Lakeland. More Topaz DeNoise and Sharpen AI Tips. Getting Rid of a Stick and Its Shadow on a Bird’s Face …Happy Bird Day! Don’t Eat Too Much …ISO 5000: the New Normal? I HATE Topaz by Patrick Sparkman. A Gigapixel AI Question. And a question that I had been expecting …Home! The SONY 200-600 + 1.4X TC at 840mm (or not?)Tandem Brown Pelican Sunset Dive Image: Gigapixel AI to the Stunning Rescue. Do You Have a SONY Callus?Road Trip News. And Flight Pose: Winner, Winner, Chicken DinnerFinger Mullet in the Surf. One-Stop Shopping with the Amazing Topaz Gigapixel AI! And What Makes a Good Flight or Action Image?Two Good Reasons Not to Be a Baitfish in the Gulf of Mexico at South Padre Island … And a New Topaz Sharpen AI TipA Lesson From the Last DeSoto IPT: After Bath Flight Photography Primer … Huge Canon 1D X Price DropWe’ve All Been There … And Another Topaz AI Miracle SaveSONY 200-600 G Lens with the a9 ii on the Laguna Seca Ranch: the (Crested Caracara) Bank is Open! Bosque Bad News?What the heck is a TwinShooter? Two for the Price of One!High Island Oilfield Roads — Caspian Tern BonanzaI Cease to Be Amazed … More Topaz AI Plug-in TipsTips on Photographing from the Car. Identifying Neotropic Cormorant. More Topaz AI Plug-in TipsVariety Times Eight at AnhuacWhy Intentionally Underexpose? Fond Memories of Photographing Raptors at Cape May with Friends. And a Great Day with Alan Murphy at Smith Point, TXThe Streak is Over: the last keeper. A new one will likely begin today. We hope!Canon EOS R5 Bodies Available from Bedfords! Seated Knee-pod versus Lens Hood on the beach (using the articulating rear monitor): Perspectives and Tips. And More Topaz DeNoise AI Auto TipsUrgent Help Needed for Gulfport, MS Photo Spot for the afternoon of today, 22 OCT 2020. The Great Road Trip Adventure BeginsLucky 13 Again! And a Nikon 600 VR $500 price drop!Victory at Sea? A Story in Pictures …More on SONY a9ii/200-600 Versatility. Topaz DeNoise AI and image crispness — including a DeNoise Auto tipGreat Egret Prancing Decisions …Sandhill Crane Growth and Development: Hard to Believe!In a Near-Impossible Situation it is Almost Always Better to Try Something Than it is to Give Up … Topaz DeNoise AI TipTX Coast Help Needed. And a Mint Canon 1DX III for SaleFour Wood Stork Images: Tips on Incorporating Topaz DeNoise and Topaz AI into your WorkflowLucky 13! Painting with slow shutter speeds . And why a 95mm 3-stop Neutral Density Filter?Two New Used Canon Lens Listings. And George Lepp’s Amazing Focus-stacked Flower ImagesFlight Photography at High ISOs with the SONY 200-600 G lens/1.4X TC/a9 ii Combo. More on Topaz DeNoise AIThe advantages of using the Shutter Priority/Exposure Compensation/AUTO ISO method in low lightColleen Miniuk: free webinar replay — No More Rules! Human Perception in Compositions. And some great new Used Gear listings!Jerking the Lens. Topaz Sharpen AI Stabilize to the Rescue!Late to the Topaz Party … Two Totally Amazing Before and After Screen Captures!Roseate Spoonbill with white ruff cropping options. And advancing through a puddle on your knees and your butt.An Anita North Sandwich Tern Stunner! Birds in flight tips. What Would You Do With My Image? No news here: The SONY 200-600G/a9 ii Combo is Superb for Handheld Flight Photography …Last Minute ReminderAlan Murphy. Tuesday September 22 Image Processing Webinar. And three great videos!Great New Bedfords Discount Info. For Love of Condors — some spectacular bird photography by Walter BalieroNikon Camera Body Bargains! Thursday Morning Downpours. No More Sandbar Secrets. Sony Camera Body Weather Sealing. Having Fun Is Important: handholding the SONY 200-600G/a9 ii rig. And thanks Alfred Forns!Farmer Morris Hoeing. My Most Amazing Image Ever? And Any Photoshop Trickery?Wet and Wild at Sebastian Inlet. R5 Kit and RF 100-500s in stock at Bedfords! Finally and Hilariously Stuck in the Mud. And Learning to Love What Is …Rain, Rain, and More Rain. Crane Interactions. Why the a9 ii over the a7r iv? And a Multiple Choice Quiz.Red and Pink Crane Caps Explained. What was my mistake?This Week’s Sign that the Apocalypse May be Upon Us … And a bargain-priced mint SONY a9 bodyNot Quite Prepared, But Lucky! The Bobcat story all over again. And the editing and cropping decisions …Learning a Ton by Comparing Two Similar Images; Is Larger-in-the-Frame Always Better? Used Gear Page Red Hot. And Join Us in Homer!Lots of Canon Used Gear Priced to Sell. My Old Toy Lens. And the focal length/aperture quiz answers and winner!Asleep at the Switch! On Keeping Your Eyes Open. Getting Closer: the last two hints …More Hints. And An Interesting Spray and Pray Comment-conversation …Win Twenty Dollars! RawDigger e-Guide and BAA Road Trip and IPT News. And Toy Lens Price Drop!Spray and Pray and Get Lucky!Practically Free Camera Bodies. And Used Gear Realities …Lying Down (backwards) on the Job. And Moving a Large Bush in Photoshop with a Quick Mask …Getting Lucky & a Photoshop Content-Aware Crop TutorialTwo Gems!Amazing and Astounding Stuff!Canon, Nikon, & SONY: One New Listing and Lots of Slashed Prices!More on Working a Subject …Canon Comeback Fueled By Mirrorless Bodies & Lenses. The skinny on everything that you wanted to know about Canon Mirrorless but were afraid to ask …Tuesday Night Webinar. SONY a7r iv Firmware Update. And Coming Soon: The Skinny on Everything Canon MirrorlessIf You’re Anything Like Me … A SONY e-Guide Revision Sent via e-Mail. And New Used GearBacking Up for Vulturine Tree-scapesLots of Canon Used Gear Old and New … And a Big Nikon D5 dSLR Price Drop!Making the most of a miracle … ISO 10000 in the dark!Canon 180mm Macro Lens with Metabones Adapter Killing It! Macro Tips and Techniques. Thanks to naturalist John Bradford. And More on RawDiggerMy #1 Sunny Day Bird Photography Tip … Get my drift?August 18th Webinar: Bird Photography Tips Part IIWhy Talk About the Canon EOS R Now?Cranes, Chilled, and Extension Tubes. Coming Soon: Canon Mirrorless Camera Body StuffCell Phone Bird Photography Trick/Tip: $5.00 via e-mailToo Wonderful for Words. And you do not even need to know how to speak Croatian …My Critique and Comments on a Young Great Egret Hunting Image. Shutter Speed Choice. Getting Better With RawDigger. And using the SONY a7r iv extensively …Just for the Heck of It: Telephone Pole Cropping Insanity!Macro Photography Plan B: Part II! (and Plan B: Part I Re-visited with a 300% 7r iv crop!)Stuff that should have sold quickly, but has not … Price Drops. FlexShooter Pro Comments. And a7r iv On SaleAre eBay Used Photo Gear Listings Bogus? Bucket-list City: Re-visiting the Emperors . Clean, Tight, and Graphic! Too, Too Cute. And the Nikon 80-400mm VR lens …The Five Questions. More Head Angle Fine Points. And some quality used Nikon gearBAA V-log: How to Carry a Long Lens On a Tripod. Or Not? Tons of Used Canon Gear at Great Low Prices!Preening Bird Head Angle Tips. Deadly Weapon: the Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM OSS Lens. And a7r iv or a9 ii?Why Make 161 Images of a Single Blossom? On Depth-of-Field at Relatively High Magnifications …Now in Stock: the Levered-Clamp FlexShooter Pro HeadHead Angle Questions: a Matter of Degree … Gatorland. How Fast They Grow! And I Liked the Color Version Best …Itsy-Bitsy Questions. And Why I Liked the Color Version …Some Respite From the Heat; this would make a nice jigsaw puzzle. On Not Letting the Old Man In … And a Used Like-New Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 400mm f/2.8E FL ED VR Lens!Macro Plan B, Part I: Venus Optics Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2X Ultra Macro APO Lenses: the very good and the very bad …Dock Eliminator: the SONY a7r iv!Don’t Let the Old Man In. Driveway Sandhill Crane Studio. Focus Breathing Explained and Focus Breathing and MFD Info for the SONY 200-600 G Lens (and others …)Quick Mask Flower Magic. Canon Macro Lens Choices (and more). And On Shading Flowers on Sunny Days …An Insta-Delete for Me. Mis-understanding Perspective Changes and Sun Angle. And a Flash Card Sale …Behaviors on the Dock of the Bay. Working a Subject. Eye Replacement. And An H-V AF Tip for All SystemsKeep or Delete? Used Gear Price Drops. I liked the blue …An Afternoon Great Egret. Intensifying Blackgrounds. And a Making Curves Adjustments Tutorial …Aquatic Jewels! Which version do you prefer? And More on RawDigger and Exposing to the RightOn RawDigger. Large SONY a7r iv Crops. A Great Down-the-Lens Barrel AF Tip for All Systems. A Used Canon EOS-1D XScore Four for Canon!Photographing Both Vultures on the Indian Lake Estates Pier V-Log. And My OSS/IS/VR Mode Settings …Lots of SONY and Nikon News …Racing Against the Sun: On Precision Vehicle Positioning …Practically Free Used High-end Digital Camera Bodies. And More …What the ? Image #2 Mystery Answer Revealed. Wimberley Plamp II Techniques. A Great Macro Tip. And everything you wanted to know about spatterdock but were afraid to ask …Shy About Having Your Work Critiqued? Not me. And the answer to the Image #2 what the ? question.Let’s Play BPN. On Doing Critiques. And the Two-way Benefits of Critiquing …What the ?Stuff … And Nikon Price Drops!Sandhill Crane Chicks 361-Image — the Picking Your Keepers Video. The SONY 600 f/4 GM in Low Light. The Handheld 200-600 for Easy Living. Chicks on the Rise. SONY Zebras Rock in Changing Light! And SONY at 1200mm!Greg Gulbransen Photographs the TWA Hotel at JFK!My Big Macro Mistake Corrected: Florida Sensitive Brier. And the Plumped-in-Place TechniqueExpectancy. And Fulfillment … And the Amazing SONY 200-600/a9 ii RigMastering In-the-field Techniques For My New Passion …The Photoshop Hanky-Panky Black Vulture Answer Revealed. And My Point!Zooming Out and Getting Low for Stormy Indigo-Blue/Black SkiesNew Listings: Five BAA Record-low Used Gear Prices. Everyone is an expert when they know where to look: following up on detecting changes made in Photoshop …A Photoshop Hanky-Panky Quiz: Win a Copy of The BIRDS AS ART Current Workflow e-Guide (Digital Basics II). Learn How I Photograph Birds at ILE at Eye-Level While Standing at Full Height. And Black Lives Do Matter.An Appreciative SONY User. Subject Blindness. And Gremlin Switches …Rapture Optimized. And a relevant e-mail conversation with Fred InnamoratoDancing at the Beach. New Nikon Listings and Nikon Price ReductionsNot in the Least: the Fort DeSoto Least Tern Colony. Plus an Astounding 600mm f/4 AF Tip …The Bored of Crane Chicks? V-log Video. New Used Gear Page Listing: Near-mint Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 IV Digital CameraDeSoto In-the-Field Instruction? Beach False Foxglove (wildflower) Set-up. And My Macro Plan: a work in progressPhotographing Birds in Heavy Downpours During Thunderstorms. Learn About Protecting Your Gear and the Best Shutter Speeds …ILE: It Ain’t Just Crane Chicks!Extensive Nikon Fire Sale. 600 f/4 VR, 300 & 500mm PFs, a D850, and lots more. All listed at BAA record-low prices!Sandhill Crane Chick Grass Blade Removal and Canvas Expanded as Suggested …How Well Do You Know Your SONY Camera Bodies? The Publication of the Sony Camera User’s e-Guide and VideosAmazing Front-Yard Discovery! It Ain’t Just Crane Chicks: Dayflower. More on SONY Exposure …Two More Killer Sandhill Crane Chick Images: Even Better? Eclectic Entertainment. a7r iv Crop-ability. A Fast Healthy Recipe. And the first Free-to-all SONY e-Guide UpdateAlert: Non-photography-related Post: Recent Comments, More on Masks, and More on Dr. Fauci …Sandhill Crane Chicks One-a-Day Images. Which Lens is Best for the Tiny Chicks? And the One Negative of the SONY 100-400mm GM …Alert: Non-photography-related Post: Trusting Dr. FauciMother’s Day Miracle Crane Chick V-log. And a Used Nikon 500 PF and More!Is the BAA Blog on the Wrong Track? Not for me …Tracking Flexible Spot (M) for Flight? On Thinking Ahead and Being Prepared. And SONY 200-600 Flight Versatility …Happy Mother’s DayMore on the Plandemic Video: Rebutting the Plandemic Rebbutters. And Disagreeing with a Dear Friend.Lens Choices for Cloud-scapes. Can One Lily Pad Make a Difference? And Magifying an Image in Capture One TipsFor Sale: a Like-New gripped Sony a9 Mirrorless Digital Camera Body, and Whatever Happened to Freedom of Speech?This Just In: Paul Bowen (Free) Webinar Tonight: Air to Air — Photographing Aircraft in FlightDeSoto Snowy Egret V-log: The Importance of Staying Ahead of the Birds When You Have Wind and Sun TogetherUsed Gear Thanks. And SONY e-Guide Comments …V-log: If Wind Against Sun is Bad, How Can It Be Good?The Purple Martin with dragonfly Image Optimization. And learning about exposure compromises …Wind and Sun Together Purple Martin Flight Primer V-log VideoSONY e-Guide PDF Published. But It’s Only a Grackle! And the Adjective Challenge …The Red-Light Colt Situation. And Could a Slow (f/6.3) Lens Be Better Than a Fast (f/4) Lens?My Bad. It Was Good to See the Morning Sun Again. The Dreaded Nictitating Membrane. And the Eye Replacement Vlog Video.First-ever BAA Vlog. A Rainy Day Photo Ride at ILE. Like It or Hate It?A New Phenomenon at ILE. And More SONY 1200mm Insanity …Wildflower Confusion …Adhering to the Boy Scout Motto …Mayfly City! A Story in Pictures …A Six-Way Tie for First; Punking Out? Or Not?Lush and Simple and GreenOn the Road AgainA Rare Submission …Musically: And a Great Blue Heron in a pine tree … Image design, image processing, and depth-of-field questions.COVID-19 Comments. Not Flying With Both Feet Off the Ground! SONY a7r iv Tracking Flexible Spot Amazes at 1200mm. More on Zebras for Difficult Exposures …The If-the-World-Does-Not-End BIRDS AS ART 2020/2021 IPT Schedule …Not What I Was After, But … And Lots of Used Gear StuffNow is the Time. The why a second tripod (?) question. And learning about Magnolia blossoms, or not …Amazing Grace. And a Tiny Death in the Marsh …Why did I move the car six inches? The Mini/GIT 204 Combo in the Vehicle. And More on SONY Exposures with ISO on the Control Wheel …Tons to Learn! Re-visiting the Leaf Questions. A Great Free Tip on Expanding Canvas (thanks to James Saxon). A Capture One RAW Conversion. And the leaf clean-up …Lots of Limpkin Image Learning …What They’re Buying. And Wait For Me Bro! This image should put a smile on your face …Unexplained Upper Leg Pain Explained. The SONY a7r iv Versus SONY a9 ii. And the Bored? Trash Pickup Solution …The Trick to Creating Low-Nest Osprey Silhouettes at ILEThe Leaf or Not the Leaf? My Big Mistake? Lots on Flower Photography. And New SONY Used Gear Listings …Capture One RAW Conversion Tips. And Background Smoothing Effectively …From Lousy with Bad News to Great with Good News. And My Favorite Crane Colt Image and Why …More On Understanding Bird Behavior and Improving Your Bird Photography …Tripod Handling. LB. ST. It’s that simple …Switching Back to Nikon! Clean, Tight, and Graphic. And Thinking Wide for a Bird-scape …Stunned Twice. Crane Colt Video. And One NTG Image …Muddy-Neck and the Little One. SONY Camera Body Help Needed. Harry Chapin. And Used Nikon GearHorton Hatches a What? More on COVID-19Dr. Klinghardt on Coronavirus. The New Low Osprey Nest. And Two Nice Osprey ImagesOld Gnarly …Martin Flight Photography. And More …COVID-19 News From Dr. Greg Gulbransen. The Difficulty of Creating Juxtapositions. And SONY Zone versus Tracking Flexible Spot M.SONY a9 II 1200mm down-the-lens-barrel Roseate Spoonbill Flight Insanity. Used Gear Price Drops including the lowest-ever Canon 600 III. And lots more!BIRDS AS ART and COVID-19 and You. And Boosting Your Immune SystemOn Detail-less Snow and a Too-Gray Crow …A Hard Place to Shoot. And Loving My SONY a9 ii Bodies!A Rare Nine New-Image Blog Post. And Was Gatorland Terrible on Saturday? You Tell Me …Coronavirus Prevention Tips From a Non-Doctor and More Canon Used Gear BargainsA Peachy Morning at Lakeland: To Isolate or Not to Isolate? GNPA Programs and the Jekyll Island In-the-Field Instructional Photo-Tour Likely to be Canceled Due to CoronavirusWhat Kind of Nut Photographs Crows on a Mega-Epic Bald Eagle Trip? And Getting the Right Exposure for Black Birds on Snow in Soft LightShort and Sweet. And Advice On Selling Used Canon GearHomer Variety and Exhilaration!Nikon DeSoto Memories …600s Rule …Field-testing the New Canon EOS-1DX Mark III at Homer: World-Class Nature Photographer Clemens Van der Werf Shares the Skinny on Canon’s New Flagship Camera BodyAgain, Too Hot to Sit On: Another Used Canon 600 III (and lots more Canon bargains!)Making Lots of Progress on the Sony Camera Videos and e-Guide. An e-Mail Conversation with Fred. And yet another sweet Bald Eagle image with Photoshop tipsMore Snow in the Forecast! Mint Canon 400 DO II With Extras: Australian Sale Only. And Canon Big Glass Price Drops! And Some More Nifty Eagle ImagesKiller Breeding Plumage Snowy Egret Head Shot. SONY AF Tip. Pre-publication SONY e-Guide and Videos Available Now. And Yet More Great Used Gear ListingsMore Homer Images. And Announcing the 2021 Greatest-ever Bald Eagle Experience IPTsPhotographing Molting Laughing Gulls with the Hand Held SONY 200-600/1.4XTC/a9 ii Combination. And Announcing the 2020 Fort DeSoto Spring Sandbar Secrets IPTSONY Gear Back From the Dead. Artie uses Canon Gear! And News on the Canon EOS-1D X Mark IIIThis Got My Attention!
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