2011 « Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART

Canon EOS Destination: Birds of the Everglades Workshop

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This landing Black Vulture was photographing this morning at Anhinga Trail, Everglades National Park with the 70-200mm f.2.8L IS II lens, the 2x III TC (hand held at 342mm), and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Manual mode: 1/800 sec. at f/5.6. One of the big benefits of joining a […]

Series III 2X Gut Reaction & More on Depth of Field (Though Beyond Me....)

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This Anhinga was photographed this afternoon at Anhinga Trail, Everglades National Park with the 70-200mm f.2.8L IS II lens, the 2x III TC (hand held at 342mm), and EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering at zero: 1/320 sec. at f/5.6.

Series III 2X TC Gut Reaction

I got […]

Ooops!

Oooops!

Sorry about the mis-fire with BAA Bulletin #359. We have been having Mail Chimp problems for two days. We are aware that the Bulletin showed up without images. It is online on the Bids As Art Homepage here. Jennifer is trying to resend it from home this afternoon, with the images. Thanks for bearing […]

Abstract Thoughts & A Free Depth-of-Field Lesson

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This is a crop of the abstract image from the last post here. Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens, the 1.4X II TC, and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering -1/3 stop: 1/500 sec. at f/10.

Abstract Thoughts

When I asked “Like it or Hate It?” in the […]

Like It or Hate It?, My Thoughts on the Coot Images, & Two BAA Bulletins On-line

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This somewhat abstract image was created at La Jolla, CA on the recently concluded San Diego IPT with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens, the 1.4X II TC, and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering -1/3 stop: 1/500 sec. at f/10.

Like It or Hate It?

Do […]

Two Simple But Great Tim Grey Photoshop Tips & Which Coot Image is Better and Why?

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This Brown Pelican image was created at La Jolla, CA on the recently concluded San Diego IPT with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop: 1/800 sec. at f/9. It is likely that this is a sub-adult bird as the […]

You Folks are Getting Too Smart and Two Simple but Great Tim Grey Tips Coming Soon

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This image was created at La Jolla, CA on the recently concluded San Diego IPT at 9:18am on a rather late on a clear morning with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. ISO 400. Evaluative metering at zero: 1/1600 sec. at f/8. The […]

Long Lens Depth-of-Field Question and a TC in the Pacific Story

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This handsome pair was photographed at La Jolla, CA on the recently concluded San Diego IPT rather late on a clear morning. I used the hand held Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II lens, the 2X II TC (at 270mm), and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400.

Long Lens Depth-of-Field […]

Sunny Sunday Morning Duck Exposure Primer

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This drake Wood Duck was photographed on the San Diego IPT with the Canon EF 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering -1/3 stop: 1/1600 sec. at f/7.1 in early morning light.

Sunny Sunday Morning Duck Exposure Primer

With all due respect to […]

Using the Right Tool & Surf Scoter Image Quiz Comments

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This Marbled Godwit image was created with the Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS II with the 2X II TC (hand held at 400mm) and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop: 1/1600 sec. at f/7.1.

Using the Right Tool

After two hours of photographing feeding Marbled […]

Winning the Lottery & Bookmark This Site

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This Brandt’s Cormorant image was created with the handheld Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS zoom lens with the 2X II TC (hand held at 292mm) and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 50. Evaluative metering +2 1/3 stops: 1/15 sec. at f/10. Lens micro-adjustment -2. AI Servo AF.

Winning […]

“I Know Him Pretty Well…” and Surf Scoter Image Questions

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I photographed this drake Surf Scoter yesterday morning from the boardwalk at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve in Huntington Beach, CA with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens, the 1.4X II TC, and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Exposure date will be revealed in a future post 🙂

“I […]

Working Right on Sun Angle

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I photographed this winter plumage Herring Gull from the car at Shinnecock Inlet, Long Island, NY with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens, the 1.4X II TC, and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/1250 sec. at f/8 (in Av Mode). My rig was supported by […]

Two Tramps in Mud Time

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This Red-shouldered Hawk image was created on a trip aboard James Shadle’s pontoon boat Hooptie Deux last Saturday out to Alafia Banks in Tampa Bay. I was hand holding the Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II lens with the 2X II TC (at 400mm) with the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400: […]

OP Article Title “Thoughts and Thanks” & More on the Lens Align Mark II

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I kneeled behind my lowered tripod to create this Dunlin image on a trip aboard James Shadle’s pontoon boat Hooptie Deux last Saturday out to Alafia Banks in Tampa Bay. Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens with the 1.4X teleconverter and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: […]

My Thoughts on “Bright Ideas: You be the Photo Editor”

My Thoughts on “Bright Ideas: You be the Photo Editor”

It’s been a while since I posted “Bright Ideas: You be the Photo Editor.” Helen Longest-Saccone, the Editor-in-Chief of Nature Photographer magazine, has been busy up in Maine working on some new projects and just got back to me yesterday with her selects. I will […]

The Lens Align Mk II (Now with Fusion/Focus Tune) & the Lens Align Tutorial: Micro-adjusting Magic!

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This is the assembled Lens Align Mark II. Thanks to Michael Tapes for the image.

The Lens Align Mk II: Micro-adjusting Magic!

Ever since the introduction of digital camera bodies that feature micro-adjustments for individual lenses, folks–including me–have been searching for a quick, easy way to make those micro-adjustments. In […]

The Eider Hen Images/The Best of All Worlds & A 45-Point AF Question Answered

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This is a JPEG made from the optimized master file that I created from the three Common Eider images posted least week. Read on the see why it represented the best of all worlds. The three images were created in the same 1/100 sec. with the tripod-mounted Canon 800mm f/5.6L […]

45-Point AF for Flight on the Hooptie Deux

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This Black Vulture flight image was created with the tripod-mounted Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2/3 off the blue sky: 1/1600 at f/8 set manually.

45-Point on the Hooptie Deux

Clemens van der Werf and I joined James Shadle yesterday […]

Help Needed with Outdoor Photographer Article Title (with Image Lightbox)

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Coastal Brown Bear blonde cub, Katmai National Park, AK. This image was created while I was seated in a low spot near a creek with the tripod-mounted Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1/200 sec. at f/5.6 set manually.

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