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[Not a valid template] The birds and wildlife of the Galapagos are very accepting of humans; only two of the nine images above were created with a lens longer than 400mm. From left to right, top to bottom: Marine Iguana, Galapagos Sea Lion, Blue Footed Booby eggs, Waved Albatross courtship display, calling juvenile Galapagos […] St. Augustine Alligator Farm Mystery Solved! I searched for more than an hour while preparing the Afternoon Farming Lessons post and was unable to find the info on the St. Augustine Alligator Farms great Photo Pass membership. The farm’s Gen Anderson kindly sent me the link. To learn how to get in often and early […] [Not a valid template] This image was created with the Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II lens, the 2X III teleconverter (hand held at 360mm), and the Canon EOS-1D Mark IV professional digital camera body. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop: 1/1600 sec. at f/5.6. The raised foot and the open bill add interest. […] Home 🙂 I drove home from St. Augustine this morning (Monday, May 2, 2011), took a good nap, and am looking forward to resting up a bit and getting lots of work done before my Connecticut/Long Island trip. I fly to Hartford on May 14th. Click here for details of the May 15th program in […] Been Swamped After three days of virtually non-stop programs and In-the-Field Instructional Photo-Walks at the Florida Birding and Photo Fest in St. Augustine, my keynote address, “A Bird Photographer’s Story was warmly received last night by about 135 folks. From the get-go I have been (and still am) fighting a tickley cough, a bit of […] [Not a valid template] This Bald Eagle juxtaposition image was created from a rocking boat near Homer, AK on the March IPTs with the Canon 800mm f/5.L IS lens, the 1.4X III TC, and the Canon EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400: 1/1250 sec. at f/8 set manually. In the above situation with a […] [Not a valid template] This mega-high key image was first inspired by a Todd Gustafson Cheetah image that he intentionally over-exposed four stops on a bright sunny day. All that you saw against the over-exposed background were the eyes, the bright pink gums,. and the yellowed teeth–everything in shadow. When I shared a Laysan […] Sensor Cleaning Update with a Surprise! On my recent trip to Midway I left my sensor cleaning kit at home to save a few ounces in my luggage; in retrospect, this was a bad move. 🙂 And I had had some nasty sensor dust on my EOS-1D Mark IV […] [Not a valid template] This Laysan Albatross image was created at Rusty Bucket on Sand Island, Midway with the Canon 800mm f/5.L IS lens and the Canon EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop: 1/160 sec. at f/5.6 in Av Mode. Flash as main light in Manual mode at 1:1 with the […] [Not a valid template] This image was created at Rusty Bucket on Sand Island, Midway with the Canon 800mm f/5.L IS lens and the Canon EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 200. Evaluative metering -1/3 stop: 1/2000 sec. at f/8 in Av Mode. Spectacular Midway Silhouette On my two-week Midway visit in 2010 I visited […] [Not a valid template] 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 […] [Not a valid template] This somewhat ghastly/ghostly image of an adult Laysan Albatross floating in the Sand Island harbor lagoon was created with the Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II lens, the 2X III teleconverter (hand held at 292mm), and the Canon EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 800. Evaluative metering at zero: 1/320 sec. at f/6.3. […] [Not a valid template] This image was created last night (4/17/11) at Rusty Bucket with the tripod-mounted Canon 800mm f/5.L IS lens, the 1.4X III TC, and the Canon EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering -1 2/3 stops: 1/1600 sec. at f/16 in Av Mode. I had been working against the somewhat muted […] [Not a valid template] This image was created on Eastern Island, Midway. Each group gets to spend one long day there. It is accessible only by boat. We went over on Thursday past. This image was created with the tripod-mounted Canon 800mm f/5.L IS lens and the Canon EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative […] [Not a valid template] 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 […] Sometimes I Even Impress Myself… Please take a few seconds to view the 3-frame animated GIF below. I gotta admit, sometimes I even impress myself. I created the original capture above near Homer, Alaska with the […] [Not a valid template] 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 […] [Not a valid template] African Lion cubs at play. Nikon D3, 600mm f/4, and 1.7 converter. 1600 ISO. Matrix metering at zero in aperture priority: 1/400th sec. at f/6.7. Image copyright 2011: Todd Gustafson/Gustafson Photo Safari. Photographic Risks and Rewards on Safari: A Guest Blog Post by Todd Gustafson Let the Photo Come to […] [Not a valid template] This Brown Pelican image was created in La Jolla, CA with the Canon EF 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering at zero: 1/2000 sec. at f/8. Early morning (8:53am) light. Why Wide Open Works Well For Me When I posted the image above […] [Not a valid template] This image was made near Homer, AK with the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II lens, the 1.4X III TC, and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 stop off the blue sky: 1/1600 at f/5.6 set manually. Early morning (8:56am) light. I have utmost confidence in my […] |
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