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What’s Up? With an embarrassment or riches, morning photography here at ILE continues to be very good. There are seven baby cranes now ranging in size from medium sized two week old chicks to a single mid-sized colt at the north end. On Sunday, I did not see the Snail Kite that had taken up […] Your Call? Which of today’s six featured images is your favorite? Why did you make your choice. My Call Despite the plethora of quality images in the Stick Marsh IPTs: They Ain’t Just For Spoonbills! blog post here, only a single person bothered to comment. Pat Fishburne and I agreed: the strongest image by […] What’s Up? The last morning of the recently concluded IPT was amazing. When we arrived in the dark (as usual) there was, as had been predicted, a 20mph NW wind in our faces. Not good for incoming spoonbills. By the time the skies brightened, the wind speed — miraculously, had dropped considerably and the direction […] Seeking Used Sony a-1 Camera Bodies After selling both of my remaining a-1 bodies along with my Sony 12-28 and my 400m f/2.8 GM lens on the Used Gear page, I have several buyers interested in purchasing a used a-1 in excellent or better condition for a fair price, well more than you would get […] Artistry and Creativity in Image Optimization The fact is that I enjoy working on my images and on the images of others as much as I do being in the field with the birds and creating the photographs. Now, please do not get me wring: junk in equals junk out (JIJO) and that will […] You Call? Which of today’s three featured images is your favorite? Why did you make your choice? What’s Up? Photography at Indian Lake Estates (ILE) has been fabulous recently. We have five baby cranes of varying sizes from week-old chicks to a single small colt. And at least one more sandhill nest with two […] What’s Up? After hustling to get to the airport early on Thursday amidst reports of TSA delays at Orlando, the TSA wait time was zero minutes. My flight to MCI, Kansas City, MO, however, was delayed more than five hours because of maintenance issues. I was glad that I made it. My PhotoCon KC […] Two-Day Old Sandhill Crane Chicks: Devils or Angels? On Monday past Bob Eastman and I were blessed to find a pair of two-day old crane chicks along the shoreline near my home in Indian Lake Estates, FL. For more than 30 minutes, the tiny siblings tried to kill each other. Watch the video to […] Your Call? Which version of today’s featured image do you like best? Why? My Realization In the I Was On The Fence About This One. What Do You Think? blog post here, I was somewhat surprised that so many folks realized right off the bat that it was the owl’s eyes needed to be […] What’s Up? Bob Eastman and I enjoyed a fabulous cloudy morning of bird photography yesterday at ILE. We put out a road-killed opossum on the beach south of the pier that quickly attracted several Turkey Vultures. After that, for the first time, we successfully worked the previously very shy two-chick crane family from my SUV. […] Your Call Which of today’s featured (educationally captioned) images do you like best? Why? This blog post took more than 3 hours to prepare. Perhaps take a few moments to leave a comment 🙂 My Calls Thanks to the few who commented at the Ten More Reasons to Join a San Diego 2027 IPT blog […] Paradise Written and Recorded by John Prine “The world’s largest shovel” as Prine describes it in the song, the Bucyrus Erie 3850-B power shovel was used for excavation at Paradise and ultimately buried there. “Paradise” is about the devastating impact of surface mining for coal, whereby the top layers of soil are blasted off […] The Stars of the Show Without a doubt, the Pacific-race Brown Pelicans are the stars of the show on any winter visit to La Jolla, CA. And thus, they are the single biggest attraction on every San Diego Instructional Photo-Tour (IPT). The AirBnB IPT experience maximizes learning and minimizes the amount of time spent traveling. […] What’s Up? On his way to work, my right-hand man Jim Litzenberg kindly picked up Alvin “Red” Stevens at Orlando International Airport on Sunday morning. After Red got settled in the guest room at my home we got right to work on improving his computer, Photo Mechanic, and Photoshop skills. On Monday morning we had […] An e-Mail From Homer (and Multiple) IPT Participant Jim Dolgin Artie, I’m sure I speak for the entire Homer gang: as always, you go above and beyond to teach, cajole, and push us all to get great images. Your hard work and dedication are greatly appreciated. Spending time in Homer with you, Gabe, and the […] The “Great Horned Owl Chick for Breakfast?” Tale In my 42-year plus career, I have had very few opportunities to photograph Great Horned Owl. A month ago, Clint, a local fisherman, alerted me to an owl nest on an Osprey platform just minutes from my home. The pole the nest is on is quite tall […] Homer 2027 I will be returning to Homer in 2027 for my last-ever Bald Eagle Instructional Photo-Tours. Five of the ten spots are already spoken four. If you are seriously interested in joining me, please get in touch via e-mail or shoot me a text at 863-221-2372. PhotoCon KC PhotoCon is coming […] Homer 2027 I will be returning to Homer in 2027 for my last-ever Bald Eagle Instructional Photo-Tours. Four of the ten slots are already filled. If you are seriously interested in joining me, please get in touch via e-mail or shoot me a text at 863-221-2372. Your Call A tough assignment: from today’s eleven […] Your Call Which two of today’s eight featured images do you think are the strongest? Why did you make your choices? My Call In the last blog post here, only a single person left a comment. Robert Tucker wrote, “My pick is image 1A. The branch is just a distraction. The subject is the bird.” […] This Just In This was originally published on 13 February. For reasons unknown to me, but probably involving operator error, post notifications failed to send. Anyhoo, today is Thursday 19 February. The first Homer IPT was about as perfect as possible and the four folks who did only the first IPT are all safely home […] |
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