2025 « Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART

The Top Two Tips for Shooting in Harsh Sunlight

Your Call?

Which of today’s three featured WHIB images do you like best? Why? Which background color do you prefer, the dark green or the light yellow? Which raised wing photo is the strongest, #2 or #3? Why? Each and every comment is greatly appreciated.

In the Last Blog Post

In the last blog […]

A Very Unusual Morning Photo Session

Your Call?

Which of today’s two featured AWPE images do you like best? Why?

In the Last Blog Post

In the last blog post, Three Very Good Days at Stick Marsh & A Big Editing Tip, here, my favorite image was Image #1, Incoming Roseate Spoonbill in early morning light, because of the sweet […]

Three Very Good Days at Stick Marsh & A Big Editing Tip

Your Calls

Which are the two strongest images? Which are the two weakest images? Why did you make those choices?

The Last Blog Post The times they are a’ changing …

In the last blog post, Important Rerun: Field Etiquette for Nature Photographers, here, I was a surprised that only a single reader, David Policansky […]

Important Rerun: Field Etiquette for Nature Photographers

What’s Up?

Great news. The Red-shouldered Hawk was back on The Perch II on Friday morning and after 15 minutes of intense concentration, I nailed a fabulous takeoff sequence. The bird returned to the same perch and I figured that I had the technique down pat. After ten minutes I blinked and missed the bird’s […]

Lots to Learn -- Perfect Technique & Preparation Leads to Abject Failure for artie. Spectacular Success for Anita North

Just for the Record

Both Homer 2026 IPTS are nearly sold out via personal invitation by e-mail despite the fact that they have not been formerly announced. If you are seriously interested in joining me, please get in touch via e-mail immediately (or sooner).

What’s Up?

On Wednesday morning Anita North and I headed […]

BILD EXPO by B&H. And a Mossy First

BILD EXPO Presented by B&H Why Attend? Speakers, Gear, Deals, and More!

Bild Expo is back! Join us at The Javits Center in New York City for an unforgettable event featuring 100+ expert speakers, 250+ exhibitors, hands-on experiences, and the world’s greatest creative community. B&H’s incredible show specials will be the icing on the […]

Fabulous Friday Morning: 6.8 to 1200mm at Lakeland, FL. Incredible Variety and Numerous Bird Photography Lessons

Your Call

Please take a moment and list your five favorite images in no particular order and let us know what you liked about each of your favorites. I will share my thoughts with you in the next post (although the task is quite a difficult one he said modestly). After you have read the […]

Lesson Learned -- What Everyone Missed

In the Previous Blog Post …

In the previous blog post, Why Photograph Common Birds? Why No Chance?, here, I asked the following questions:

1- Which is the stronger image? Why did you make your choice?

2- Which sky color do you prefer, the slightly blue sky in Image #1 or the grayer sky […]

Why Photograph Common Birds? Why No Chance?

Questions for You

1- Which is the stronger image? Why did you make your choice?

2- Which sky color do you prefer, the slightly blue sky in Image #1 or the grayer sky in Image #2?

3- What are the two main reasons that I had zero chance of creating a sharp, pleasing take-off shot […]

Arash Hazeghi. A 100% Brilliant Scientist & Photographer But 100% Wrong About Upgrading to the Sony a-1 ii

What’s Up?

If you like the inside scoop on a Canon 600mm f/4L IS II lens that I will be listing here soon, please get in touch via e-mail.

I’ve been enjoying some fine morning bird photography here at ILE with the vultures, Red-Shouldered Hawks, a new Sandhill Crane family, and with Cattle Egrets. The […]

Homer Fissipeds & Pinnipeds and My Harbor Cruising Rig

My Call

My two favorites from the last blog post were #4, Bald Eagle tight flight, and #1, Grove of earthquake drowned trees — vertical pan blur.. Number 3 (Bald Eagle adult turning in flight against white sky) and number 5 (Glaucous-winged Gull winter adult taking flight) were not bad either. I was not a […]

AF with the Hand Held Sony a-1 ii/1.4X TC/300mm f/2.8 Rig

The Last Blog Post

In the last blog post, Homer — the Last Day: Typically Atypical here, my three favorite images in order with the strongest first are as follows:

First — Image #5: Bald Eagle in flight just above dead earthquake-drowned tree background. I guess that I am a sucker for the flat flight/747/down […]

Homer -- the Last Day: Typically Atypical

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In today’s post, I share ten of my favorite images made on the last day of the second 2025 Homer IPT. Like our nine previous sessions on the boat, it offered a wide variety of situations, backgrounds, light, weather, and winds (or the lack thereof). The great beauty of the trip was that […]

Midair Bald Eagle Flight Miracle?

Your Call?

Which near midair collision image do you feel is the strongest, Image #2, the 3X2 version, or Image #3, the square crop? Why did you make your choice?

The Last Blog Post

In the Top Ten Mega-Tuesday Adult Bald Eagles blog post here, my favorite of the ten all very excellent images was […]

Top Ten Mega-Tuesday Adult Bald Eagles

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In today’s post, I share ten of my favorite images from the most amazing day (so far) of the 2025 Homer IPTs. All were made with the incredible Sony 300mm f/2.8 GM/a-i ii combo. Be so kind as to leave a comment noting your two favorite images as well as the two weakest […]

One Lens. One Favorite Bald Eagle Image From Days 1-4

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In today’s post, I share one of my favorite images from each of our first four days of the first 2025 Homer IPT. All were made with the incredible Sony 300mm f/2.8 GM/a-i ii combo. I have yet to even think about adding a teleconverter. I had twenty favorites from Day 2 🙂 […]

The Challenges of Making Very Special Songbird Images -- Pre-Capture, Fast Shutter Speeds, and Crazy High ISOs

Your Call?

Which two images of today’s six featured images do you like best? Why?

In a Previous Blog Post

Thanks to the many who left comments at The Sony 400mm f/2.8 GM Lens & DeSoto’s North Beach blog post here. Several folks liked the scratching GBH best, but the practically monotoned Snowy Plover image, […]

Something Memorable and Sad and Something Funny

Helen Hays and her ubiquitous smile in the doorway of the Banding Room on GGI wearing a flowered hat designed to keep the sharp beaks of the protective Common Terns from opening up her scalp. August 3, 2014.

Helen Hays

I was saddened to learn yesterday of the recent death of […]

The Sony 400mm f/2.8 GM Lens & DeSoto's North Beach

Your Call?

Which two images do you like best? Why?

What’s Up?

Multiple IPT veterans Steve and Elisabeth Shore joined Anita North and me on Tuesday for the drive from Anchorage down to Homer, AK. We arrived at Land’s End Resort on the Homer Spit at 3:30pm and checked into our rooms. We did a […]

Vasili's Canon EOS R1 -- 100-300 & 840mm Pano Crops

Your Call?

Which of today’s five featured Vasili Chernishof Canon EOS R1 images do you like best? Why? (Be sure to click on each image to view the larger, sharper high res version.)

What’s Up?

With the handwriting on the wall and the Eagles up 17-0 in the second quarter, I opted to hit the […]