2016 « Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART

Hard to Believe? 5DS R Strikes Back With 600II/1.4X III Skimmer Skimming Image...

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Friday was a day of rest (that means no early morning photography…) with lots of work done on my B&H Event Space programs… See the details below.

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Nickerson's Black Skimmers Refuse to Obey the Regulations & Fits Me to a Tee...

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Here’s a good one. After watching a group of perfectly behaved photographers–heck, many were set up in beach chairs–photographing Black Skimmers and chicks on Wednesday afternoon, someone on beach patrol remarked that it was too bad that the birds did not stay where they belong, behind the colony ropes. The birds had been […]

EOS-1DX Mark II--Not So Bad at 1200mm???

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I met up with pal Tom Pfeifer at Nickerson early on Wednesday morning. Actually, I beat him to the beach by about an hour. Just in time to get hassled by either a cop or a park patrol officer. I may share that exciting story here at some point. In any case, with […]

This Just In For Thursday Morning...

This Just In For Thursday Morning…

After a totally amazing Wednesday morning (> 1,000 images yielded 126 keepers) and with the weather supposed to be identical, I am offering a private or small group morning of instruction–Thursday, August 4, 2016 for the usual on-site rate: $350 for the morning session plus brunch and image review […]

Damn the Iceplant! Two Huge Sharpness Revelations... And How These Revelations Can Help You

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I woke 11 minutes before the 4:30am alarm on my cell phone went off. I had some gluten free oatmeal and headed to Jamaica Bay WR at 5:08am. With stormy looking skies, I stopped at the McDonald’s on Cross Bay Blvd for a large decaf. I travel with my own heavy cream. I […]

Pro versus Amateur: Failed (look in the mirror) and Nailed. More on the Amazing 5DS R (and on the 1D X II...)

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I rested and got a lot accomplished on Monday. I worked on this post early on Monday morning. I am heading into the community pool at my Mom’s place as soon as I finish this one.

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Killer Young Common Tern Image Helps With Understanding Depth of Field and Plane of Sharp Focus Issues at 1200mm

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We brought the Mets some needed good luck. And the threatening weather held. The Mets beat the Rockies 6-4 on Neil Walker’s three run bomb in the bottom of the seventh inning to the delight of three generations of Morrises.

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What They Had to Say: Canon (Will) & Nikon (Bob). Including Bob's Extensive Notes; a complete bird photography education? And the Fort DeSoto ITF Meet-up & Short Notice Fall IPT Info

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Jake Levin and I had a pretty good morning at Nickerson on Saturday despite the gentle west wind and clear skies. After brunch at Bagel Plaza in Merrick he head back to New Hampshire to the family property and I headed back to Mom’s. Tomorrow–weather permitting, I will attend a Mets game with […]

Death Two Ways on the Beach...

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I headed to Nickerson early to work with the northeast wind while the clouds from Friday morning’s storm were still around. It worked, Jake Levin, who lives in Montreal, drove down from New Hampshire and arrived at about 2pm just when the sun came out. With the east wind, that spelled death for […]

Can You Do It? How Sharp is Sharp Enough??? And the Pen Test for Sharpness...

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I got lots of work done on Thursday when this blog post was prepared. I enjoyed a nice swim in the community pool at my Mom’s place and got back to doing my core exercises, at least some of them 🙂

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I Can't Do Much Better Than This...

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I got lots of work done on Tuesday when this blog post was prepared; I am getting ready to spend ten weeks in South America this fall. If any new folks would like details on joining the last Cheesemans’ South Georgia expedition (October 20-November 7, 2016) and become part of the BA group […]

Sea Of Colors--What Are You Willing to Do for a Great Image?

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Had a great visit with Dr. Dan Holland at True Sports care in Nesconset on Tuesday afternoon. The guy is a magician. My shoulder is feeling 500% better and I plan on getting back in the pool on Wednesday.

Wind and weather are looking good for FRI and SAT mornings at Nickerson. […]

How Bad Was It?

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More R&R and more Chopped re-runs were on the menu on Monday.

Wind and weather are looking good for FRI and SAT mornings at Nickerson. If anyone is interested in cheap ($350) private or small group instruction (limit 3) please shoot me an e-mail. The session includes a working brunch and image review. […]

Tough Love-- Saved by f/10--Pano By Removal--And Death by Sandstorm...

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I rested up a lot on Saturday and watched lots of back episodes of Chopped on my sister Arna’s TV.

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More On Understanding Exposure and Working in Manual Mode

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After a great Nickerson IPT I am back in Holbrook. It was very hot on Long Island on Saturday. On the IPT we were blessed not only with great birds and situations, but with lots of atypically cool July weather as well. I really enjoyed the small group size: 4 2/3 photographers. And […]

A Different Approach to Bird Photography & Sometimes You Just Gotta Pull the Trigger...

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On Thursday afternoon Izzy Flamm–B&H Senior Marketing Campaign Manager, and his sidekick, Yosef Brown–Manager, Strategic Partnerships, Affiliate Partners, Content Partners, & Industry Influencers, drove from Manhattan to Nickerson Beach to cool off, enjoy the birds, and meet my IPT group. They generously offered to take everyone out for dinner. We drove about 25 […]

An Early Morning to Remember/17 Good Minutes/Three Special Images/Why Hand Hold the 600II/2X III TC/5DS R Combo? Shutter Speed Considerations. And Big Lens on the Ground Tips

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We suffered from wind against sun conditions again on Thursday morning but yours truly found the only stellar situation for miles and put the whole group on a Common Tern nest with two tiny chicks. Boy, did we have fun. Images and the whole story coming soon.

I almost blew the streak […]

400 DO II/1.4X III/1D X Mark II Hand Held Flight Photography--How Did the Old Man Do? Well, I'd Say...

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Until Wednesday, we had been fighting west winds against sun every morning. But on July 20, we had the best of the best possible conditions–an east wind with clear skies. We did not get what I expected, but we enjoyed one of the best Nickerson mornings ever. Stay tuned for the whole story…

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If I've Said It Once, I've Said It a Thousand Times... And, the Nickerson Beach BAA IPT Gets Off With a Bang!

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I’ve been blessed with a wonderful group of five easy-going photographers, all willing and eager and wanting to learn. As you will learn below, our first afternoon proved to be quite exciting. Tuesday morning was excellent as we worked on Black Skimmer chicks of various ages and fledged Common Tern chicks. We arrived […]

I Guessed Wrong. The Result? Another 5DS R Vertical Cropped From a Horizontal Original

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On Monday morning I was joined by private clients Andrea Kipin Acera and her friend Kathy Sheeter, an incredibly talented scratchboard fine artist Cathy Sheeter (wwww.cathysheeter.com). We had some nice early color followed by a few clouds on the eastern horizon that soon gave way to wind against sun conditions. Bummer. So we […]