|
||||||||
|
Stuff Thanks for all the kind words and condolences on the loss of my younger sister, Arna Lee Morris. (My Mom saw the name “Arna Lee” on a HS girls jacket in Marine Park in Brooklyn many decades ago …) I finally got around to packing for my trip to Cayman Brac on Tuesday afternoon […] Stuff I got an absolute ton of work done yesterday. First I unpacked the huge box of Canon gear that I sent home from San Diego via Fed-Ex ground. Then I searched and sorted through old e-mails, figured out who should get what, and compiled a detailed list in Excel. Jen came by on Sunday […] Stuff On Sunday morning I micro-adjusted my two Nikon bodies with the 200-500. I used my LensAlign Mark II set-up. Once that is done both Nikon bodies do the grunt work automatically by comparing the Live View focus with the phase detection AF that we use most of the time. This results in a savings […] Stuff I got a lot accomplished on Saturday though I am not sure what. I did swim more than a half mile on Friday and Saturday in a fairly cold pool. On Sunday I will be micro-adjusting my Nikon gear and continue working on the Gatorland and DeSoto IPT announcements. On Friday, I sent out […] Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM Lens Sold! IPT veteran and dear friend Patrick Sparkman is offering a Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens in near-excellent condition for $8800. There are only minor signs of wear on the lens hood and most of the lens, and the glass is perfect. It has […] Stuff I got a lot accomplished on Friday. And did lots of balloon blowing up exercises. I ordered a new full face mask for snorkeling on my upcoming trip to Cayman Brac to photograph nesting Brown Boobies. I got home yesterday and I will be flying on Wednesday. Thanks to the folks who posted understanding […] Stuff Lee Sommie and I headed to the cliffs on Thursday morning and once again were amazed by the dearth of Pacific race Brown Pelicans. For the second day in a row, no pelicans came in. We headed down the hill to do some cormorants and at 8:20pm we headed to the airport, checked in […] Stuff Most of the group woke early and by 5:30am we were in place to photograph setting red full moon eclipse. Patrick Sparkman helped everyone including and especially me with the technical stuff. Despite the high tide and the perfect weather it was the worst ever morning for pelicans. By far. Zero pelicans landed on […] Stuff The morning began as the worst pelican day ever but with thin high clouds and patience we wound up doing quite well as some really handsome birds flew in to the lower shelf, right where I had put the group. When it clouded over completely we headed to the Harbor Seals but after a […] Stuff The pelican photography was very good on Tuesday morning for about an hour. Then we did lots of gorgeous Western Gulls. Then we made a wiggle and spent more than an hour with the nesting Brandt’s Cormorants. We abandoned Rubio’s for lunch for a day and tried a Five Guys Burgers and Fries. The […] Stuff We had better luck with the pelicans on the first official day of the second San Diego IPT especially with some decent chances on flying birds. Then we had some excellent opportunities with the California Sea Lions. Lunch at Rubio’s, a nap, a Photoshop session, and a late afternoon with the gulls and Willets […] Stuff I met the second IPT group of seven for the free morning session early on Saturday morning. A half hour after sunrise things were shaping up to be as bad as Friday. Then a gorgeous pelican landed right in front of us but it was down a bit in a crevice. After ten minutes […] Stuff Friday morning at the cliffs was the worst morning since I arrived in San Diego. With the lower tide levels and the lack of big surf all of the pelicans were roosting in a spot where it was impossible to get on sun angle. That did not stop lots of folks … Lee Sommie […] Stuff I tried out my brand new Nikon D-850 on Thursday morning. It was mostly cloudy and not the greatest of mornings. I was not too excited by the 45 mega-pixel images but when I shared them with Patrick Sparkman and Lee Sommie, they both were. I guess I need to either clean my glasses […] Stuff I enjoyed a great session with private client Brian Goebel this morning at La Jolla and another great lunch at Rubio’s! I spent the afternoon unpacking and trying to set up the brand new Nikon D850 DSLR that I got from Bedford Camera via next day Fed Ex. Thanks to the BAA Blog, all […] Stuff The last two days have been busy, chaotic, and exciting. Even I have been impressed by the reach of the blog — at 3:55am Pacific time on Wednesday, January 24, 2018 I have sold all but a single listed Canon item (with several folks interested in the 70-200mm f/4L IS). Thanks to all who […] More on the Switch to Nikon Thanks to the many who sent me leads on purchasing a Nikon D850 DSLR along with the Nikon MB-D18 Multi-Power Battery Pack (that gets you up to 9 fps) and an extra Nikon EN-EL18b Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery (10.8V, 2500mAh). The first few leads did not pan out. Don […] Stuff Despite seemingly perfect conditions it was a relatively slow morning for flight at La Jolla on Monday. After the Canon Gear Fire Sale announcement post I was a busy boy and wound up selling nearly all of my Canon stuff in four hours. Folks may question the low prices but my plan was […] Used Canon Gear at Below Fire Sale Prices Please see the list of items sold cheap below Please note today’s date. It is not April 1. As many have surmised, I am — after 34 1/2 years of using Canon gear, after about 18 years as a Canon Explorer of Light (not many know […] Stuff On Sunday I spent another morning with the borrowed Nikon gear. With a nice east wind it was a great morning for pelican flight photography: I had 40 pelican flight keepers. What a pleasure it is to edit a series of flight images and simply look for the best poses without having to pray […] |
|
|||||||
|
Copyright © 2025 Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART
Powered by WordPress & Atahualpa |
||||||||
