Sony 400mm f/2.8 GM OSS Lens with Extras!
Price reduced $1000.00 on 22 December 2025! BIRDS AS ART Record Low Price (by far!)
IPT veteran Stan Driscoll is offering a Sony 400mm f/2.8 GM OSS Lens in near-mint to like-new condition for the BAA record low price of $7798.00 (was $8798.00). The sale includes the […]
ACR Masking
The Masking feature in Adobe Camera Raw is so effective and easy to use that I have been shooting more backlit situations than ever before. That is saying something. Keep reading to see the magic.
BTW
My very favorite Bob Eastman SEO image in the blog post here was #4: Short-eared Owl […]
Traveling by Air? Think Tank — the Only Way to Go!
View the video to learn how to safely pack your camera gear for air travel in a Think Tank Rolling Bag using Carhartt Men’s Cuffed Beanies, hockey socks, and some old athletic socks. There is no need to waste your money on LensCoat […]
Bob Eastman in Zany Mode disguising himself as a one-antlered […]
Your Call?
Which three of today’s six featured images do you think are the strongest? Why?
My Call
In the Which is Better: More Pixels on the Subject or More Perch? blog post here, my favorite image by a mile was the wider view that included much of the color and detail on the […]
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After 1 1/2 years or two or three months, depending on how you’re counting and your e-mail provider, our […]
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Your Call?
So, which do you think is the stronger image, the large-in-the-frame Image #1, or Image #2, the bird/perch-scape? Why did you make your choice. I have […]
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Additional Blessings
In the last blog post, I hit “Publish” with some trepidation thinking that I was surely leaving someone or something off my list of blessings. (The original list appears immediately below). To my list of countless blessings I must add:
11- Serendipitously meeting Dr. Cliff Oliver nearly 30 years ago on a Bosque […]
Your Call?
Which is the strongest image? Which is the most interesting?
On Loving Life and Counting My Many Blessings
Just recently, I learned of a friend who is hospitalized after a propane explosion. Another dear friend with a long history of bad health luck had a fairly serious setback two months ago. And […]
Diving Osprey Addiction
If you live in Florida or are visiting, understand that conditions at Sebastian, after weeks and weeks of NW and west winds in the mornings, are finally looking excellent for tomorrow, Saturday 29 November, and for Sunday as well. Saturday morning is looking to be the better of the two as they […]
Happy Thanksgiving 2025 Image copyright 2025 Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS […]
San Diego 2026 IPTs
Think about joining me on one of thetwo IPTs in San Diego early next year, as below. It is one of my favorite places in the world to photograph. The Pacific-race Brown Pelicans, the nesting Brandt’s Cormorants, and the handsome Heermann’s Gulls are three of my favorite avian subjects on the […]
Your Call?
Here is a tough challenge: which three of today’s ten featured images do you think are the strongest?
What’s Up?
Mornings had been quite slow recently until multiple IPT veteran Jim Miller showed up for 2 1/2 days of In-the-Field Instructional sessions. Both Wednesday and Thursday mornings were action packed. Though being […]
Worse Comes to Worse, I’ll Get Along
No matter how tough the conditions or strong the NW winds are, I’ll get along. This song reminds me of traveling by motor home in 1994 with my beloved late wife Elaine Belsky Morris. Especially as we drove across the seemingly endless I-10 in East Texas. (I-10 […]
Your Calls?
Which of today’s four featured Roseate Spoonbill images is your favorite? Why? Which of the three Stick Marsh cards do you think has the strongest collection of images?
In the Last Post and More on Processing Backlit Images
Thanks to those who commented at the last post. All four images garnered a […]
Your Call?
Which of today’s four featured images is your favorite? Why?
What’s Up?
On Sunday morning, there were virtually no birds at Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Boynton Beach. So, I left very early to check out Loxahatchee NWR for the first time in about 35 years. There were very few birds, but I did […]
Your Call
Which of today’s five featured images is your favorite? Why did you make your choice?
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Your Call?
Which of today’s five featured images is your favorite? Why?
What’s Up?
With variably sunny skies and a wind from the northeast, Tuesday morning was a slow pick for me, mostly flight photography at 840mm on the tripod. With a strong east wind and variably sunny skies, Wednesday morning was outstanding with […]
Your Call
Which do you think are the three strongest of today’s featured images? Why did you make your choices?
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