2025 « Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART

Eleven Good Images w/the Sony 400mm f/2.8 GM OSS Lens

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 […]

Cattle Egret ACR Masking Magic. Women's NCAA Volleyball!

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? ThinkTank Rollers -- the Only Way to Go!

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 […]

Hawaiian pizza: thin crust, extra cheese, extra meat, extra sauce, and some nice Short-eared Owl images to go please

Bob Eastman in Zany Mode disguising himself as a one-antlered […]

ILE 200-600: Love is in the Air, the Avian Solar Eclipse, the Illusion of Height, Masking for Pink, and Grab Flight Shots

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 […]

Have You Ever Been Called By a Mysterious Force? And What's New on the BIRDS AS ART Blog? And What's Old?

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What’s New on the BIRDS AS ART Blog?

After 1 1/2 years or two or three months, depending on how you’re counting and your e-mail provider, our […]

Which is Better: More Pixels on the Subject or More Perch?

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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 […]

No Need to Be Scared of the Fog

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In the unlikely event that you received a blog post notification for this post yesterday (and then another one in a different format on Wednesday), please forgive the duplication. I am now using ConstantContact to send blog post notifications and the early results seem to indicate the end of nearly two years of […]

More Blessings. Toys for Tots 2025: Please Donate Now

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 […]

On Loving Life and Counting My Many Blessings

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 […]

Fishing Osprey Addiction. And More ACR Masking Magic

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 […]

My Brand New Sony 800-1600mm f/13-f/16 G Super Super-Telephoto Zoom Lens. For Flight? Why? Because I Could!

Happy Thanksgiving 2025 Image copyright 2025 Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS […]

Home Sweet Home. The San Diego IPT

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 […]

Super-telephoto Zoom Lens Sebastian Versatility. And More!

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 […]

The Super Resolution Tool & Masking in Adobe Camera Raw

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 […]

Announcing the 2026 Stick Marsh Roseate Spoonbill IPTs

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 […]

Busman's Holiday Favorites: 1 Insect, 2 Birds, 1 Reptile

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 […]

Sebastian Birds in the Water/Understanding the Light. And the Sony 200-600 Versus the Sony 400-800 G Lenses

Your Call

Which of today’s five featured images is your favorite? Why did you make your choice?

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A Lousy Morning at Sebastian is Better Than ...

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 […]

Tips on Wind Against Sun Mornings Revisited

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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