It’s Safe to go in the Water Now Sony a-1 Firmware Update Update
Last spring, Sony announced firmware update v2.00 for the a-1, its flagship camera body. In short order the firmware story became an embarrassing fiasco. Over time, the announced v2.01 that caused terrible problems with the camera was used with the hugely popular […]
What’s Up?
Steve Zarate sold all of his Canon items, including the near mint RF 600mm f/4L IS lens, within two days of their being listed in the last blog post.
Yesterday I sent the SONY Alpha a1 Set-up and Info Notes e-Mail J (23 OCT 2014) Firmware Update Update item to the entire group; […]
Your Call?
Which of today’s five featured image is your favorite? Why did you make your choice? I love them all but have a clear favorite.
My Call and Reasons
In the Tricolored Heron Second Edit YouTube Video blog post here, my favorite was Image #2, the Tricolored Heron non-breeding adult vertical front-end portrait. […]
Tricolored Heron Second Edit (with Fine Points)
Today’s mirrorless gear is so good and the frame rates so high, that it is often necessary to delete dozens if not hundreds of perfect images. I originally made about 800 photos of this cooperative wading bird working from the front seat of my vehicle at 1200mm […]
What’s Up?
November 20, 2024 will mark 30 years since the death of my 2nd wife, Elaine Belsky Morris. She was diagnosed, she followed and endured the horrific chemo and radiation therapies, and she suffered.
Four months prior, they told us “It’s a miracle, the tumor has disappeared.” Then she was dead in short order. […]
Your Call?
Which of today’s four featured images do you like best? Why?
What’s Up?
Photography continues to be good in the mornings here at ILE. This morning I had a gorgeous Red-shouldered Hawk posing on The Perch II.
I will be sending SONY Alpha a1 Set-up and Info Notes e-Mail H (15 […]
Your Call?
Which of today’s six featured images is the strongest? Please leave a comment and let us know why you made your choice (or your choices if you go with two). I have a clear favorite that I will share with you in the next blog post.
What’s Up?
I had wanted to […]
What’s Up?
In the last post, I commented on Thursday morning at 8:01am as follows:
Thanks, all, (for the good wishes).
I slept through the night. I walked around the house at 6am with my iPhone flashlight; we are unscathed. We never lost power here at ILE. Jennifer did lose power at her home in […]
What’s Up
As of 2pm on Wednesday 9 October 2024, Hurricane Milton was scheduled to make landfall somewhere between Tampa and Sarasota this evening. At the least, it is supposed to be one of the most powerful storms ever to strike Florida.
Many storm tracks show the eye of the hurricane passing directly over […]
What’s Up?
Today is Tuesday 8 October. Hurricane Milton is on its way to Florida. It is currently aimed right at Tampa and should make landfall some time on Wednesday. With this storm following close on the heels of Hurricane Helene, the potential for catastrophic, double-barreled damage along the coast of Southwest Florida boggles the […]
Preview
Today’s post is for serious photographers only. If you want to learn some very fine points about exposure, keep reading. I can guarantee that the material covered below has never been published anywhere in any form.
I would be remiss not to mention that even though the original The Art of Bird Photography […]
Artie and the Mets
I was blessed to have experienced the 69 Mets when I was 22 years old. They were an expansion team in 1962 with 120 losses, the most ever in the modern era until the 2024 Chicago White Sox eclipsed them with 121 losses this season. The Mets were 100-1 to win […]
Today’s Featured Image
You can learn an absolute ton by carefully perusing my comments on the creation and processing of today’s featured image. Join us on the Sebastian Osprey Adventure for lots more of the same and a ton of great photography. Details at the bottom of this post.
What’s Up?
Since Helene passed, […]
Do not click on the composite image; simply scroll down for the best viewing.
While Sebastian Inlet is justifiably famous around the world for the Ospreys diving for saltwater fish each fall, there are a variety of desirable avian subjects there as well in October and November. Keep reading if you would like […]
Your Call?
Which of today’s three featured images is the strongest? Do let us know why you made your choice. I have a clear winner that I will share with you in the next post.
Bird Photographers.Net Sold
You can read the entire thread here. A nice discussion on nitpicking developed when I responded […]
Your Call?
Which two of today’s six featured images are your favorites? Please let us know why you made your choices.
My Call
In the last blog post, Longs Lens Lessons From the Worst Morning in Two Weeks, here, my favorite by a mile was the Black-bellied Whistling Duck. Why? The reddish-brown feathers and […]
Great News
Once I get my taxes to my accountant, I will be announcing several trips. Note that there is still a single opening on the first Homer Bald Eagle IPT. Click here for details.
Wanted to Buy
If you have a Canon EF 180mm Lens sitting on a shelf doing nothing and would […]
Your Call?
Be so kind to leave a comment letting us know which three of today’s eleven featured images are your favorites and what you liked about each one.
My Call
Picking only three Pat Fishburne images from the Both 86- and 78-Year Olds Learn on an Extended IPT blog post here was indeed […]
Pat Fishburne
Pat visited ILE in June for a day of private Sony instruction. She used both my a1 and my a9 iii and decided to go with the a9 iii because of the better autofocus system and the smaller file sizes. You can read the whole story and see two of the great images […]
Today’s Challenge
All are invited to leave a comment by putting the three images in order of their preference; put the image you judge to be the strongest first, your next favorite second, the least strongest third on the list. For example (arbitrarily): #3, #1, #2. Warning: all three images are pretty darned good. I […]
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