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Stuff In the morning I was down at the lake with my new 600mm f/4 and the D5. I had a few good opportunities on flying Great Egrets so I hand held it out the window with some success. Then it was my postural restoration exercises followed by my fourth half mile plus swim in […] Stuff We made it safely through thick fog to Gatorland on Saturday morning. As the sun did not break through until about 9:30am, we enjoyed a long shooting session with lots of excellent flight photography. The new Gatorland Photographer’s Pass program is vastly improved. You can check out the details and the improvements by clicking […] Stuff Yesterday was a particularly great day all around. In the morning, we found two crane nests with eggs. Then, about 20 Sandhill Cranes flew in at about 7:30am. And a gorgeous Great Blue Heron in breeding plumage with ultramarine lores was on our perch in the morning and then again at sunset. All of […] Stuff We had time on Thursday morning for a short visit with the beach-nesting boobies along the south shore of Cayman Brac before our flights. And we did well. As a last second bonus, several White-tailed Tropicbirds flew right over us. All in all it was a great trip. Lots more photos and lessons coming […] Stuff Well, we thought that Tuesday morning was bad, but Wednesday was worse. The wind was practically lifting us off the cliff and there were very few birds in flight. I created only a few Brown Booby images and deleted them all. I did keep a very few landscape photos. The afternoon was great. I […] Stuff The last time that I asked for an image title the group as a whole pretty much came up empty. Put your thinking caps on and see what you can come up with for today’s unusually lovely and graceful featured image. Tuesday morning was the worst of the trip so far. It was […] Early Spring Photo Opportunities at ILE BIRDS AS ART first-ever Master Classes Master Class Session 1. Two Full and two Half Days/Friday afternoon, March 16 through lunch on Monday, March 19, 2018: course fee: $1,999. Limit: 4/openings:3 Master Class Session 2. Two Full and two Half Days/Friday afternoon, March 30 through lunch […] Stuff The morning started off slowly with the promise of lots of clouds but the blue sky and sun came too quickly. Rather than packing it in early, we stuck it out and had enjoyed some great flight photography with unexpectedly excellent results. I am in the process of learning a ton about the automatic […] Stuff We got to the limestone cliffs early and had some great flight action for the first 45 minutes. With the clear blue skies we decided to try for the West Indian Whistling Ducks but they were too far away. So we called it a morning and I decided to go with our guide for […] A Comparison of the Canon 100-400 II L IS Lens and the Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR LensStuff We had another great morning with the Brown Boobies. We were very careful on the jagged limestone cliffs … Tired of the heat and the bright sun we delayed our afternoon outing till 4:30pm. As I walked to the car it was drizzling. And there were big lovely clouds. We had our best afternoon […] Stuff We had a very successful morning on Cayman Brac climbing right to the edge of the jagged limestone cliffs for flight photography. The why of that is explained below. We were ready for another fabulous afternoon but the booby with the big chick sat in a bush for two hours and only the male […] Stuff All in all we had a great first day on Cayman Brac. Photography was difficult. We traversed jagged limestone cliffs with treacherous footing. It was so windy when I created today’s featured image that I was lucky to get one centered in the frame. The coast ran east/west so getting on perfect sun angle […] Stuff After waking at 2:55am on Wednesday– I had the alarm set for 3:45am — I made it out of the house only six minutes late … We were delayed slightly when I could not find my favorite and only belt … I was at the gate in Orlando early. I got to Miami early […] 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 […] |
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