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Canon 200-400mm f/4L IS II w/Internal Extender & 7D II/Square Crop and More Lessons

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While it feels great to be home I am still on Alaska time. I hit the sack at 11pm last night, slept only until midnight, and was wide awake reading for about three hours. I fell into a deep sleep at about 3am and slept 5 solid hours until just about 8am. I enjoyed […]

Priceless Image Perfection? Was I happy choosing the 500 II over the 200-400 with Internal Extender?

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As I prepare this blog post I am flying at 35,000 feet on my way to MCO. Online and plugged in. 🙂 It will be good to be home for a while. I have been on the road since August 10, almost a month.

This blog post took a solid three hours to […]

Still More 100-400 II Versatility: Black on Black/Lots of Lessons!

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I am in the airport at Kodiak, AK headed for Anchorage with a 41-minute connection to my Seattle flight and then a nine hour layover before heading to Orlando with a stop somewhere, arriving in Orlando at MCO at 4:40pm where I will be met by my right-hand man, Jim Litzenburg. The Bear Boat […]

Announcing the Galapagos 2017 Photo Cruise

Tame birds and wildlife. Incredible diversity. You only live once….

GALAPAGOS Photo Cruise of a Lifetime IPT/The Complete Galapagos Photographic Experience. August 8-22, 2017 on the boat. 13 FULL and two half-days of photography: $12,499. Limit: 13 photographers plus the leader: yours truly. Openings: 7. Same great trip; no price increase! […]

Old White Schoolhouse/Green Trim: Worth a Damn or Not?

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I am currently leading the 2015 Bear Catching Salmon Bear Boat IPT. I will be back very soon.

This image was created on our day off between the two 2015 Palouse IPTs with the hand held Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens (at 55mm) and the […]

North Seymour/Part III: Baby Booby/Getting Down to the Essence…

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I am currently leading the 2015 Bear Catching Salmon Bear Boat IPT. I will be back soon.

Galapagos 2017

I would assume that after viewing the variety and quality of the images in recent and past blog posts that most passionate nature photographers would wish to join us on the next Galapagos photo […]

Wrong Lens at the Moment of Impact…

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I am currently leading the 2015 Bear Catching Salmon Bear Boat IPT. I will be back very soon.

This image was created by Denise Ippolito on our Inside Passage cruse with the hand held Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens, the Canon Extender EF 1.4X III (at 98mm) and […]

North Seymour/Part II: Whimsical Flight Pose

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I am currently leading the 2015 Bear Catching Salmon Bear Boat IPT. I will be back soon.

Galapagos 2017

I would assume that after viewing the variety and quality of the images in recent and past blog posts that most passionate nature photographers would wish to join us on the next Galapagos photo […]

Pickerelweed City...

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I am currently leading the 2015 Bears Catching Salmon/Bear Boat IPT. Enjoy.

Please Help Support My Work on the BAA Blog Thanks a Stack! June was a Great Month.

The last two months as a B&H affiliate have been quite rewarding. Thanks a stack to the many who used our B&H links for […]

400 DO II + 2X III TC: Warm-up Sally Lightfoot

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I am currently leading the 2015 Bear Catching Salmon Bear Boat IPT. I will be back soon.

Galapagos 2017

I would assume that after viewing the variety and quality of the images in recent and past blog posts that most passionate nature photographers would wish to join us on the next Galapagos photo […]

More 100-400II Versatility: Fish as Art?

This image was created at Gilbert Bay, Port Snettisham, AK on our Inside Passage cruise. I used the tripod-mounted Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens (at 263mm) and the Canon EOS-1D X. ISO 1600. Evaluative metering at zero: 1/80 sec. at f/6.3 in Av mode. AWB.

With the Singh-Ray […]

So You Want to be a Professional Photographer/Tour Leader....

My Sunday

4:50am: Awoke in the Best Western in Ketchikan, AK. Took my blood sugar and injected for the dawn effect. Checked e-mails.

6:10am: Injected my slow-acting insulin for most of the day and the fast acting to cover my breakfast.

6:20am: Enjoyed corned beef hash with two eggs over easy.

6:50am: […]

Thanks to Jean Luc's Girlfriend...

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I fly from Ketchikan, AK to Kodiak tomorrow via the “milk “run” that visits several small towns on the way to Juneau, AK. Then to Anchorage and then on to Kodiak. Wish me luck. Good luck also to Denise. She has the flu and has wisely decided to get well in Ketchikan for a […]

Wholly Cows! With the Canon 200-400mm f/L IS lens with the internal extender

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I am currently en route to Kodiak, AK. For mail order or other help please contact Jim by phone M-F at 863-692-0906 or via e-mail at the staffbaa address. To register for an IPT please contact Jennifer by phone during weekday banker’s hours at 863-692-0906 or via e-mail to our Verizon address with […]

You Could Actually Do the Whole Galapagos Photo-Cruise With Just the 100-400 II

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It is now 5:45am on Monday, August 24, 2015. I have been up for a few hours. We will be departing to the south about 1 1/2 days late for our Inside Passage adventure in a very few minutes.

This blog post is scheduled to be published from the Cloud at 6:00am on […]

Tim Grey's Take on Lightroom RGB Values and On My RGB Value Recommendations. And My Response...

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This is another one that I started at my Mom/s last week. I an still sitting next to denise at 35,000 feet. We have one hour, 12 minutes till Salt Lake City. And then only another ten hours till we get to Juneau. 🙂

This blog post should be published automatically at 6:00am on […]

Bill Lloyd's Save Your Butt Tip...

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It is 5:26am on Monday, August 24, 2015. I have been up for a few hours. The boat’s generator just came on and we will be departing to the south about 1 1/2 days late for our Inside Passage adventure.

This blog post is scheduled to be published from the Cloud at 6:00am […]

Can Denise's Tree Be a Circle?

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I started this blog post last week when I was at my Mom’s. I am finishing while sitting in 22B at 35,000 en route from JFK to SLC and then on to Seattle and Juneau. Sitting next to me in 22A working on some of her Iceland images is denise ippolito. We are headed […]

A Benefit of Gale Force Winds...

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I am sitting on the boat just after breakfast again looking at a second day of high winds and rain. That’s why they call it nature photography….

This blog post should be published automatically from the Cloud at 6:00am on Monday, August 24, 2015. Enjoy.

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The 400 DO Rocks the Galapagos /More Spectacular Opportunities in Week Two

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We finished the 2015 Galapagos Photo Cruise with a spectacular morning at North Seymour Island. Our session lasted from 6:00 till 9:30am and was blessed with spectacular early morning light and then again by thickening cloud cover. Just what the doctor ordered. We spent a magical morning photographing fluffy white frigatebird chicks, adults […]