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Canon 100mm f/2.8L IS Macro Lens for Cute Blonde Chick???

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This post was published just before 5:30am am from Gull Island Project, NY. Winter has returned early to GGI: it is cold and windy, from the NW at about 25mph. With clear skies, that pretty much puts the kibosh on most bird photography this morning. I enjoyed a great day of […]

It is Hard to Believe: So Much To Learn From a Single Image...

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This post was published just before 6:00am from Gull Island where it is cloudy and drizzling this […]

Do Your Tastes Run to Black and White?

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This post was published just before 6am from Gull Island. I slept late till about 6am this […]

Three Tern Species/Three Fledged Young

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This post was published at about 5:30am from Great Gull Island. I photographed early and late yesterday on GGI and did well but not great. I did get to photograph some recently fledged Roseate Terns but most were banded. Again, I am online with my cell phone in the middle of […]

What Can You Possibly Do When You Get Up at 2:07am?

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This post was published at about 5:30am from Great Gull Island. I almost did not make it to Niantic in time to catch the boat to the island; when I called yesterday morning I learned that most of the Orient Point ferries were full…. I scrambled like mad to make the […]

Puffins, Gannets, Murres, Razorbills, Terns, Gulls, Shags, Chicks, and Castles!

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This post was published just before 6am from my Mom’s home in Holbrook, NY. I had another good afternoon at Nickerson yesterday. I will be very busy […]

The Question: Did Murphy's Law Strike Again? Or Not?

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This post was published just before 6am from my Mom’s home in Holbrook, NY. I decided to sleep in this morning with clear skies and SW winds; wind against sun conditions make things very difficult as nearly all of the birds will be flying, landing, and facing into the wind. I […]

Murphy's Law at Work in the Fog

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This post was published at 4:55am from my Mom’s home in Holbrook, NY. I am headed out at 5:15am for the beach. Was in bed early again last night.

This post, which took me 1 1/2 hours to prepare, marks 234 consecutive days with a new enjoyable and educational blog […]

Poor, Poor Denise Ippolito with Only the 300mm f/2.8L IS II; Part VI of a Series

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This post was published at 2:38am from my Mom’s home in Holbrook, NY. I am headed out at 4:15am for the beach. Was in bed early.

This post, which took me 3 hours to prepare, marks 233 consecutive days with a new enjoyable and educational blog post. With so many […]

Can a Bird be a Pig? And Lots of New Used Lens Listings

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This post was published at 4:45am from my Mom’s home in Holbrook, NY.

This post, which took me 2 hours to prepare, marks 232 consecutive days with a new educational blog post. With so many folks getting in the habit of using our B&H links and our Amazon logo-links, why […]

Foggy Link Belt Crane...

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This post was published at 5:45am from my Mom’s home in Holbrook, NY.

This post, which took me about 1 1/2 hours to prepare, marks 231 consecutive days with a new educational blog post. With so many folks getting in the habit of using our B&H links and our Amazon […]

A Near Perfect Ten Dive...

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This post was published just before 5:00am from Rockville, Center, Long Island, NY. I am not sure what the plans are right now but I will wind up back at my Mom’s sometime later today.

This post, which took me about 2 hours to prepare, marks 230 consecutive days with […]

Big Lens Flight Photography with the 1.4X III TC

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This post was published just after 4:00am from Rockville, Center, Long Island, NY as we get ready for the last morning of the Nickerson Baby Beach Nesting Birds IPT. It is our first morning that might offer some nice sunrise colors…. This post, which took me about 2 hours to prepare, […]

Death and Life in Contrast...

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This post was published just before 5:00am from Rockville, Center, Long Island, NY as I get ready for the second morning of the Nickerson Baby Beach Nesting Birds IPT. I was in bed by 8:30pm last night and have been wide awake since just after 3:00am with dull aches in my […]

Hard to Believe...

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This post was published just before 5:30am from Rockville, Center, Long Island, NY as Denise and I got ready for the first morning of the Nickerson Baby Beach Nesting Birds IPT. This post, which took me about 2 hours to prepare, marks 227 consecutive days with a new educational blog post. […]

Photographing Diving Arrows!

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It is just before 5:30am here in Amherst, MA as I publish this blog post. Denise and I are getting ready to head back to my Mom’s via the Port Jefferson ferry for lunch and laundry and then continue on to our Nickerson Beach hotel. My reprise of “What Makes a […]

Creating Mystery at Bass Rock

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It is just before 5:15am here in Amherst, MA as I publish this blog post. Yesterday’s program, “What Makes a Great Natural History Image?,” my third at the NECCC conference, was very well received. I do it again today in the 10:30 till noon slot. My programs are being generously […]

What to Do With an Empty Plowed Field of Grey Dirt?

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It is just after 6:00am in Amherst, MA as I publish this blog post. I am still working on putting the finishing touches on “What Makes a Great Natural History Image.” (SAT and SUN 10:30 till noon.) After a rough start with Photoshop entering the Twilight Zone of its own […]

The First Step in Taming the Whites...

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It is just afer 5:00am in Amherst, MA as I publish this blog post and begin to put the finishing touches on my 3 hour Photoshop workshop that opens the 2014 NECCC Conference in Amherst, MA where both Denise and I are speaking. My programs are being generously sponsored by […]

Tales of a Baby Puffin & Generosity and Sharing Involving 1200mms

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It is just afer 5:45am at my Mom’s house in Holbrook, NY. I did not get much sleep after 2am this morning–can you say jet lag? I finally got out of bed at 4am to finish up this blog post. It took about four hours in all to create this post. […]