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All the Weapons: Part II & Photographing Action with the Hand Held Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender In Place

Day 5 Morning Wet Landing, Punta Espinoza, Fernandina-Part II

This Flightless Cormorant face portrait was created at Punta Espinoza with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens, the Canon 2x EF Extender III (Teleconverter), and the Canon EOS 5D Mark III Digital camera body. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop as framed: […]

Leopard and Internet Miracles

This image was created on August 8th, 2013 with the Todd Pod-mounted Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens and the Canon EOS-1D X. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1 stop as framed: 1/160 sec. at f/4 in Manual mode.

Central sensor (Surround)/AI Servo Rear Focus on the Leopard’s face and re-compose. Click […]

All the Weapons: Part I

Day 5 Morning Wet Landing, Punta Espinoza, Fernandina Part I

This image was created with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II lens (at 80mm) and the the Canon EOS 5D Mark III Digital camera body. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/5 sec. at f/16 in Av mode. Central sensor/AI Servo/Rear Focus 1/3 […]

Blue Himalayan Poppies???

Blue Himalayan Poppies??? A Guest Blog Post by Denise Ippolito

This image of a Himalayan Blue Poppy was created by Denise Ippolito with the hand held Canon 100mm macro lens (now replaced by the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L macro IS USM lens with the Canon EOS 5D Mark III.

Image courtesy of and copyright […]

The Words You Do Not Want to Hear When Traveling By Air

The Words You Do Not Want to Hear When Traveling By Air

“That flight does not exist anymore.” Those were the words that greeted me when I finally got through the nightmarish visa line and was relieved of $100 US cash money at Dar Es Salaam Julius Nyerere International Airport and tried to get a […]

Common Compositional Misunderstandings and More...

Galapagos/Day 4 Afternoon Panga Ride at Punta Vincente Roca, Isabela

This Brown Noddy image was created with the hand held Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM lens with Internal 1.4x Extender (at 350mm) and the Canon EOS-1D X). ISO 3200. Evaluative metering at zero: 1/500 sec. at f/4.

Central sensor/AI Servo-Surround/Rear Focus AF on […]

A Fly Oh My!

BAA Bulletin #446

BAA Bulletin #446 is on-line and may be accessed here.

The biggest news is the announcement of the South Florida Composite IPT–join us for some or all!

There are of course lots of great images each with our legendary educational captions. Here is a list of the features.

Nickerson Baby […]

Old Canon EOS 1D X News; If It Ain't Broke...

BIRDS AS ART BULLETIN #445

BIRDS AS ART BULLETIN #445 is online and can be accessed here. As usual it is jam-packed with tons of great images and lots of great info including a summary review of the new 200-400.

Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM lens with Internal 1.4x Extender Galapagos Photo-Cruise Report […]

Old Combo Still Effective: the 600 II and the 70-200 II.

Day 4, morning dry landing, Punta Albemarle, Isabela

This image was with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II lens with the Canon 1.4x EF Extender III (Teleconverter) (at 192mm) and the Canon EOS-1D X. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1/400 sec. at f/7.1 in Av mode.

Two sensors left of the […]

Flying Dolphin Revelation and More...

This flight shot of a Bottle-nosed Dolphin was created with the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II lens (hand held at 120mm) and the Canon EOS-1D X). ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/4000 sec. at f/4.5 in Av mode.

Two sensors below the central sensor/AI Servo/Rear Focus on the water at the […]

Hand Held Photography with the Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM lens with Internal 1.4x Extender

Day 4, midday Panga ride, Punta Albemarle, Isabela

This Flightless Cormorant image was created with the hand held Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM lens with Internal 1.4x Extender (with the internal TC in place at 519mm) and the Canon EOS-1D X. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop: 1/500 sec. at f/7.1.

Two sensors to […]

Oh Baby; Thanks Pat!

This image was created at Nickerson Beach, Long Island NY on the recently concluded Nickerson Beach Baby Beach Nesting Birds IPT with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens, the Canon 2x EF Extender III (Teleconverter), and the Canon EOS-1D X Digital SLR camera. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1 1/3 stops: […]

Flying Dolphin or Photoshop Creation?

Galapagos: Day 3—Navigating Past Marchena Island to Isabela

This flight shot of a Bottle-nosed Dolphin was created with the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II lens (hand held at 120mm) and the Canon EOS-1D X). ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/4000 sec. at f/4.5 in Av mode.

Two sensors below the central sensor/AI […]

Learning About the Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM lens with Internal 1.4x Extender on Tower Island/Prince Philips Steps

Learning About the Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM lens with Internal 1.4x Extender on Tower Island/Prince Philips Steps

This Great Frigatebird image was created on our afternoon landing at Prince Philips Steps, Tower Island with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender (at 490mm with the internal TC […]

Open to Anything: Splashdowns!

This image was created with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens and the Canon EOS-1D X. ISO 400. Evaluative metering at zero: 1/1600 sec. at f/6.3 in Manual mode.

Central sensor (Surround)/AI Servo Rear Focus AF just caught the trailing edge of the closest bird’s left wing–active at the […]

Less was More and other Follow-ups

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This small-in-the-frame Common Nighthawk image was created at Indian Lake Estates with the with the Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens, the Canon 2x EF Extender III (Teleconverter), and the Canon EOS 5D Mark III. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/160 sec. at f/9 in Av Mode. […]

Adding an External 1.4X TC to the Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender: 784mm!

This Great Frigatebird chick was photographed with the tripod mounted Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender (with the internal TC in place), the Canon 1.4x EF Extender III (Teleconverter) (at 728mm), and the Canon EOS-1D X). ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop in early morning light: 1/500 sec. at […]

Canon 200-400 & 70-200 Low Foot and Lens Plate Tips

Canon 200-400 & 70-200 Low Foot and Lens Plate Tips

On Friday past, Mark Williams wrote asking how the various lens plates mount on the Mongoose M3.6 that I use and depend on every day. I brought some gear out to the pool deck and created the five images here at ISO 1600. The explanations […]

Beginning of a Love Affair with the Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS lens: Day 2 Darwin Bay, Tower Island am-Part I

This white morph Red-footed Booby image was created with the Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender (hand held at 381mm) and the Canon EOS-1D X. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/160 sec. at f/4.

Two sensors above and one to the right of the central sensor/AI Servo-Surround/Rear […]

Almost Home! Galapagos Photo-Cruise/Day 1, afternoon: Dragon Hill, Santa Cruz

Almost Home

I am working on this post while online in my Sequoia that is headed up the Florida Turnpike towards Indian Lake Estates. Captain Marian Schneider of Grande Tours in Boca Grnade, FL is at the wheel, her friend Marilyn is in the rear passenger seat. Marian and Marilyn were on the recently […]