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Originals and My Favorite Roseate Tern Flight Image Revealed

This Roseate Tern was photographed on Great Gull Island with the hand held Canon 300mm f/2.8 L IS II lens, the 1.4X III TC, and the Canon EOS-1D X. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/2500 sec. at f/6.3 in Manual mode.

Central Sensor/AI Servo Surround/Rear Focus active at the moment of exposure. […]

Canon 200-400mm f/4L IS/Internal 1.4 Extender: You Guess the Shutter Speed

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This image of a Sandhill Crane was created late in the day (8:05 pm to be exact) on June 17th with the hand held Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender (at 274mm) and the Canon EOS-1D X Digital SLR camera. ISO 1600. Evaluative metering +1/3 […]

Which One?

This Roseate Tern was photographed on Great Gull Island with the hand held Canon 300mm f/2.8 L IS II lens, the 1.4X III TC, and the Canon EOS-1D X. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/2500 sec. at f/6.3 in Manual mode.

Central Sensor/AI Servo Surround/Rear Focus active at the moment of exposure. […]

Tulips, Tulips, Tulips!

Images by Arthur Morris & Denise Ippolito. Card Design by Denise Ippolito.

Holland 2014 7 1/2-Day/8-Night: A Creative Adventure/BIRDS AS ART/Tulips & A Touch of Holland IPT. April 17-April 24, 2014 :$4995 Limit: 12 photographers/Openings 9 This trip needs 8 registrants to run so please do not purchase your plane tickets until you […]

Down By the Lake With the EF200-400mm f/4L IS/Internal 1.4 Extender: One Huge Surprise!

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This image of a Sandhill Crane was created on Thursday morning with the hand held Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM lens with Internal 1.4x Extender (with the 1.4X TC in place) at 560mm and the Canon EOS-1D X Digital SLR camera. ISO 400. Evaluative metering at zero: 1/1000 sec. […]

Apologies...

Apologies…

While checking out yesterday’s blog post “How’d He Do Dat?” this morning, I was shocked to see that there were no comments. Then I noticed that it said “Comments Not Allowed.” Not sure how that happened but a quick call to Denise Ippolito rectified the situation. So now it is time for you to […]

How'd He Do Dat?

This image was created in-camera at Keukehof Gardens in Lisse Holland on the first Tulip IPT with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens and the Canon EOS 5D Mark III.

ISO 100. Evaluative metering +1 stop at f/22 in Tv mode. What do you think was the shutter speed?

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Excellence All Around

An Excellent Day

Within an hour my new Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender arrived on my doorstep via Fed-X and I sold my Canon 500mm f/4L EF IS II lens to Hawaii’s top bird photographer, Jack Jeffrey for the very fair asking price. Visit Jack’s website here; the guy […]

Big Lens News (Pardon the Pun) & Photoshop Tern Revelations

Big Lens News I

I bit the bullet and purchased a Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender through the Explorers of Light program. I was blessed to have been selected as one of the original Canon Explorers of Light about 18 years ago and continue in that role today. I […]

And every time I've held a rose It seems I only felt the thorns...

This image of a displaying Roseate Tern was created at 4:46pm on June 3, 2013 on a hazy bright Great Gull Island afternoon with the hand held Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens, the Canon 2x EF Extender III (Teleconverter), and the Canon EOS-1D X Digital SLR camera. ISO 800. Evaluative metering […]

Try This One...

This image was created on Great Gull Island at 5:11 pm on June 3, 2013 with the hand held Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens, the Canon 1.4x EF Extender III (Teleconverter), and the Canon EOS-1D X Digital SLR camera. ISO 800. Evaluative metering off the grey sky +2 stops: 1/2000 sec. […]

Photoshop Hanky Panky?

This image was created at 6:44 am on the early morning of June 5, 2013 on Great Gull Island with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens and the Canon EOS 5D Mark III. ISO 400. Evaluative metering -2/3 stop: 1/2500 sec. at f/7.1 in Manual Mode.

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More Thoughts on the Canon 200-400 f/4L IS and the Series II Super-telephoto Lenses

More Thoughts on the Canon 200-400 f/4L IS and the Series II Super-telephoto Lenses

In the blog post that noted the announcement of the long awaited Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender, I wrote, “It promises to be a great lens for wildlife and for trips to places like Africa, […]

My Pissed Off Pano Opinions, and a Big Lesson

This image was created this morning, June 5, 2013 on Great Gull Island with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens and the Canon EOS 5D Mark III. ISO 400. Evaluative metering -2/3 stop: 1/3200 sec. at f/8 in Manual Mode.

One sensor below the central sensor Surround/AI Servo/Rear Focus […]

Dynamic Flock Flight

This image was created just before 7pm on June 5, 2013 on Great Gull Island with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens and the Canon EOS 5D Mark III. ISO 400. Evaluative metering at zero: 1/4000 sec. at f/6.3 in Manual Mode.

One sensor below the central sensor Surround/AI […]

Pissed Off Pano Questions

This image was created this morning, June 5, 2013 on Great Gull Island with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens and the Canon EOS 5D Mark III. ISO 400. Evaluative metering -2/3 stop: 1/3200 sec. at f/8 in Manual Mode.

One sensor below the central sensor Surround/AI Servo/Rear Focus […]

Passing Fancy

This image was created on Great Gull Island on June 3, 2013 with the hand held Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens, the Canon 2x EF Extender III (Teleconverter), and the Canon EOS-1D X Digital SLR camera. ISO 800. Evaluative metering off the grey sky +2 stops: 1/500 sec. at f/5.6 in […]

The Focus of Her Attention

This image of Helen Hays leaving one of the few blinds that escaped the wrath of Hurricane Sandy last October was created on Great Gull Island on June 1, 2013 with the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Telephoto zoom lens with the Canon 1.4x EF Extender III (teleconverter) (hand held at 125mm) […]

Flight Shot!

This Roseate Tern image was created on Great Gull Island with the hand held Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Telephoto zoom lens with the Canon 1.4x EF Extender III (teleconverter) (hand held at 245mm) with the Canon EOS-1D X digital SLR . ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop: 1/2000 sec. at f/7.1 […]

Not Sure; Who Knows???

Not Sure; Who Knows???

It is Thursday, May 30, 2013. I am headed out to Great Gull Island for a week. GGI is in the middle of the Long Island Sound between Orient Point, Long Island and Niantic, Connecticut. Last time I was there–in 1990–I think, it was home to 9,000+ pairs of Common Terns […]