Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART

This 3-frame in-camera Art Vivid HDR image was created at Lisse, Holland on the recently concluded Tulip IPT with the tripod-mounted Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS EF USM AF Lens(at 24mm) and the Canon EOS 5D Mark III Digital camera body ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 stop yielded a base exposure of: 1/250 sec. at […]

This three-frame in-camera Art Vivid HDR of the flower district along a canal in Amsterdam, Holland was created with the Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS EF USM AF Lens hand held at 70mm and the Canon EOS 5D Mark III Digital camera body ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop yielded a base exposure of 1/250 […]

This Lesser Black-backed Gull flight image was created with the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM telephoto zoom lens (hand held at 142mm) and the Canon EOS-1D X Digital SLR camera. ISO 400: 1/1600 sec. at f/4 in Manual mode. Note: this bird was in deep shade as it flew below us in […]

Sex Offender?

A 54 year old impregnating a 12 year old would ordinarily by grounds for a long prison term. But that is not always the case. Click here and scroll down to “Successful Old Bird” for the rather amazing details. Thanks to Ted Cheeseman of Cheesemans’ Ecology Safaris for forwarding the link.

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This image was created at the Beatrix Pavilion at Keukenhof, Lisse, Holland with the tripod-mounted Canon Telephoto EF 180mm f/3.5L macro lens, a Canon Extension Tube EF 25 II, and the Canon EOS 5D Mark III Digital camera body. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 1/3 stops: 2.5 seconds at f/32 in Manual mode.

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This image was created at the Willem-Alexander Pavilion at Keukenhof, Lisse, Holland with the tripod-mounted Canon Telephoto EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM Autofocus lens and the and the Canon EOS-5D Mark III. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/25 sec. at f/8 in Av mode.

Central sensor AI Servo/Rear Focus on the closest […]

This tulip image was created at Lisse, Holland with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens and the Canon EOS 5D Mark III Digital camera body. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop: 1/60 sec. at f/32 in Manual mode.

Central sensor AI Servo/Rear Focus on the tulips 1/3 of the […]

Wish Me Luck

In exactly one hour I go on stage to present “A Lifetime of Nature and Photography Education/Teaching Children About Birds” at the NSTA (National Science Teacher’s Association) 2013 National Conference on Science Education in San Antonio, TX. Thanks to an invite from old friend (he knew Elaine!) Jack Padalino, retired director of […]

This Roseate Spoonbill flight image was created at Alafia Banks on the Fort Desoto/Hooptie Deux IPT on the rain-soaked Thursday morning Hooptie trip 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 1600. Evaluative metering -1 […]

These Marbled Godwits were photographed at Fort Desoto with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens, the Canon 1.4x EF tele-extender III, and the Canon EOS-1D X. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1 2/3 stops as framed : 1/200 sec. at f/6.3 in Manual mode.

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