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What’s Up? Again, studying the wind and sky conditions carefully, we sailed only in the afternoon and did pretty darned well. I spent the morning helping Bear Bob and Monte with Photo Mechanic. I was glad to learn of the sale of Anthony Ardito’s Sony 600mm f/4 GM lens and the pending sale of Dennis […] Sony a9 II Mirrorless Camera Body BAA Record-low Price! Dennis Westover is offering a Sony a9 II mirrorless camera body in excellent condition for a BAA record-low $2198.00. The sale includes the original box and everything that came in it including the manuals, one battery, the charger, the front body cap, the strap, the USB […] The Spring Fort DeSoto IPT #1: Practically Private The Spring Fort DeSoto IPT #1. Tuesday 28 March through the morning session on 31 March 2023. 3 1/2 Days: $1899.00 includes three working brunches. Limit six photographers. With no-one signed up for the first DeSoto IPT, you can sign up right now and be assured of […] Your Call All are invited to leave a comment stating their preference for each of today’s four featured images. Please put them in order with your favorite image first and your least favorite of the four. Ambitious folks can comment on why they made their choices. I will share my list and my reasons with […] Your Call All are invited to leave a comment stating their preference for each of today’s three featured images. Please put them in order with your favorite image first and your least favorite of the three last. Ambitious folks can comment on why they made their choices. I will share my list and my reasons […] An Impossible Task? All are invited to leave a comment as to which of Matt Huras’s eight featured images is the strongest. Be sure to let us know why. If you cannot control yourself, it is OK to go with two or three photos. But be warned, this will be a very difficult job, […] Your Call? Which of today’s five, all very excellent images is your absolute favorite? By participating, you will actually learn a lot. If you do leave a comment, please let us know why you made your choice. If anything in any of the images bugs you, let us know that too. What’s Up? The […] Be Honest! Which of today’s three featured pano-crops is the worst of the lot? Why don’t you like it? What’s Up? The three amigos met for breakfast in the Lakefront Hotel at 6:30am. We met in the lobby at 8:00am, packed the car, and then headed south and east on the Seward Highway and […] Be Honest! Like it or hate it, share your thoughts on today’s featured image. What’s Up? After getting to bed very early on Friday evening, I was up at 3:00am in plenty of time to catch the 4:30 am shuttle. My six-hour five minute flight to Seattle was blessedly uneventful. After my five-hour layover, […] Unsolicited via e-mail from Pete Myers I just spent 4 days in the field in a graduate course in bird photography taught by Artie Morris at Fort DeSoto. After almost 50 years of experience pointing cameras at birds from the Arctic to Tierra del Fuego, New Zealand and beyond, I thought I was good enough. […] Your Call? Which of today’s three featured images is the strongest? All are invited to leave a comment and let us know why they made their choice. Though I love all three, I do have a clear favorite and will share that here with you tomorrow. What’s Up? Thursday morning on the Hooptie Deux […] Bedfords FE Sony 600mm f/4 GM OSS Lenses in Stock! Steve Elkins asked me to let y’all know that Bedfords has two Sony FE 600mm f/4 GM OSS lenses in stock and that one of them has your name on it. If you are ready to enter a whole new world, get in touch with […] What’s Up? I picked up Gary Chappel early on Tuesday morning in Winter Haven at his home on Lake Roy. We got to Lakeland well before sunrise and enjoyed a great morning of photography with about 40 very cooperative American White Pelicans. That was followed by a long working brunch nearby at a place called […] What’s Up? After watching the second half of the Super Bowl on Monday morning on TIVO, I was on a bit of a high. Peeking out the pool deck door, I saw that it was going to be a clear sunrise. With the wind from the northwest, I realized that conditions would be perfect for […] What’s Up? Despite the relatively poor (for photography) weather forecast, I had fun down by the lake on Saturday morning and made a few nice images as well. I will share the full story in tomorrow’s blog post. Condolences to blog-regular Anthony Ardito as his favored Philadelphia Eagles fell to the Kansas City Chiefs, […] What’s Up? My Saturday morning photo session qualified as “one-of-those-days.” There was a gorgeous sunrise, but both eaglets were sound asleep and neither of the adults were at the nest tree. After photographing a crane sleeping in the marsh, I drove around to the sunny side of the eagle nest. As I pulled up, the […] What’s Up? As you can see below, I had fun on Friday morning at the eagle nest. Neither of the young birds has branched yet. I’ve also been getting some good stuff on Mottled Ducks from the car. My daughters’ families got me a nice gift certificate for the holidays from some seafood joint in […] What’s Up? I had another good morning down by the lake on Thursday. My new idea fizzled, but I have figured a way to improve it. The young eagles are flapping like crazy, but only in the nest. 🙁 I swam twice, and did a bit more packing for my upcoming trip to Homer, AK. […] What’s Up? I had another good morning down by the lake and came up with some exciting new ideas. If they work, I will be sharing them with you here soon. I got my 2022 taxes off to the accountant early for the first time ever. I enjoyed an afternoon swim, and began packing for […] Eaglets in the Nest Indian Lake Estates In-the-Field Workshops Join me for two hours of instruction at Indian Lake Estates any day from now through the morning of Monday 13 February: $200.00. Add a working brunch with image review and a Photoshop session for another $100.00 to round out an incredibly educational morning. Though we […] |
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