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A Very Difficult Chore All are invited to leave a comment listing no more than three of their favorite images created by the quite amazing Georgina Steytler. Be sure to let us know why you made your choice or choices. I will share my three favorites here in a day or three. Remember that […] What’s Up? On Thursday morning I stayed in to finish yesterday’s blog post while Anita went down to the lake. Again, she came back with some fine images. I ran some errands in town, had a great swim, and answered lots of e-mails. Thanks to the many who purchased the video webinar on day one. […] What’s Up? After many, many consecutive days of photography, I opted to take a day off on Wednesday. Anita went down to the lake and came back with some beautiful wing-stretch images of the large surviving colt. I spent several hours working on this blog post and getting the webinar into the BAA Online […] What’s Up? On Tuesday, Clemens, Anita, and I had another very good morning at Lake Blue Cypress. The highlight was a just-fledged Osprey on a relatively clean (but tall) perch. I got lots of practice hand holding at 1200mm. Clemens kindly dropped me back at the dock at 8:45am so that I could make my […] What’s Up? On Monday, we put Clemens Van der Werf’s flats boat in at Coleman Landing at Shady Oaks, just 20 minutes from my home. The highlight of the morning occurred early on when a male Snail Kite landed very close to us right down sun angle with a large snail and then extracted the […] Oops! I forgot to ask, which of the two favorite images is your favorite, the wider habitat shot, or the tighter vertical? What’s Up? Anita North, Clemens Van der Werf, and I had a great morning on Lake Blue Cypress. Again, we were blessed early by an Osprey with a fish with the head […] What’s Up? As noted in yesterday’s (published-rather-late) blog post, Anita North and I enjoyed a fine session with the two crane families on Saturday morning. I took an early nap and an early swim. I edited several folders of images and did some image-sharing and Photoshop with Anita. Clemens Van der Werf came by for […] What’s Up? Donna and I photographed down by the lake for a bit on Friday morning. We found and photographed the large colt, but could not find the two small colts. Jim and I got Donna to MCO in plenty of time for her flights to Chattanooga (via ATL). Then Jim drove me to the […] What’s Up? On the final morning of the second Fort DeSoto IPT we enjoyed yet another great session. The tern/skimmer flock was nowhere to be seen so we quickly made our way to the large pool and set to work photographing yet another very active feeding aggregation. With Jake Levin and Jim Miller having […] Whats Up? Though I did not create as many images on Wednesday morning as I had on Monday, the 3rd morning of the second DeSoto IPT was fantastic. The terns and skimmers were great right at sunrise but all the birds took flight and left without explanation. So we headed for the calmest pool to […] What’s Up? Tuesday morning was good, but nowhere as good as Monday morning on the second DeSoto IPT had been. With our best pair of copulating Royal Terns — in the very shallow water on the edge fo the Gulf in sweet early light, we got photo bombed as a tern with a dirty breast […] What’s Up? The DeSoto IPT got off to an incredible start on Monday. The morning session was filled with pairs of copulating Royal Terns, a dancing Reddish Egret, two wonderfully cooperative Laughing Gulls in a perfect setting, and a nice variety of shorebirds, including and especially some fairly bright Sanderlings molting into breeding plumage. The […] Which is the Best Image? Selecting my four favorites from the 48 keepers (out of 436 sharp images) after the first edit was a challenge. Now you face a tougher one: which of today’s four featured images is the strongest? All are invited to leave a comment and share their thoughts as to why. […] What’s Up? Donna Bourdon, Clemens Van der Werf, and I enjoyed a stellar, cloudy-bright Saturday morning on Lake Blue Cypress. We enjoyed another fine dinner on the pool deck: rib-eye steak done rare on the grill, barbecued Brussels sprouts, and some more fine wine. After we ate, I edited the 2287 image folder from that […] What’s Up? Donna, Clemens, and I spent Friday morning on Clemens’ flats boat at a local lake trying for Snail Kites. Clemens’ strength, height, and skill stole the day. We headed back to my house for brunch. I took too long a nap and when I woke, they said, We are head to Lake Blue […] Whats Up? Anita North and I visited Stick Marsh on Thursday morning and with a brisk north wind, we did not do very well. Jim picked up Donna Bourdon from the airport and Clemens Van der Werf showed up just in time for yet another grilled fresh tuna dinner on the pool deck. After said […] What’s Up? Anita North and I spent two cloudy hours with the growing crane chicks on Wednesday morning. In the afternoon, we took an airboat ride and learned some important lessons. Airboats have no way of slowing down as there is no reverse. Anchoring an airboat is a lengthy procedure. With their flat bottoms, airboat […] What’s Up? Tuesday was dark, dingy, overcast, and gray; it rained softly most of the day. I never got down to the lake even once as I had to run lots of errands in town. I answered lots of e-mails and worked on a few images. Today is Wednesday 21 April 2021. The forecast for […] What’s Up? On Monday morning, the thunder, lightning, and rain stopped at about 10am. I headed down to the lake at about eleven. The two crane chicks and the large colt were healthy and accounted for. I created a few flower images; none of them were any good. I continued my second and third edits. […] IR Survey However you feel about infrared (IR) photography — love it, hate it, or could care less, please leave a comment and let us know why. Those who like it, are invited to let us know their thoughts on which of today’s five featured images they feel is the strongest of the lot. […] |
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