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What’s Up? I published yesterday’s blog post just after 7:00am and went to work setting up my brand new Sony Alpha a1. I thought that I had a chance to finish by 7:30am and get out to do some photography on what turned out to be a sunny morning. Though the options and set-up are […] These two images were created on 28 February 2021 at Fort DeSoto Park, Tierra Verde, FL with the hand held Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM lens with the Canon Extender RF 2x (at 1000mm) and the highly touted 45MP Canon EOS R5 Mirrorless Digital camera body. Face Detection plus Tracking […] What’s Up? Monday morning provided little action, and Monday evening’s sunset was not too good at all. Well after the sun was down, I watched one young and two adult Bald Eagles cavorting over the marsh to the north. The youngster kept diving into the marsh grasses and coming up empty. It was fun to […] Via e-mail from 26-time IPT veteran Lou Newman Hi Artie, The R5 User’s Guide is terrific! Well done! Many small changes result in huge differences! Thanks a million for this guide. It has really enhanced my ability to use the R5. Without this guide, I was missing so much … All the best, Lou ps: […] What’s Up? This is the blog post that I had planned for yesterday (until the two crane colts disappeared). I have given up looking for them. I’m thinking bobcat … I did not do anything on my Saturday morning visit to the lake. Sunset was dark and grey, so I did not even think about […] The Writing Process with regards to the R5 Camera User’s e-Guide When I taught fifth and sixth grades in NYC, there was a wonderful formal program called The Writing Process. The teachers learned to assign a writing project, have the kids sit in small groups, and have one child at a time read their story […] All of the images were created at Fort DeSoto in April or early May. Click on the card to enjoy a larger version. Fort DeSoto IPT card […] Canon R6 Bodies in Stock now at Bedfords/R5 Bodies on the Way! Steve Elkins asked me to let you know that he has a good number of Canon EOS-R6 bodies in stock. Get yours by clicking here. Enter the BIRDSASART discount code at checkout, save 3%, and enjoy free second-day air Fed-Ex shipping. And shoot […] Give it a Go If — after reading and learning from this blog post — you would like to improve your editing/picking your keepers skills, please leave a comment denoting what you think is the strongest image in each of the three groups. And let us know why you made your choices. You can indicate […] Canon R6 Bodies in Stock now at Bedfords/R5 Bodies on the Way! Steve Elkins asked me to let you know that he is receiving a good number of Canon EOS-R6 bodies today. Get yours by clicking here. Enter the BIRDSASART discount code at checkout, save 3%, and enjoy free second-day air Fed-Ex shipping. And shoot […] Your Favorite All are invited to leave a comment letting us know which of today’s four featured images they like best. As always, please let us know why you made your choice. Comparative comments are also welcome. I will share my favorites in order from one to four here in a few days. Along with […] What’s Up? North Beach was dead again on Saturday morning. And again, the weather was gorgeous and the wind perfect. I did not wait long before heading to my back-up spot, intent on making some nice head portraits of a killer-plumaged Laughing Gull at 1200mm. And I did just that. Miraculously, the single most beautiful […] Ask Yourself This So far, four folks have signed up for the three currently scheduled IPTs. All of them have been on multiple IPTs. Ask yourself, why do you think that is? What’s Up? As noted previously, North Beach was terrible on Friday morning. When I spoke to other photographers, the words “hit or […] Twenty-five of my favorites from Friday morning at Fort DeSoto. […] What’s Up? Me, early, on the way to Fort DeSoto on Friday morning for a busman’s holiday. Photography on Thursday morning at ILE was fair. I did some of the larger crane chicks. They act as if I do not exist. They were hanging in a spot where the grass was too high. I […] This Just In! I took one look at the weather forecast for St. Petersburg for the next few days: clear with southeast winds for Friday and Saturday mornings switching to southwest in the afternoons, and booked an AirBnB for two nights. Sunday morning is looking good also with partly cloudy skies and south winds. I […] What’s Up? I had hoped for some huge flocks of ibis in flight at Circle B Bar Preserve before the sun came up and there were. But they were about two miles distant. I did make some half-way decent blurs. I headed for my favorite morning American White Pelican spot and did quite well. I […] Image Perspective Question Why would today’s featured image have been twenty times better if I had gotten down on my belly? All of the images were created at Fort DeSoto in April or early May. Click on the card to enjoy a larger version. Fort DeSotoIPT card […] All of the images (plus lots more) were created on a very short visit at the end of January. Click on the card to enjoy a larger version. Merritt Island NWR IPT […] Is Photographing at a Road-Kill Cafe (or at any bird feeder) “Cheating”? The other day someone commented that setting up a road-kill cafe “seemed like cheating” to her. We exchanged several e-mails. I pointed out that road-kills were natural (or un-natural if you would) food sources for the vultures but that leaving them on the […] |
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