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What’s Up? On Tuesday we enjoyed a wonderful early morning with tame pink spoonbills, still blue water, and soft early morning sunlight. We returned to the scene of Monday’s huge tern and gull feeding spree and found the birds on bait but hundreds of yards from the beach. There have been more than a few […] Oops I forgot to mention yesterday that if you register for tonight’s webinar knowing that you cannot watch it live, you will receive a viewing link that will be good for one week. That’s how will see it as I am an early-to-bed, early-to-rise kind of guy. To register, click here. […] What’s Up? Mornings at DeSoto have been different and phenomenal. Saturday it rained and we did well. Sunday was cloudy with a northeast wind. We did well. And on a sunny Monday with more northeast winds we enjoyed the biggest tern feeding spree I have ever seen: a mixed flock of Sandwich, Forster’s, and Common […] What’s Up? I state often that one of the best ways to improve your nature photography is to look at as many really good photographs as possible. I do that often on Bird Photographer’s.Net (though not as often as I should). And I am continually looking at the websites of the world’s best avian photographers […] What’s Up? At 6:50am on Thursday, there was a long line of cars waiting for the gate to open at DeSoto. I believe that the entry time has been pushed back from 6:30am to 7:00am. As the road is now gated in both directions, it is no longer possible for folks with Annual Beach Parking […] What’s Up? We spent so much time repairing the ruts in the South Field that I only took nine images on Wednesday morning. Three of them were keepers. We drove over to Gulfport on Wednesday afternoon — 20 September 2020. We will be photographing at Fort DeSoto for the next four days. Though we […] What’s Up? In the past 24 hours, many things did not go well. Despite them all, I am feeling great and happy. See the Loving What Is feature below. On Sunday and Monday morning I photographed at Sebastian Inlet with friend Anita North. The Osprey action was so-so, but we had lots of good […] What’s Up? Saturday morning was spent with the Mother’s Day crane family. I left home at 5:30am headed for Sebastian Inlet despite the forecast of thunderstorms all morning. Not scattered thunderstorms, just thunderstorms … I was glad to learn yesterday that the sale of IPT veteran Morris Herstein’s Sony a9 and the sale of […] What’s Up? Wednesday morning was Turkey Vulture, Great Egret, and Great Blue Heron — nothing too great. On Thursday morning the North Field had water six inches deep in spots from the continuing heavy afternoon rains. Reluctant to drive on the grass and get stuck, I grabbed my 200-600 and walked through the large puddles […] What’s Up? The weather on Wednesday morning was perfect for bird photography — sunny and clear with a decent east wind. The bird photography, however, was fair at best. I spent four hours online and on the phone today before finally ordering a roof-top cargo box for the upcoming cross-country drive in my new […] What’s Up? Monday morning started off very slowly, but I wound up with two excellent chances, one with an adult crane holding a white feather that it had just preened and the other with a pink-capped juvenile crane. My right shoulder is feeling much better after an ART treatment by chiropractor TJ McKeon in Lake […] What’s Up? On Saturday morning I photographed the young Great Egret featured in today’s blog post, several Wild Turkeys, and a single Turkey Vulture. Most of the birds at 1200mm with high ISOs on a very cloudy morning. I finished up with some flower center abstracts made at 2.1X magnification with the Venus Optics Laowa […] What’s Up? Thursday morning was a Lanceleaf Arrowhead blossom, cranes, and Great Blue Herons. Friday morning — 4 SEPT 2020 — was one of the same great blue and some displaying Boat-tailed Grackles. I was glad to learn yesterday of these recent sales: Dennis Bartsch sold his Canon EF 500mm f/4L USM Telephoto lens […] What’s Up? Wednesday morning was cranes and more cranes. I did not get into the pool until just before noon having decided to cut my swimming workout from 72 lengths back to 60 as the extra 12 lengths were becoming tedious and I had begun experiencing a bit of soreness in my right shoulder … […] What’s Up? My streak of making at least one keeper every morning since at least March 22 was in jeopardy on Tuesday Morning … After drenching rains on Sunday and Monday afternoon, I dared not drive off the pavement. There were no cranes near the road and no vultures in the vulture tree. I drove […] What’s Up? On Sunday morning I photographed some cranes down by the lake. A new family consisting of two adults and two full grown colts showed up. I had never seen them before. I finished the morning up photographing a large ball-shaped white flower … The plan right now is that I will be […] What’s Up? I did not have much photographic success on Friday morning but will try again today — Saturday 29 AUGUST 2020. I took the whole day off from exercising yesterday but will be back in the pool and on the StairMaster today. Patrick Sparkman will be reviewing the RawDigger e-Guide this weekend so it […] What’s Up? On Thursday morning, it was nothing but cranes and there were not too many of them. But using a spray and pray approach, I did create one really good image thanks in part to SONY’s amazing AF system. I will share the full story in a blog post here soon. The forecast […] What’s Up? On Wednesday morning it dawned still and cloudy so I started off photographing flowers in our butterfly garden. I was planning on working for only a few minutes and then heading down to the lake to check out the birds. But I wound up staying for more than an hour. By the time […] What’s Up? After several days of work, I sent a final review copy of the almost-finished RawDigger e-Guide to Patrick Sparkman via Hightail last night. The forecast is as usual here at ILE today — Tuesday 25 AUGUST 2020: sunny turning cloudy and hot with afternoon thunderstorms. As it has not rained hard here […] |
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