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What’s Up? On Thursday morning I was lucky with the birds. I got some nice stuff on a female Boat-tailed Grackle perched on Blazing Star, an adult Osprey perched in the open on a bare branch, and a Great Blue Heron hunting on a small dock. And I was very lucky that I did not […] What’s Up? Me early as usual. I am pretty sure that I will not finish this blog post before my morning photo session, swim, and brunch as I have been working on it for five hours already and still have lots to do … It is 6:30 now and Just realized that I have several […] What’s Up? Since I began swimming again after my recent head cold, I’ve been getting into the pool after my morning photo session and before my intermittent fasting brunch (aka breakfast). That lets me swim on an empty stomach and increases the length of my fast. This morning — Tuesday 18 AUGUST 2020 — […] What’s Up? Bird photography in the mornings at ILE has been a struggle for the last two days. Today, Monday 17 AUGUST 2020 I spent an hour working from my SUV with a flock of White Ibis feeding in the grass near the base of the pier … Most folks preferred Image #2 in […] What’s Up? With the fields down by the lake still flooded, I worked the vulture tree again on Saturday morning and finished working one of the many dependable Sandhill Cranes (from the road that flanks the North Field). The forecast for this morning — Sunday 16 AUGUST 2020 — is for more of the same: […] What’s Up? I headed down to the lake early today — Friday 14 AUGUST 2020 — determined to photograph a few birds from my new SUV but I had not realized how long and hard it had rained late on the previous day. I dared not drive on the fields in fear of getting stuck. […] What’s Up? Yesterday morning’s photo session got off to a very exciting start; see the whole story below. I spent a good part of Wednesday setting up my new MacBook Pro. I got some amazing help from Apple Care and am quite close to being ready to rock and roll on the new machine. […] What’s Up? I have been alternating between birds and flowers on my morning photo sessions. On Monday I began with a nice adult Crested Caracara hanging around the base of the pier and then did some of the Mother’s Day crane family — two adults and the large, surviving colt. I am loving swimming in […] What’s Up? After my morning photo session I watched lots of golf, swam, did my bursts and Stairmaster, and ate too much sweet stuff. The afternoon temperature on the pool deck was 104 F. The pool is now a delightful 80 degrees. The forecast for this morning — Sunday 9 AUGUST 2020 — is for […] What’s Up? On Friday morning I did not dare to drive the fields down by the lake because on Thursday afternoon it rained torrentially for about four hours … I drove the side streets looking for wildflowers but pickings were slim. First I photographed the purple berries of the appropriately named American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana). […] What’s Up? Me, early, as is usual. The forecast for today — Friday 7 AUGUST 2020 — is for a sunny morning with a negligible breeze from the NW. I will be heading out to do some photography at about 7:15am (as the days are getting shorter). My morning photo session streak is somewhere around […] Photo Mechanic 6 AUG screen Capture What’s Up? On the morning of Thursday 6 AUGUST 2020 I decided to go for the birds. The cranes cooperated nicely; it is great to have them to depend on most every day. Tomorrow we will begin taking a look at the Canon mirrorless camera […] What’s Up? I headed down to the lake early on Tuesday morning in search of birds. My first perched young Great Egret had a filthy neck so after a few frames I headed south on the South Peninsula to scope out another perched Great Egret. Read on to see what happened. The forecast for […] The Old Man and the Stork Man Does Everything For His Rescued Stork – KLEPETAN & MALENA | The Dodo Thanks to multiple IPT veterans Pat and Stokes Fishburne for sharing this wonderful video with me so that I could share it with you. This is a pass-along video from the animal lover’s website […] What’s Up? I went down to the lake on Sunday morning determined to find some birds to photograph. And I did. I swapped out the FlexShooter Mini for the Levered-Clamp FlexShooter Pro. It was the first time that I gave the Levered-Clamp head a good field test and I am happy to report that I […] What’s Up? Friday dawned clear and sunny so I decided to try for bird rather than flowers. Both fields and the South Peninsula were dangerously soft and muddy from the continued heavy rains so I was limited to staying on the roads. After I did the Osprey on the telephone poles, I cruised the side […] What’s Up? On Wednesday morning, I spent almost three hours photographing what I think were Tropical Royalblue Waterlily flowers in a drainage ditch on Orange just past Alba. The longer I stayed with them, the more the blossoms opened up and the more beautiful they became. Finally I succumbed and waded into the ditch almost […] What’s Up? It is early on Wednesday 29 JUNE 2020 and I am headed out soon on another still, cloudy, perfect-for-flowers morning. Via e-Mail from Blog regular Adam Rubinstein Hi Artie, The FlexShooter Pro arrived today, albeit delayed by USPS (I know, savlanut)… At first, I didn’t know precisely what to expect and instead […] What’s Up? Monday morning proved to be perfect for flower photography. The breeze that came up as the sun peaked through early disappeared as early clouds took hold. Macro Plane B Part II is working to perfection. Lots on that here soon. I did some rough-roading with my new SUV and was a bit nervous […] What’s Up? I spent Saturday morning photographing a St. John’s-Wort species and a nice Spanish Needles blossom in neighbor-friend Ralph’s yard. He kindly showed me two blocks worth of Hooded Pitcherplants about two miles from home. In return, I shared my Grassleaf Barbara’s Buttons spot with him. It was a great morning all around. I […] |
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