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COVID-19 Comments. Not Flying With Both Feet Off the Ground! SONY a7r iv Tracking Flexible Spot Amazes at 1200mm. More on Zebras for Difficult Exposures ...

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Thursday morning did turn out to be cloudy-dark. I created lots of perched vulture images along with some Old Gnarly family images, all at high ISO, to send to Arash Hazeghi for the new SONY Capture One e-Guide he is working on. He can use even lousy images to create various best conversion […]

The If-the-World-Does-Not-End BIRDS AS ART 2020/2021 IPT Schedule …

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Thursday morning started out cloudy but by 8:15 the sun was out. I did a nice adult sandhill in the marsh, some GBH 1200mm head portraits from the car, and finally had some vultures come to my smoked salmon skin feeder. The afternoon had some promise for a nice sunset but that fizzled. […]

Not What I Was After, But ... And Lots of Used Gear Stuff

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More of the same — two photo trips down to the lake yesterday and a nice swim. Keep reading to learn how I did on Tuesday morning. It was 90 degrees by yesterday afternoon. I forgot to mention that when I was at the post office on Monday, I learned of two COVID-19 […]

Now is the Time. The why a second tripod (?) question. And learning about Magnolia blossoms, or not ...

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I just took a peek out the back door and saw a hazy half-moon so there is lots of moisture in the air and it seems quite still. It might be a good morning for flower photography. I will head down to the lake early this morning, Tuesday 14 APR 2020. I enjoyed […]

Amazing Grace. And a Tiny Death in the Marsh ...

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Same old, same old. I did some nice flowers on Sunday morning. After my early morning photo session today, Monday 13 APR 2020, I need to go to town for a bit of shopping and a trip to the bank. Have fun and stay safe.

Thanks to all who commented on the […]

Why did I move the car six inches? The Mini/GIT 204 Combo in the Vehicle. And More on SONY Exposures with ISO on the Control Wheel ...

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Groundhog Day. Every day. Up early. Down to the lake. Work on the SONY guide. Work on photos. Speak to both my daughters. Swim. And two meals. Recently I have been watching reruns of the Masters golf tournament. In a normal year, we would be watching the winner get his green jacket in […]

Tons to Learn! Re-visiting the Leaf Questions. A Great Free Tip on Expanding Canvas (thanks to James Saxon). A Capture One RAW Conversion. And the leaf clean-up ...

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Friday morning was cloudy dark so I did lots of high ISO stuff. I am sending lots of SONY RAW (ARW) files (especially those created with higher ISO values) to Arash Hazeghi who will be creating Capture One noise reduction (NR) values for the four main SONY bodies (I believe); he feels that […]

Lots of Limpkin Image Learning ...

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Me, early again. I was down at the lake both morning (cloudy) and afternoon (sunny). It was not the greatest of days, but I had fun and made some good images including a very few good ones. With the pool at a steady 82 degrees, swimming has been a pleasure.

I spent […]

What They're Buying. And Wait For Me Bro! This image should put a smile on your face ...

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Me early. Listening to alternative-view COVID-19 videos. I’ve been swimming every day without a miss. I’ll be heading down to the lake early today, Thursday 9 APR 2020 despite another less than ideal forecast; partly cloudy with west winds. Yesterday’s lousy forecast yielded a great session …

What They Are Buying

The BAA […]

Unexplained Upper Leg Pain Explained. The SONY a7r iv Versus SONY a9 ii. And the Bored? Trash Pickup Solution ...

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Tuesday was mixed clouds and sun all day long. I went down to the lake early, had a few fair chances on Cattle Egret and Old Gnarly with its still-tiny chick, and did some feather close-ups on an adult crane. With a nice northeast wind and the sun out, I set up for […]

The Trick to Creating Low-Nest Osprey Silhouettes at ILE

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While the crane colt family is complete and healthy, they have foiled my efforts to make a great image or two of them swimming. The first two times that I saw them crossing I was late and out of position. On Sunday morning pst, they did not swim across the canal until 9:15am […]

The Leaf or Not the Leaf? My Big Mistake? Lots on Flower Photography. And New SONY Used Gear Listings ...

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It’s cloudy here again today, Monday 6 APR 2020. I took yesterday afternoon off from photography as it was drizzling. I spent about 2 1/2hours alternating between crying and sobbing watching Forrest Gump on TIVO. I had not watched it in at least a dozen years. I had totally forgotten what an amazing […]

Capture One RAW Conversion Tips. And Background Smoothing Effectively ...

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After being red-hot for days, photography at ILE has slowed down just a bit. I did get the cranes swimming on Saturday morning but that afternoon yielded only some Black Vulture images; several were on a lawn picking away at a fish that had been dropped by an Osprey that had been perched […]

From Lousy with Bad News to Great with Good News. And My Favorite Crane Colt Image and Why ...

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Friday morning was not too good for photography. I had hoped to photograph the crane colt family crossing the canal. But instead of the cranes appearing, a car with two fishermen appeared and parked right at the point, right where I had seen them cross twice. So I messed around with some vultures, […]

More On Understanding Bird Behavior and Improving Your Bird Photography ...

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I’ve been spending lots of time with the crane colt family, two adult Sandhill Cranes with Orangey Colt and Gray Colt. I have been learning a ton about their behavior and may just be on the verge of creating some really special stuff of the whole family swimming … Yes, swimming. With luck, […]

Tripod Handling. LB. ST. It's that simple ...

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I had not realized when I awoke yesterday that it had rained overnight (for the first time in many weeks). A front had gone through, there was a brisk northwest wind, and the temps were in the high 50s, a far cry from the near-90-degree afternoons we had been experiencing recently. I discovered […]

Switching Back to Nikon! Clean, Tight, and Graphic. And Thinking Wide for a Bird-scape ...

Goodbye SONY!

Yesterday, I decided to sell all of my SONY gear and return to Nikon because I miss the 500 PF too much! SONY fire sale coming soon.

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I went back down to the lake on Tuesday afternoon. With a stiff west wind, there were whitecaps on the lake. I had some […]

Stunned Twice. Crane Colt Video. And One NTG Image ...

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I was down at the lake by 8:00am on Monday 30 MAR 2020. For the first time in a week, I could not locate the crane family — two adults with two colts — in the marsh at the south end of the South Peninsula. With a nice breeze from the west, flying […]

Muddy-Neck and the Little One. SONY Camera Body Help Needed. Harry Chapin. And Used Nikon Gear

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Same old, same old. The lake was very good on Saturday morning. I will be heading down a bit earlier today, Sunday 29 MAR 2020. The SONY guide is this-close to being finished.

SONY Camera Body Help Needed

If you own a SONY body and have ever had the viewfinder black out […]

Horton Hatches a What? More on COVID-19

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I headed down to the lake on a foggy Friday morning in hopes of making some images of the large crane chicks amongst the purple marsh flowers. I failed on that quest but did quite well otherwise … Story and images soon. I will be again heading down to the lake early this […]