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Today’s Featured Image You can learn an absolute ton by carefully perusing my comments on the creation and processing of today’s featured image. Join us on the Sebastian Osprey Adventure for lots more of the same and a ton of great photography. Details at the bottom of this post. What’s Up? Since Helene passed, […] Do not click on the composite image; simply scroll down for the best viewing. While Sebastian Inlet is justifiably famous around the world for the Ospreys diving for saltwater fish each fall, there are a variety of desirable avian subjects there as well in October and November. Keep reading if you would like […] Your Call? Which of today’s three featured images is the strongest? Do let us know why you made your choice. I have a clear winner that I will share with you in the next post. Bird Photographers.Net Sold You can read the entire thread here. A nice discussion on nitpicking developed when I responded […] Your Call? Which two of today’s six featured images are your favorites? Please let us know why you made your choices. My Call In the last blog post, Longs Lens Lessons From the Worst Morning in Two Weeks, here, my favorite by a mile was the Black-bellied Whistling Duck. Why? The reddish-brown feathers and […] Great News Once I get my taxes to my accountant, I will be announcing several trips. Note that there is still a single opening on the first Homer Bald Eagle IPT. Click here for details. Wanted to Buy If you have a Canon EF 180mm Lens sitting on a shelf doing nothing and would […] Your Call? Be so kind to leave a comment letting us know which three of today’s eleven featured images are your favorites and what you liked about each one. My Call Picking only three Pat Fishburne images from the Both 86- and 78-Year Olds Learn on an Extended IPT blog post here was indeed […] Pat Fishburne Pat visited ILE in June for a day of private Sony instruction. She used both my a1 and my a9 iii and decided to go with the a9 iii because of the better autofocus system and the smaller file sizes. You can read the whole story and see two of the great images […] Today’s Challenge All are invited to leave a comment by putting the three images in order of their preference; put the image you judge to be the strongest first, your next favorite second, the least strongest third on the list. For example (arbitrarily): #3, #1, #2. Warning: all three images are pretty darned good. I […] What’s Up? I did get down to the lake on Sunday morning past and had some good chances on a fresh juvenile Least Sandpiper (!), a Killdeer, a very tame young Limpkin preening, two Sandhill Cranes, and both Black and Turkey Vultures. Monday morning dawned dark and cloudy so I did not head down to […] What’s Up? Yesterday I learned from neighbor Ron that the Bald Eagles that have nested successfully at ILE for the past three winters have been hanging out by the original nest that had they abandoned last season. I am hoping, of course, that they lay eggs in the old nest as it is ten thousand […] Your Call? Which of today’s two featured images is the strongest? Please be so kind as to leave a comment and let us know why you liked the one you like best. Need a New Laptop? Need a new laptop for photography? Consider the Apple 16″ MacBook Pro (M3 Max, Space Black). Key […] Your Call Thanks for the plethora of thoughtful comments at the last blog post. Which of today’s two featured Sora images do you like best? Please be so kind as to share your thoughts as to why you made your choice. In Image #1, the yellowlegs was lying down flat in the water to […] Working a Subject Photographing a species and then checking it off your list is not something that I strive to do. The idea is to create interesting images. Though each of today’s photos is of the same subject, juvenile Lesser Yellowlegs, each is distinctly different. There are a variety of behaviors, poses, habitats, and image […] What’s Up? My right hand continues to heal nicely. The thumb (trigger finger) was as good as new the next day. The stitches come out next Tuesday. Though the crushing, tingling pain in the hand is gone, it appears that I will have some lingering tenderness along the inside of the ring finger of my […] What are They Thinking? After reading the article below, please take a moment to sign and share the petition below. I did, and it only took a minute as most of the work has been done for you. https://floridawildlifefederation.org/action-state-parks…/ In addition, call the Governor’s office at 1-850-717-9337. Press option 1 and voice […] Your Call? Judy Stepenaskie showed up barely understanding how to operate her Canon gear. After a 90-minute camera body setup session, and a bit of in the field instruction, she began making some excellent images. And she continued to do so for the next five days. When she got back home, she shared some of […] What’s Up? My surgery went well. I am healing nicely at younger daughter Alissa’s home in Ronkonkoma in Suffolk County, Long Island. The best news is that the tingling pain that came and went in the first four fingers of my right hand is pretty much gone. And, I have not had to take any […] Your Call? Which of today’s three magical evening images do you like best? Please leave a comment and let us know why you made your choice. What’s Up? Today is Wednesday 21 August 2024. I will be heading to St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson, Long Island, NY at 7:30am for “two for the […] Your Call? Which, if any, of today’s three featured images do you like? Why did you make your choice. If none of them, why? What’s Up? I’ve been busier than the proverbial one armed paper hanger. Today is Sunday 18 August. On Monday morning, I head out to eastern Long Island for pre-surgical testing […] What’s Up? While we continue to battle the wind against sun conditions, we have continued to make some very fine images each and every session. You can see three of those in today’s blog post. Your comments on each image are welcomed. On Thursday morning there were five of us in good position to […] |
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