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SONY a9 Center Zone AF for Flight. And Two Questions ...

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I will be aboard the Samba for two weeks beginning on Tuesday, July 23 photographing in nature photography heaven, the Galapagos archipelago. I will be offline from then until the late afternoon of Tuesday, August 6. You can reach Jim or Jen by phone weekdays at the office (863-692-0906) if you need help […]

Depicting Frenetic Energy

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I will be aboard the Samba for two weeks beginning on Tuesday, July 23 photographing in nature photography heaven, the Galapagos archipelago. I will be offline from then until the late afternoon of Tuesday, August 6. You can reach Jim or Jen by phone weekdays at the office (863-692-0906) if you need help […]

Working to Correct a Difficult Color Cast ...

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I will be aboard the Samba for two weeks beginning on Tuesday, July 23 photographing in nature photography heaven, the Galapagos archipelago. I will be offline from then until the late afternoon of Tuesday, August 6. You can reach Jim or Jen by phone weekdays at the office (863-692-0906) if you need help […]

A Handheld 746mm Bathing Pelican Blur with a Sharp Eye Made in the Dark !

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I will be aboard the Samba for two weeks beginning on Tuesday, July 23 photographing in nature photography heaven, the Galapagos archipelago. I will be offline from then until the late afternoon of Tuesday, August 6. You can reach Jim or Jen by phone weekdays at the office (863-692-0906) if you need help […]

Young American Oystercatcher ID Fine-Points. And Would You Scoop the Poop?

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I will be aboard the Samba for two weeks beginning on Tuesday, July 23 photographing in nature photography heaven, the Galapagos archipelago. I will be offline from then until the late afternoon of Tuesday, August 6. You can reach Jim or Jen by phone weekdays at the office (863-692-0906) if you need help […]

Breaking an Old Habit ...

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I will be aboard the Samba for two weeks beginning on Tuesday, July 23 photographing in nature photography heaven, the Galapagos archipelago. I will be offline from then until the late afternoon of Tuesday, August 6. You can reach Jim or Jen by phone weekdays at the office (863-692-0906) if you need help […]

Hand-of-Man Perch: Too Large and too Ugly ...

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I will be aboard the Samba for two weeks beginning on Tuesday, July 23 photographing in nature photography heaven, the Galapagos archipelago. I will be offline from then until the late afternoon of Tuesday, August 6. You can reach Jim or Jen by phone weekdays at the office (863-692-0906) if you need help […]

Why Delkin Cards?

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I will be aboard the Samba for two weeks beginning on Tuesday, July 23 photographing in nature photography heaven, the Galapagos archipelago. I will be offline from then until the late afternoon of Tuesday, August 6. You can reach Jim or Jen by phone weekdays at the office (863-692-0906) if you need help […]

Protective Parent. And I Can't Help Myself ...

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I will be aboard the Samba for two weeks beginning on Tuesday, July 23 photographing in nature photography heaven, the Galapagos archipelago. I will be offline from then until the late afternoon of Tuesday, August 6. You can reach Jim or Jen by phone weekdays at the office (863-692-0906) if you need help […]

Loving Photography, Loving Life, and Loving Little Kids

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I will be aboard the Samba for two weeks beginning on Tuesday, July 23 photographing in nature photography heaven, the Galapagos archipelago. I will be offline from then until the late afternoon of Tuesday, August 6. You can reach Jim or Jen by phone weekdays at the office (863-692-0906) if you need help […]

A Bizarre Offering ...

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I will be aboard the Samba for two weeks beginning on Tuesday, July 23 photographing in nature photography heaven, the Galapagos archipelago. I will be offline from then until the late afternoon of Tuesday, August 6. You can reach Jim or Jen by phone weekdays at the office (863-692-0906) if you need help […]

They Paved Paradise and Put Up a Parking Lot. Nikon 3D AF. And Point Your Shadow at the What?

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I will be aboard the Samba for two weeks beginning on Tuesday, July 23 photographing in nature photography heaven, the Galapagos archipelago. I will be offline from then until the late afternoon of Tuesday, August 6. You can reach Jim or Jen by phone weekdays at the office (863-692-0906) if you need help […]

B&H Event Space Program on August 12, 2019: Lessons from the Field: BIRDS AS ART-Style

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We had a great afternoon with the Green Iguanas at the Iguana Park in Guayaquil, Ecuador on Monday. After watching the first draft of Patrick Sparkman’s a7R iii/SONY a/9 video, I am getting much much better and feeling much more comfortable using the a7R iii. Based on his suggestions, I made several important […]

In-the-Field at Nickerson. And My Galapagos Gear Bag

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If everything goes as planned, I will be resting comfortably in the hotel in Guayaquil, Ecuador or photographing large Land Iguanas at a city park there when you read this. On Tuesday, the group and I continue on to Baltra. We will board the Samba that afternoon for two weeks in nature photography […]

Sandbar Secrets. And a Record-low-by far Used Canon 600mm f/4L IS II Lens

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I spent most of Saturday finishing packing for the Galapagos IPT. The next blog post will feature my gear bag. I fly to Guayaquil, Ecudaor on Sunday and continue on to Baltra on Tuesday. We will board the Samba that afternoon for two weeks in nature photography heaven.

FlexShooter Pro Update

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Catching Up On Recent Blog Post Questions

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I have one of my two checked bags for the Galapagos trip packed. I am finishing up some laundry today and charging all the camera bodies. I was glad to learn that the sale of BPN friend Robert Kimbrell’s Canon 200-400 with Internal TC is pending. I have been swimming around the afternoon […]

I'd Only Dreamed of a Place Like This for American White Pelicans ... And Announcing the BAA Middle of Florida Photographic Site Guide

SONY a7R iii

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I spent a good part of the day on Tuesday getting my replacement cell phone up and running. (It turned out that I had […]

Nikon d-9 AF. Depth of Field Lesson and DOF Concerns with Bouquets of Sand Eels ...

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I’ve been doing lots of catching up and very little photography. My jet lag seems to be abating as I slept from 8:30pm on Saturday night until 4:30am the next morning with just one pit stop. I’ve enjoyed being back in the pool every day.

This blog post took more than two hours […]

How Large a Crop?

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I have been able to stay up every day till between 8 and 9pm with only a short nap and I have been able to get lots of work done during the day without feeling like a zombie. The problem remains that I have been getting up between 2:30 and 3:00am. You gotta […]

Gannetry Insanity: The Best Tool for the Job is the Best Tool for the Job!

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I started this blog post in the club at Edinburgh Airport and completed most of it offline on my flight to Newark. I reached into the carrying pouch on the front of my sweatshirt for my i-phone 8+ only to find that it was not there. A careful search of my person and […]