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Please remember that the blog is designed to be interactive, to make you think, to help you become a better photographer, to inspire you, and to help you to develop both your eye for image design and your creativity. Toward that end, while considering the fact that this blog post took more than […]
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I am between extended IPTs without any clients. The Killing Shoreline is once again open for business on Saturday morning. Pretty much in the dark, I saw a Great Black-backed Gull approach, kill, and rip apart a surf-weakened Black Skimmer fledging — see the two ISO 12800 images at the end of the […]
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The forecast on Tuesday for Lido Beach was for rain all day on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Other than a light mist here and there, it did not rain at all on Wednesday or Thursday. I went out early on Wednesday morning, made some nice blurs, photographed a lovely beach plant, and […]
Your Call?
Which of today’s three featured images is the strongest? If you are so kind as to leave a comment, please let us know why you made your choice.
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The images that 86-year old, new-to-Sony Pat Fishburne has been making at Nickerson Beach with her 300mm f/2.8 GM/a9 iii rig have […]
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Which version (of basically the same image) do you like best? Why?
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After seven days of photography and learning, Monte Brown left on Saturday morning for his 1 1/2 day drive back to Indiana. Heading north ahead to beat Tropical Storm Debby, 86-year old Pat Fishburne few in a day early […]
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Despite the challenging conditions, photography has been great on the Nickerson Beach (extended) #1 IPT. Judy headed back to PA yesterday and Monte begins his drive back to Indiana tomorrow.
Momma Said, Life was Like a Box of Chocolates
My favorite line in the clip above is the woman saying, “My […]
Your Call?
Which of Monte Brown’s four excellent flight images is the strongest? Why?
Catching Up
Check out the comments in the previous blog post to learn the answer to the Sun Ball Perspective Question.
Monte Brown in Action with his favorite flight rig Monte Brown
Monte Brown was born in Muncie, Indiana […]
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After just an afternoon and a morning session, Judy Stepenaskie amazed everyone with her surprisingly excellent hand held Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 L IS USM lens/Canon EOS R6 Mark II Mirrorless camera body images. Monte Brown and I were blown away. She is pretty much a beginning bird photographer and showed up not […]
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Nickerson Beach has been excellent; I have been loving the cloudy conditions but the sun is coming. I saw Billy Joel’s last and fiftieth performance at Madison Square Garden last. It was an amazing experience. At 75, his voice is still great and his strength and stamina amazing; he was on stage for […]
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In this short YouTube video(12:05), I share the 64 keepers that I cherry picked from the 6206 images that I created in less than four hours at Nickerson Beach Park on Long Island on the morning of July 24, 2024. Watch to the end to learn the fine points of selecting your […]
Trinity Thomas — an amazing young […]
Your Call?
Which of today’s two featured images is the strongest? Why?
Canon Lays Off Beloved Camera Guru, Rudy Winston
From the PetaPixel article here. Thanks to blog regular David Policansky for sharing the link with me.
Last week, Canon USA initiated layoffs that affected multiple departments. While the exact number affected was not […]
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It is 4:25am on Friday 19 July as I type. Today is get-away day. We will photograph till about 8:30am, head back to the AirBnB, clean up and pack up, and then get all of my stuff and Steve’s bags and cases into in my SUV. Then I drop Steve at JAX for […]
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Your Call?
Which of today’s two featured images is the strongest? Why?
Supporting My Efforts Here
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We may (or may not) have a temporary blog post notification fix in place. Time will tell. I know that some or many or you received 19 “old” post notifications. Part of the problem is that there were 36 missed posts. So what happened to the other 17? Be assured that we are […]
This Just In 4:30pm on Thursday
It looks as if we are back to square one as far as post notifications 🙁
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Having finally gotten in touch with the brilliant IT guy who created the BAA blog 15 years ago — he is now living on a farm in South Africa, online with […]
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Today is Wednesday 10 July. I am hoping to receive a phone call from Europe in a very few minutes that might solve the post notifications (and other) problems on the blog. Wish us luck.
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You Tube Video: Mid-Summer Surprise
I had not been down to the lake since I got home from Colorado, assuming that there would not be much to photograph on the hot, sunny mornings. As it turned out, I was wrong; yesterday, Sunday morning, was fabulous. The juvie Osprey in the lake excited me most. […]
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