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Bald Eagle Image Questions

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Sorry 🙂 I will be sharing the tech specs for this image after I hear from y’all.

Bald Eagle Image Questions

I created this image this morning. Here is a list of the gear that I had in my car:

Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens Canon 500mm f/4L IS […]

How Slow Can You Go With the Rapids?

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This image was created with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 50. Evaluative metering -1/3 stop: 1/13 sec. at f/32.

How Slow Can You Go With the Rapids?

Each of the images in today’s blog post was created at LeHardy Rapids. Denise and […]

You Gotta Learn to Love Shade…

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This image was created with the Canon 800mm f/5.6 L IS lens with the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1/250 sec. at f/5.6 at 11:30 am on a bright sunny day. The key was waiting for this Bighorn Sheep lamb to work its way into the […]

Tandayapa: Two Approaches/Bon Voyage!

[Not a valid template] This image was create with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens, a 25mm Extension tube, and the EOS-1D MIV. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1/60 sec. at f/5.6 with fill flash at -2 stops and the Better Beamer. Working in AI Servo AF I have my MIV set up […]

Lighting the Shadowed Side...

[Not a valid template] I used the flash to light the shadowed side of this Willet completely. Knowing how to use my flash yielded a pleasing image in difficult conditions.

As Denise Ippolito and I approached this bird in the predawn we were thinking silhouettes but the pink in the eastern sky faded almost […]

Big Lens Tips, Tricks, & Magic

[Not a valid template] Handheld Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens with the 1.4X II teleconverter and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 stop set manually: 1/1000 sec. at f/8.

Jim Neiger had three Flight School Photography clients on his pontoon boat this morning and asked that I work without my tripod. […]

Sharp/Soft Overlay with a Twist

[Not a valid template] This image was created from two images made with the Canon 800mm f/5.6 L IS lens. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 1/3 stops: 1/60 sec. at f/5.6. Read on for the details.

On the way to the Santa Clara ranch in Starr County, TX last week we stopped to photograph […]

Cozad Ranch Set-Ups, BAA Bulletin #326

[Not a valid template] This was my afternoon set-up at the Cozad Ranch on May 4. The image was created with the handheld Canon 24-105mm IS lens at 32mm.

Notice that each of the four tallest perches is set in front of a pure green background and that we have taken the time to […]

Masked Lapwing: My Choices

[Not a valid template] This is image three, the fill flash image, with a bit more color work. [Not a valid template] This is image two, full sun with lots of flash, as presented in the April 25th post, presented here for comparison.

First off, thanks all for playing. Image two and image three […]

One Piece at a Time

[Not a valid template] Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens with the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaulative metering +1/3 stop: 1/640 sec. at f/7.1 set manually. Fill flash at -3 stops with the better beamer.

I created the image above (yeah, I know; it’s pretty bad as is…) this morning at the Cozad Ranch […]

The Processed Images; Which Do You Like Best?

[Not a valid template] This is the image created in full sun with no flash. Let’s call this one image one. [Not a valid template] This is the image captured in full sun with ETTL flash set at +1 stop. Let’s call this one image two. [Not a valid template] This is the image […]

So You Like Sun?

[Not a valid template] This captive plover was photographed in bright sun at a tourist attraction that shall go un-named. I used the handheld Canon 400mm IS DO lens, a 1.4X teleconverter, and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 200. Evaluative metering at zero: 1/640 sec. at f/7.1.

So, do you like the sun for […]

Basic Sharpness Testing

[Not a valid template] This image was created with the Canon 70-200mm f.4L IS lens with the 1.4X II TC (handheld at 280mm) and the EOS-7D. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop: 1/2000 sec. at f/6.3. You need to have absolute confidence in both your and your camera's ability to produce sharp images.

Whenever […]

Snowy Histogram

In response to this question from Maruthy: A very good example to understand and learn the value of pushing the histogram to the right ! Thanks for sharing ! Would it be possible for you to share the histogram of the original, to help better understand the concept ? Thanks, Maruthy

Surely. Here is the […]

Headed Home From Bosque

[Not a valid template] I had fun in the snow on the early morning of Sunday, November 30. Photo copyright and courtesy of Robert O'Toole.

It is 6:50 am on Wednesday, December 2 and I am sitting in the Albuquerque Airport headed for Denver/Orlando. I will be home for four whole days before heading […]

Problems with Sharpness?

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This classic BAA image was created at a shutter speed of 1/30 sec. If you think that your equipment is the cause of your usharp images, please keep reading. Not sure who said this but I do agree: "Most lenses are sharper than most photographers." This print will be offered […]

Back to the Basics #2 and More

Wow! I’ve been swamped. Trying and failing to get my 2008 Income Taxes finished before I leave for the Galapagos this afternoon. Doing 50+ posts per day on my beloved BirdPhotographers.Net, packing, and taking care of business. I will be back in the office on July 20.

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Back to the Basics #1 and More...

I have made almost 8,000 comments on BNP (www.BirdPhotographers.Net) over the past year and a half and I am amazed at how often folks with equipment costing more than $5-10,000 are unaware of many of the fundamentals. In an effort to rectify that situation, and to help everyone improve, I will be posting a series […]

Do As I Say.... A weather story

Despite a somewhat scary weather forecast, I photographed this morning at Fort DeSoto Park south of St. Petersburg, FL with Chris Dodds (www.chrisdoddsphoto.com) and Linda Robbins, the Hummingbird Queen. It was cloudy and dark so we were all using high ISOs and fill flash. By about 9am a huge black cloud was creeping up on […]

More DeSoto Images As Promised & Some Head Angle Fine Points

As mentioned in the last post, the wind and weather on the morning of the 3rd made it one very tough morning. With the wind quite strong from the west, there were fewer birds on the exposed beach, and most of the birds were taking advantage of the small bit of shelter offered by the […]