{"id":12066,"date":"2012-10-09T10:22:10","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T14:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=12066"},"modified":"2012-10-14T09:21:28","modified_gmt":"2012-10-14T13:21:28","slug":"travel-plans-and-lots-of-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2012\/10\/09\/travel-plans-and-lots-of-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Plans and Lots of Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the Road Again<\/h3>\n

Denise Ippolito and I will be traveling to the Southern Ocean for the South Georgia\/Falklands Cheesemans’ Expedition. We are traveling with a small group of BIRDS AS ART folks who will be receiving additional instruction from Denise and me both aboard ship and in the field. I am hoping that my good weather Karma holds…. We fly to Santiago, Chile on October 16. I will not be back home until November 11. Please hold your e-mails until then. Click here<\/a> to see the great itinerary and what you will be missing. Click here<\/a> to learn more about Cheesemans’ Ecology Safaris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The pink butterfly logo was created in Photoshop by Denise Ippolito. She started with a blank canvas, added a bow from custom shapes, distorted it with “Flaming Pears” Flexify, and then jazzed it up with the Liquefy Tool. All from a blank canvas. Amazing. Learn more about blank canvas creations (and tons more) in Denise’s “A Guide to Creative Filters and Effects<\/a>.” <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month<\/h3>\n

Consider celebrating National Breast Cancer Awareness Month by making a donation to The Susan G. Komen For the Cure Foundation here<\/a> or to another breast cancer charity. You can read the story of Susan G. Komen here<\/a>; having lost my second wife, Elaine Belksy Morris to breast cancer made this a tear-filled but wonderful read as the memories came flooding back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This drake Harlequin Duck was photographed at the Barnegat Jetty with the Canon EF 800mm f\/5.6L IS USM Autofocus lens<\/a>, Canon 1.4x EF Extender III (Teleconverter)<\/a>, and the unfortunately discontinued EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 800. Evaluative metering at zero: 1\/250 sec. at f\/8. <\/p>\n

Central Sensor (by neccesity)\/AI Servo Rear Focus and re-compose. Click here<\/a> if you missed the Rear Focus Tutorial. Click on the image to enjoy a larger version. <\/p>\n