{"id":13129,"date":"2013-01-13T11:33:27","date_gmt":"2013-01-13T15:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=13129"},"modified":"2013-01-15T09:37:45","modified_gmt":"2013-01-15T13:37:45","slug":"for-sale-cheap-lots-of-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2013\/01\/13\/for-sale-cheap-lots-of-lessons\/","title":{"rendered":"For Sale: Cheap, & Lots of Lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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This image was created on the morning of 1\/12\/2013 from my SUV down by the lake near my home in Indian Lake Estates, FL with the hand held Canon 500mm f\/4L EF IS II USM lens<\/a>, the Canon 2x EF Extender III (Teleconverter)<\/a>, and the unfortunately discontinued EOS-1D Mark IV that has been replaced by the Canon EOS-1D X digital SLR <\/a>. ISO 400. Evaluative metering -1\/3 stop: 1\/2000 sec. at f\/8 previously confirmed by histogram check. <\/p>\n

Central sensor (by necessity)\/AI Servo\/Rear Focus AF active at the moment of exposure. Click here<\/a> if you missed the Rear Focus Tutorial. Click on the image to see a larger version.<\/p>\n

I was photographing single Cattle Egrets in vertical format when this one took flight so I pressed the button and made two images. Though the bird is quite low in the frame I do like the flowers, I do like the mystical dark almost foggy area at the top or the frame, and I do not usually like near-square crops. <\/p>\n