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Galt Winter Bird Festival Keynote Presentation, near Sacramento, CA: Friday, January 25, 2013<\/h3>\n

I will be presenting, “Choosing and Using Lenses for Bird and Nature Photography” at the Galt Winter Bird Festival at 6pm this coming Friday evening, Friday, January 25, 2013. The keynote event, sponsored by Canon USA\/Explorers of Light, is free and open to the public. The program will take place at the Cosumnes River College a bit south of Sacramento, CA. Click here<\/a> for additional details. <\/p>\n

Those who will be in attendance are invited to contact me via e-mail<\/a><\/center> to explore the possibility of photographing together on Saturday the 26th. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Weekend Creative Nature Photography Seminar, Tampa, FL: February 23 & 24, 2013: $149 Limit: 50\/Openings: 4<\/h3>\n

Join Denise Ippolito and me on the weekend of February 23-24 on the outskirts of Tampa, FL for a great weekend of fun and learning. Learn to improve your photography skills, your skill at designing images in the field, your creative vision, and your image optimization skills. Sunday critiquing session. Click here<\/a> for additional details and the complete schedule. Best to register soon as the seminar is filling up nicely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Incredible Door Prizes! <\/h3>\n

Once again our sponsors have come through in a huge way. Join us in Tampa for a chance to win the following:<\/p>\n

Think Tank<\/a>: Airport Airstream Rolling Bag ( $324.75)
\nLens Coat: Gift Certificate ($69)
\nB&H<\/a>: Gift Certificates (two @ $50 each)
\nWimberley<\/a>: P-20 Plate ($52) and P-5 Camera Body Plate ($52).
\nThe Vested Interest<\/a>: a Still Model Xtrahand Vest ($169.95) that can be credited towards the purchase of a larger Magnum or a Khumbu vest. Click here<\/a> for info on the custom-designed Magnum Vest that I use. John Storrie knows it as the BIRDS AS ART Big Lens Vest. If you opt to purchase one, call John at 1 800 928 0157 to size and customize your vest. I simply could not live without mine.
\nNIK Software<\/a>: NIK Color Efex Pro 4 Complete Edition($199.95). This is the great Photoshop plug-in that Denise and I use to improve the look of many of our images. If you purchase any NIK product, be sure to enter “BAA” in the Promo Code box at check-out and then hit Apply to see your savings. You can download a trial copy of NIK Color Efex Pro 4 that will work for 15 days and allow you to create full sized images.
\nDelkin Devices<\/a>: two Delkin 32GB 700X CompactFlash Pro UDMA enabled cards ($114.99 each).
\nManfrotto:<\/a> two items ($ TBD) <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Long-tailed Duck pair in flight. On the January Barnegat Jetty IPT with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 800mm f\/5.6L IS USM Autofocus lens<\/a>, the Canon 1.4x EF Extender III (teleconverter)<\/a>, and the Canon EOS-1D X digital SLR <\/a>. ISO 800. Evaluative metering -2 stops: 1\/1600 sec. at f\/9 in Manual mode.<\/p>\n