On Monday morning, February 25, Denise Ippolito and I will be co-leading a morning In-the-field Workshop at Fort DeSoto, south of St. Petersburg, FL. We should get to photograph a variety of very tame herons, egrets, gulls, terns, and shorebirds. Spoonbills possible. There will be lots of individual and small group instruction. We will cover exposure and histograms, seeing the situation, creating sharp images, and lots more. Each registrant will have a personalized gear and set-up check. The more questions you ask, the more you will learn. <\/p>\n
A great working lunch at the Sea Porch Caf\u00e9 on St. Petersburg Beach is included. All are invited to bring a laptop along for image sharing at lunch. After the workshop, all are invited to send us three 1024 wide or 800 tall JPEGs for critiquing. Call 1-863-692-0906 to register or send us a Paypal. Either way, be sure to note that the payment is for the Fort DeSoto In-the-Field Workshop. <\/p>\n
Best to register soon as there are just 4 seats left. The In-the-field Workshop above follows the Weekend Creative Nature Photography Seminar. You are invited to 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. <\/p>\n
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| \n Great Black-backed Gull head and shoulders portrait, from 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 400. Evaluative metering -2\/3 stop: 1\/2000 sec. at f\/8 in Manual mode.<\/p>\n This is the first bird that we encountered on the first afternoon of the IPT so we stopped to go over some exposure basics. As the light was so bright I was sort of surprised that I wound up with a rather nice image. Reminder: in bright sun, it is more important than ever to point your shadow at the subject. <\/p>\n |