{"id":1418,"date":"2010-04-25T13:30:18","date_gmt":"2010-04-25T17:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=1418"},"modified":"2011-02-24T11:48:35","modified_gmt":"2011-02-24T15:48:35","slug":"new-look-blog-thanksunexpected-controversy-on-bpn-old-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2010\/04\/25\/new-look-blog-thanksunexpected-controversy-on-bpn-old-news\/","title":{"rendered":"New-Look Blog Thanks\/Unexpected Controversy on BPN (Old News)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Peter Kes handfeeding a Snowy Egret on last year’s SW FLA President’s Week IPT. Image created with the Canon 15mm fish eye lens.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

I first met Peter Kes late last winter when he traveled from his home in Switzerland to attend the SF FLA President’s Week IPT. (For new folks IPTs are Instructional Photo Tours.) He and the rest of us had a great time and Peter and I quickly became friends. Peter is a high level\/high tech IT (information technology) consultant by trade. When I asked for help with my Word Press blog he graciously offered to help. With my busy travel schedule it took us a while to get Skyping but yesterday the new-look blog went live. I gotta say that Peter did an amazing job; the blog looks great, is easy on the eyes, and is easy to navigate. Thank you Peter for your help. If you need help with your blog, you can contact Peter here: http:\/\/www.naturenotions.ch\/blog-service<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One of my favorite features of the new blog is the rotating 1000 x 160 pixel images that grace each page. This image switches as you navigate from page to page. There are ten now but I plan on adding lots more. When Peter asked me to send him ten 1000 x 160 pixel JPEGs my first thought was, “I don’t have any images that would work with that format.” In short order I was having way too much fun. Once you get an idea of the concept creating artistic slices like this can be a great way to improve your compostional skills and eye.<\/p>\n

A very few comments from the last month were unavoidably lost during the process of switching from the old blog to the new blog. Apolgies to anyone who was affected. Feel free to repost and I will respond. (I love hearing Peter say the word “comments.” We say, KAH-mentz. Europeans say kuh-MENTZ. )<\/p>\n

I first posted the image of Peter feeding the bird in BPN’s Friends and Family Forum thinking that it was a rather innocuous post :). Here is a link to the the original post: http:\/\/www.birdphotographers.net\/forums\/showthread.php?t=32285<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Somewhat to my amazement, some folks took issue to the the fact that the group was feeding the acclimated birds. As the discussion developed, I moved the thread to the General Photography Discussion Forum here: http:\/\/www.birdphotographers.net\/forums\/showthread.php?p=231547&posted=1#post231547<\/a>.
\nWith 128 posts the thread generated tons of peaceful controversy. It is now a closed thread. <\/p>\n

I hope that you enjoy the new-look blog!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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