{"id":17836,"date":"2014-01-12T10:12:06","date_gmt":"2014-01-12T14:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=17836"},"modified":"2014-08-18T04:08:08","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T08:08:08","slug":"snowy-owl-hallucinations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2014\/01\/12\/snowy-owl-hallucinations\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowy Owl Hallucinations…"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Amazing Streak Continues; I Gotta be Nuts. \ud83d\ude42<\/h3>\n

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Quasi-Snowy Owl. The base image was created at Jones Beach State Park, Long Island, New York this week with the Gitzo 3532 LS carbon fiber tripod<\/a>, Mongoose M3.6 head<\/a>, the Canon EF 600mm f\/4L IS II USM lens<\/a>, the Canon 2x EF Extender III (Teleconverter)<\/a>, and the Canon EOS-1D X<\/a>. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1\/3 stop: 1\/1600 sec. at f\/9 in Manual mode confirmed via histogram\/blinkies check. <\/p>\n

Central sensor (by necessity) Expand\/AI Servo Rear Focus AF on the ice column and re-compose. Click here<\/a> if you missed the latest version of the Rear Focus Tutorial. Click on the image to see a larger version.<\/p>\n