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The Streak Goes On…<\/h3>\n

I am nearly finished with this post as we sit in the Hokkaido Airport on Sunday morning getting ready for our flight to Tokyo and the bus ride to our Nagano hotel near the snow monkey park. Our Hokkaido stay was beyond wonderful. Our guide, Makoto, was masterful, his staff, amazingly helpful. And the food at the lodge was delicious, plentiful, and Japanese. <\/p>\n

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I am finishing up this blog post at 9:18pm on Sunday February 23, 2014 (in Japan) thanks to the kindness of Denise Ippolito. The AC adapter for my workhorse laptop died this afternoon and Denise bravely allowed me to try her brick to charge my machine even though the voltages were slightly different. I shall remain indebted to her \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This displaying Whooper Swan was photographed at 9:04am on February 20, 2014 on our great swan morning at Lake Kussharo on the Japan in Winter IPT with the Gitzo 3532 LS carbon fiber tripod<\/a>, the Mongoose M3.6 head<\/a>, the Canon EF 600mm f\/4L IS II USM lens<\/a>, the Canon 1.4x EF Extender III (Teleconverter)<\/a>, and the Canon EOS-1D X<\/a>. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 2\/3 stops off the snow: 1\/1000 sec. at f\/5.6 in Manual mode. Color temperature: 6000K. <\/p>\n

61-Point\/AI Servo Rear Focus AF chose three sensors that fell on the front of the bird’s neck nicely on the plane of the bird’s face and was of course active at the moment of exposure. Click here<\/a> to see the latest version of the Rear Focus Tutorial. Click on the image to see a larger version.<\/p>\n

Image #1: Displaying Whooper Swan Vertical<\/center><\/h2>\n