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The Streak Goes On…<\/h3>\n

We killed again today at the Snow Monkey Park…. I am finishing this post at 8:45pm Japan time on Monday February 25, 2104. That is 6:45am on the same day in Florida or in New York. I will be asleep well before 9pm :). <\/p>\n

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This image of a Snow Monkey family huddled together was created on the February 25, 2014 at 12:26pm on the Japan in Winter IPT with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 200-400mm f\/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender<\/a> (with the internal extender in place at 345mm) and the Canon EOS-1D X<\/a>. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +3 1\/3 stops off the snow: 1\/125 sec. at f\/14 in Manual mode. Color temperature 7,000K. <\/p>\n

Central Sensor\/AI Servo-Surround\/Rear Focus AF on the lowest monkey’s eyes and re-compose. Click here<\/a> to see the latest version of the Rear Focus Tutorial. Click on the image to see a larger version.<\/p>\n