{"id":18546,"date":"2014-02-26T05:48:51","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T09:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=18546"},"modified":"2014-08-18T04:42:50","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T08:42:50","slug":"jumping-monkeys-theres-more-to-it-than-meets-the-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2014\/02\/26\/jumping-monkeys-theres-more-to-it-than-meets-the-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"Jumping Monkeys; There’s More to it Than Meets the Eye…"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Streak Goes On…<\/h3>\n

Seven of the IPT leaders and participants (along with Pat and Alan Lillich’s daughter Meagan) are on the train to Kyoto for a few days of travel and nature photography and for the seven of us, some much needed rest. I am finishing this post at 6:45pm Japan time on Wednesday, February 26, 2014. That is 4:45am on the same day in Florida or in New York. We will likely get to the Best Western Kyoto at about 9pm tonight. <\/p>\n

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This Snow Monkey image was created on what was effectively the last day of the Japan in Winter IPT with the Gitzo 3532 LS carbon fiber tripod<\/a>, the Mongoose M3.6 head<\/a>, Canon EF 200-400mm f\/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender<\/a> (with the internal extender in place at 311mm) and the Canon EOS-1D X<\/a>. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +2 1\/3 stops off the ice: 1\/1250 sec. at f\/5.6 in Manual mode was a slight over-exposure. Color temperature: AWB. <\/p>\n

Central Sensor\/AI Servo-Surround\/Rear Focus AF totally missed the monkey but kept on tracking. Click here<\/a> to see the latest version of the Rear Focus Tutorial. Click on the image to see a larger version.<\/p>\n