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Another Gatorland Short Notice Saturday Full-Day In-the-Field Workshop<\/h3>\n

Saturday March 22, 2014. 7:15am till 10:15am & 4:00pm till dusk. Lunch, image review, and Photoshop session included. Limit 6. A very small group is again likely: $399. <\/strong><\/h2>\n

The cost of your Gatorland Photographer’s Pass is not included. <\/p>\n

Gatorland is so good right now that I am going back this Saturday to try for tiny Great Egret chicks in the nest. Head portraits of this species in full breeding plumage are pretty much guaranteed even with an intermediate zoom lens. Nest building and flight likely. Here’s the story: there about two dozen photographers at Gatorland on Saturday past. Aside from one photographer from Slovakia and another, wearing a blue and white checked shirt, nobody had a clue as to how to make a good image…. Most folks just stand in one spot and point and shoot. Without regard for light angle or background. Join me on this, the 2nd Gatorland Short Notice Saturday Full-Day In-the-Field Workshop and you will learn to spot the good situations, to choose the best perspective, to see and understand the light, to get the right exposure every time after making a single test exposure, and to design pleasing images by mastering your camera’s AF system. A big part of the above is that you will learn how and why you must work in Manual mode 90% of the time at Gatorland<\/em><\/strong>. That is one of the things that Dana-see her e-mail below, and Chris Billman learned last Saturday. <\/p>\n

At lunch we will review my images, take a look at five of your best images from the morning session (for those who opt to bring their laptops), and process a few of my images in Photoshop after converting them in DPP. That followed by Instructor Nap Time. Last Saturday all 3 folks had a great time and learned a ton. And the weather for this coming Saturday is looking good. <\/p>\n

Payment in full via credit card is due upon registering. Please call Jim or Jennifer at 863-692-0906 to register. Ask for me if you have any questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This backlit Great Egret was created last Saturday at Gatorland with the Canon EF 200-400mm f\/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender<\/a> (hand held with the internal extender in place at 467mm) and the Canon EOS-1D X<\/a>. ISO 400. Evaluative metering -1 2\/3 stops as framed: 1\/1000 sec. at f\/7.1 in Manual mode. AWB. <\/p>\n

Two sensors up from the central Sensor\/AI Servo-Surround\/Rear Focus AF on the bird’s neck 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