{"id":19738,"date":"2014-05-01T08:36:43","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T12:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=19738"},"modified":"2014-08-18T04:33:06","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T08:33:06","slug":"photographic-lesson-when-youve-got-a-a-good-horse-ride-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2014\/05\/01\/photographic-lesson-when-youve-got-a-a-good-horse-ride-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographic Lesson: When You’ve Got a Good Horse, Ride It!"},"content":{"rendered":"

IPT and I-T-F Updates<\/h3>\n

There is room on this Saturday’s Gatorland In-the-Field Workshop. Scroll down for details. There are only 4 slots left on the UK Puffins and Gannets IPT and on the NOV 29-DEC Bosque IPT. The St. Augustine, Fort DeSoto, Nickerson Beach, and the Bosque Creative IPTs all have lots of room. Click here<\/a> for complete IPT details. <\/p>\n

Used Canon and Nikon Gear for Sale<\/h3>\n

There are some great buys available on a variety of super-telephotos lenses as well as a few camera bodies. Scroll down for details. <\/p>\n

The Streak Continues: 153<\/h3>\n

This post marks 153 straight days with a new educational blog post. With so many folks getting in the habit of using our B&H links and our Amazon logo-links why quit now? To show your appreciation for my efforts here, we do ask that you use our the B&H and Amazon affiliate links on the right side of the blog for all of your purchases. Please check the availability of all photographic accessories in the BIRDS AS ART Online Store<\/a>, especially Gitzo tripods, Wimberley tripod heads, and the like. We sell only what I used, tested, and can depend on. We will not sell you junk. We know the tools that you need to make creating great images easy and fun. And we are always glad to answer your gear questions via e-mail<\/a><\/center>.<\/p>\n

You can find the following items in the store: Gitzo tripods<\/a>, Mongoose M3.6<\/a> and Wimberley<\/a> heads, plates, low feet, and accessories<\/a>, flash brackets<\/a>, <\/a>, Delkin e-film Pro Compact Flash Cards<\/a>, LensCoat<\/a> products, and our unique line-up of educational materials<\/a> including ABP I & II<\/a>, Digital Basics<\/a>, Site and Set-up e-Guides<\/a>, Canon and Nikon Camera Users and AF e-Guides<\/a>, and MP-4 Photoshop video tutorials<\/a> among others. <\/p>\n

I would of course appreciate your using our B&H affiliate links for all of your major gear, video, and electronic purchases. For the photographic stuff mentioned in the paragraph above we, meaning BAA,<\/strong><\/font> would of course greatly appreciate your business. Here is a huge thank you to the many who have been using our links on a regular basis and visiting the BAA Online<\/a> store as well. <\/p>\n

This post took 4 hours (including the time for the image optimizations) to create. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This image was created at Gatorland on Saturday March 22, 2014 at 4:32pm on a mostly cloudy afternoon with the Canon EF 200-400mm f\/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender<\/a> hand held (???) at 200mm with the Canon EOS-1D X<\/a>. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +2\/3 stop as framed: 1\/100 sec. at f\/6.3 in Av mode. AWB. <\/p>\n

Three sensors up and two to the left of the central Sensor\/AI Servo-Surround\/Rear Focus AF just below and behind the bird’s neck was active at the moment of exposure. Practicing so that you are able to change AF sensors almost instantly is an important skill to work on. Learn everything there is to know about the 1D X and 5D III AF systems including how to manage the various AF Area Selection Modes, when to use which one, and several ways to move the AF sensor around in my 1D X AF Guide<\/a> and the 5D Mark III User’s Guide. Click here<\/a> to see the latest version of the Rear Focus Tutorial. Click on the image to see a larger version. <\/a>. <\/p>\n

This JPEG was created from the large embedded JPEG that is automatically created with each RAW capture with all Canon and Nikon bodies even though they are set to RAW only. It has not been optimized. <\/p>\n