{"id":21515,"date":"2014-07-26T05:21:43","date_gmt":"2014-07-26T09:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=21515"},"modified":"2014-08-03T09:16:47","modified_gmt":"2014-08-03T13:16:47","slug":"three-tern-speciesthree-fledged-young-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2014\/07\/26\/three-tern-speciesthree-fledged-young-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Tern Species\/Three Fledged Young"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Streak Continues: 238<\/h3>\n

This post was published at about 5:30am from Great Gull Island. I photographed early and late yesterday on GGI and did well but not great. I did get to photograph some recently fledged Roseate Terns but most were banded. Again, I am online with my cell phone in the middle of nowhere–no electricity and no running water. I depend on one of two generators to keep the cell phone and the laptop charged enough to keep the streak going…. <\/p>\n

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This image was created with the
\nthe 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 Extender EF 2X III<\/a>, and the Canon EOS-1D X<\/a>. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2\/3 stop as framed: 1\/640 sec. at f\/11 in Av mode. AWB. <\/p>\n

Central Sensor (by necessity)\/AI Servo-Expand\/Rear Focus AF just ebelow and between the base of the bill of the bill and the eye was active at the moment of exposure. When you add the 2X TC to an f\/4 lens with the 1DX or the 5D III hit the MFn button once to toggle to AF Expand and enjoy 4 extra AF sensors. 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 the 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