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The Streak Continues: 327<\/h3>\n

Yesterday was a typical day of work at BAA for me. With help from daughter Jennifer, I am working on transitioning to my new Apple 15.4″ MacBook Pro Notebook Computer with Retina Display (Mid-2014)<\/a>. I worked with right hand man Jim Litzenburg getting six images ready to print for the upcoming Birds of the World exhibit in San Diego (see below). I always make time for my morning meditation, an easy swim, and an ice bath. After my swim yesterday I added ten minutes of forced laughter<\/a>. (Studies have found that laughing exercise can raise the flow of blood in the body by as much as 22 per cent, as the heart and lungs work harder to supply oxygen to key muscles. As well as boosting blood flow, relaxed arteries also help regulate blood pressure at normal levels.<\/em>)<\/p>\n

It was good friend and healthy living guru Dr. Cliff Oliver<\/a> who reminded me about forced laughter…. Visit Cliff’s site and check out the neat interview video done a few year’s back on New Zealand TV. <\/p>\n

This blog post, the 327th in a row, took me more than 2 1\/2 hours to prepare including the time spent on the image optimizations in DPP v3.14.41.0. It was published just before 7:00am from my home at Indian Lake Estates, FL.<\/p>\n

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This image was created at Fort DeSoto Park in cloudy conditions on the morning of October 21, 2014. I used the hand held Canon EF 300mm f\/2.8L IS II USM lens<\/a> and a beta version of the Canon EOS 7D Mark II <\/a>. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2 1\/3 stops off the sky: 1\/1600 sec. at f\/5 in Manual mode was a slight underexposure. Cloudy WB. <\/p>\n

Center Zone Shutter Button AF selected the central sensor and one additional sensor to its left. Both were active at the moment of exposure. The left hand of those two sensors was squarely on the bird’s face and covered both eyes (as originally framed). It is no wonder that this image was so incredibly sharp on the face. Click on the image to see a larger version. <\/p>\n

Image #1: Laughing Gull incoming<\/h2>\n