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The Streak Continues: 364<\/h3>\n

With clear skies and barely any wind Denise Ippolito and I again went a bit out of the traditional Bosque box by starting our day at the Ed Kranepool. And again I went 16-35 for the goose blast off. Once the sun got on the birds, I concentrated on the departing white geese. My favorite is below. Dense got a lovely one of a Ross’s Goose flying right at her. For me, the 600II\/1.4X\/7D II combo continued to prove its worth. <\/p>\n

I spent pretty much another full day getting images together for the Canon Digital Learning Center bird photography video project. After two full days, I still have a ton of work to do. They need about seventy 16:9 images. So far I have delivered about half of those. Again I skipped the afternoon photo session. <\/p>\n

Coming soon: a free Bosque Site Guide update for all: The State of the Bosque…. Today’s blog post, the 364th in a row, took 1 1\/2 hours to assemble (including the time for the DPP 4 RAW conversion). This blog post was published from my hotel room in Socorro, NM at 2:59am. We meet the 4-Day Bosque IPT group on Saturday afternoon. <\/p>\n

Bosque 2015<\/h3>\n

Denise and I will again be collaborating on two Bosque IPTs in 2015, one before Thanksgiving and one after. Dates and rates will be announced here soon. If you would like to receive early notice, please shoot me an e-mail<\/a> with the words “Bosque 2015” in the Subject Line. We already have several interested folks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This image was created at 7:07am on the clear morning of Friday, NOV 28, 2015 at Bosque del Apache NWR. I used the Gitzo 3532 LS carbon fiber tripod<\/a>), the Mongoose M3.6 head<\/a>, Canon EF 600mm f\/4L IS II USM lens<\/a>, the Canon Extender EF 1.4X III<\/a>, and the Canon EOS 7D Mark II.<\/a> ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1\/3 stop off the yellow grasses on the far side of the pond: 1\/2000 sec. at f\/5.6 in Av mode. AWB. <\/p>\n

65-Point Automatic Selection\/AI Servo Rear Focus AF activated 3 AF point that just caught the bird’s tail; see the DPP 4 screen capture below.) They AF points were, of course, active at the moment of exposure. Click here<\/a> if you missed the Rear Focus Tutorial. Click on the image to see a larger version.<\/p>\n

Snow Goose in flight<\/h2>\n