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Important Note<\/h3>\n

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What’s Up?<\/h3>\n

I was feeling a bit worse last night and did not enjoy the greatest night of sleep but am feeling a lot better as this morning as this blog post is being published from home at about 7:55am. I still have many more exciting new images, tales, and lessons from my recently concluded Southern Oceans trip to share with you here over the course of the next few weeks and am looking forward to doing just that. <\/p>\n

Huge Thanks!<\/h3>\n

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Canon CDLC Video #1: Location Scouting for the Perfect Shot\/Understanding the Light and the Wind Direction. Note: you need to follow the link below to view the video. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Canon Digital Learning Center “Bird Photography with Arthur Morris” Video #1<\/h3>\n

Location Scouting for the Perfect Shot\/Understanding the Light and the Wind Direction<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I was thrilled in late October when Elaine Vuong and Rudy Winston wrote asking me to do a 7-part bird photography video for the Canon Digital Learning Center<\/a> (CDLC). It all came to fruition in mid-November at Bosque del Apache. The crew from C47 Productions included Producer\/Director Jem Schofield, camera and sound men Daniel Phakos and James Kwan, and two locally hired grips. Rudy Winston was along as our Technical Advisor and he got me out of a few jams when my memory failed :). They were a fun bunch to work with; we all had a ball even though Jem was a stern taskmaster. He did get the best out of everyone. <\/p>\n

The videos went live yesterday. You can access the whole series by clicking here. <\/a> <\/p>\n

Today I will be talking a bit about Video #1, “Location Scouting for the Perfect Shot\/Understanding the Light and the Wind Direction.” You can view that one (4 minutes, 31 seconds) by clicking on the first of the seven images (the one of me against a light purple sky) and then hitting play. <\/p>\n

You will learn about the qualities and the direction of light and how the wind affects bird photography. My comments on wind direction are quite clear and revealing (he said modestly). There are numerous still photos included in the video and the explanatory diagrams are cleverly conceived and executed. I will be glad to answer any questions on the topics covered in the first video here on the blog; please feel free to leave a comment or ask a question below. Enjoy the video. <\/p>\n

Note: Video #4, “Getting the Right Exposure” is currently unavailable. I am of course hoping that that is temporary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I Smiled the Whole Time<\/h3>\n

When I learned yesterday that the video series was online on the Canon Digital Learning Center<\/a> I watched them over the course of the afternoon. I smiled the whole time. In the past, whenever I watched myself in a video or on a TV show (I did something like six or seven episodes of the old Canon Photo Safari programs), I always felt as if I look doofy and sounded even doofier. I am not sure how the folks at C47 did it but I thought that I looked pretty good (if a bit grizzled) and sounded even better (venerable???). Way to go guys. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This image was created at 7:21am on the clear morning of November 22, 2014 at Bosque del Apache NWR with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 600mm f\/4L IS II USM lens<\/a>, the Canon Extender EF 1.4X III<\/a>, and the Canon EOS-1D X<\/a>. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1\/3 stop off the yellow grasses around the pond: 1\/1600 sec. at f\/5.6 set manually. <\/p>\n

Central sensor\/AI Servo Surround Rear Focus AF as framed just caught the top of the bird’s extended neck and was 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