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What’s Up?<\/h3>\n

I scouted La Jolla this morning, this being Friday, January 30. My very own 100-400 II arrived via Fed-Ex today. I began working on the new exercises prescribed by Melvin Tann. And I had my annual check-up with good friend Cliff Oliver. I meet most of the group tomorrow evening. One participant has a family function to attend, and one couple had their flight changed by Delta. <\/p>\n

This blog post took about 4 hours to assemble. It was published at 9:12pm PT, 12:12am ET on Saturday from my hotel room in San Diego. I still have many 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. Do consider joining me in South Georgia next October for the trip of a lifetime. See here<\/a> for the complete details. <\/p>\n

This Just In<\/h3>\n

Register now for the South Georgia trip and receive a $242 on your return airfare. Please e-mail<\/a> for details. <\/p>\n

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This image was created in cloudy conditions in early January, 2015 with the hand held, original version Canon 100-400mm L IS lens (at 365mm)–now replaced by the Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens<\/a> and the EOS-7D (now replaced by the
\nCanon EOS 7D Mark II)<\/a>. ISO 1600. Evaluative metering +2 stops: 1\/1600 sec. at f\/13 in Manual mode. <\/p>\n

One sensor below the central sensor\/AI Servo\/Surround Shutter button AF was active at the moment of exposure. The active sensor was on the center of the bird’s bill. <\/p>\n

Gentoo Penguin preening. Image courtesy of Sally-Sue South and copyright 2015 in the name of the artist. <\/h2>\n