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What’s Up?<\/h3>\n

I scouted La Jolla for the second straight morning, the morning of Saturday, January 31. It was my first outing with the new lens. There is good news and bad news. Read on. I met seven of the nine folks on the sold out plus one more San Diego IPT at 7:30pm for a meet and greet and an introductory session. (BAA always reserves the right to go one over the published limit.) <\/p>\n

This blog post took about 3 hours to assemble. I thought that I published it at 9:12pm PT, 12:12am ET on Saturday from my hotel room in San Diego, but when I woke up on Sunday morning I saw that it was still an unpublished draft. I am, therefore, publishing it at 4:44am Pacific time, which is 7:44am in the east. 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

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This image was created on the morning of January 31, 2015 at La Jolla, CA with the hand held Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS USM lens<\/a> (at 349mm) and the Canon EOS-1D X <\/a>. ISO 1600. Evaluative metering +1 stop as framed: 1\/500 sec. at f\/5.6. Rig on the Black Rapid RS-7 Strap.<\/a> <\/p>\n

Four AF points to the left of the central AF point (manual selection)\/AI Servo Rear Focus AF as framed was active at the moment of exposure (as is almost always best when hand holding). Click here<\/a> to see the latest version of the Rear Focus Tutorial. Click on the image to see a larger version. <\/p>\n

Image #1: Brown Pelican preening<\/h2>\n