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The IPT group graciously accepted Bill Griswold’s invitation to a Super Bowl party at his place. Bill and his wife put out a great spread of chips, and nuts, and guacamole, not to mention and endless supply of beer and fine wine. Thanks a huge stack to the Griswold family. I sprung for the pizza. As Mark Hodgson and multiple IPT veteran Mike Gotthelf were the only two rooting for the Patriots, congrats to them by the way, most of us were not too thrilled by the outcome. The 40-second confusion and the 2nd down and less than a yard call for a pass play were ridiculous at best. The Seahawks simply gave the game away. <\/p>\n

This blog post took about 3 hours to assemble. I optimized the four images during what I am not calling the Stupid Bowl. It was published at 4:40 am Pacific time, which is 7:40am 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. In addition, I will surely be sharing more 100-400 images along with additional positives and a very vew negative on the new lens. I will let you know how it goes with the 1.4X TC with both the 1D X and the 7D II. Just give me a bit of time \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n

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This image was created in wet, cloudy, drizzly conditions on January 30, 2015 at La Jolla, CA with the hand held Canon EF 70-200mm f\/2.8L IS II USM lens<\/a> (at 165mm ) and the Canon EOS 7D Mark II<\/a>. ISO 1250. Evaluative metering +1 1\/3 stops: 1\/1000 sec. at f\/2.8. <\/p>\n

Two AF points up from the central AF point\/AI Servo Surround Rear Focus AF as framed was active at the moment of exposure (as is 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