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What’s Up?<\/h3>\n

Jim drove me to Orlando Airport yesterday late morning. I went to Chili’s for lunch. I took my cold pouch out from between the two gel ice packs to inject for lunch. There was only one small problem. My insulin was on the shelf in my refrigerator at home :). I called WalMart in Spartanburg, SC and was able to order the three vials of insulin that I use every day. After my uneventful direct flight to Charlotte, NC I picked up my scrips with no problem. <\/p>\n

Adam Jones presented a great program chock full of spectacular general nature images. The guy shoots everything and he is talented. My Keynote program, sponsored by Canon USA\/Explorers of Light, is tomorrow morning. I still have a bit more work to do on it. <\/p>\n

This blog post took about 1 hour to prepare. It was published at 4:59am from the CNPA Annual Meeting hotel in Spartanburg. Now I need to put the finishing touch on this morning’s program, “What Makes a Great Natural History Image.” <\/p>\n

Neat<\/h3>\n

Like music? Check out ThePianoGuys’ “One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful” (5 Piano Guys, 1 piano) on You Tube here.<\/a> Great sound and music but more incredible to listen and watch. <\/p>\n

South Georgia October 2015<\/h3>\n

Do consider joining me in South Georgia next October for the trip of a lifetime. See here<\/a> for the complete details. <\/p>\n

Save $242<\/strong><\/h2>\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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I was Wrong in part: My Errors<\/h3>\n

Thanks to comments first left by first by John Armitrage and backed up by Steve Soderling the major premise of yesterday’s blog, that camera shake is greater with a crop factor camera, was incorrect. I was tricked (if you were) into this error because the shake appears much more evident when you are looking through the viewfinder of a crop factor camera than when you are looking through the viewfinder of a full frame or 1.3X crop factor camera. I apologize for my error. <\/p>\n

Thanks to John and Steve for setting me straight. Note: I also appreciated Steve’s comments on 7D II resolution. <\/p>\n

The principles discussed having to do with creating sharp images, however, remain good advice for folks hand holding telephoto lenses regardless of the camera that they are using. I do believe that my comments regarding 7D Mark II image quality and the other advantages of using a crop factor camera are indeed accurate. It was quite evident that Last night’s speaker, Canon Explorer of Light Adam Jones, concurs. <\/p>\n

In addition to the error mentioned above I mistakenly noted that yesterday’s pelican image (sorry Prudence) was created with the 7D II when it was in fact created with the 1D X. That was an honest mistake. <\/p>\n

Lately, there has been a slew of insightful comments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This image was created in cloudy conditions on Salisbury Plain, South Georgia with the Canon EF 300mm f\/2.8L IS II USM lens<\/a>, the Canon Extender EF 2X III<\/a>, and the Canon EOS-1D X<\/a>. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1\/200 sec. at f\/7.1. Cloudy WB. <\/p>\n

AI Servo\/Rear Focus\/Zone AF as framed was active at the moment of exposure and nailed the bird’s eye. Click on the image to see a larger version. <\/p>\n

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