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With a wind shift to the west and a bit of persisting fog, Wednesday morning was the worst of the IPT. That said a lot of learning went on and everyone made some nice pleasing blurs of spoonbills, pelicans, and cormorants. And later on we had a nicely juxtaposed group of three spoonbills that posed for us for a while. Then a displaying dark morph Reddish Egret in smoking-hot breeding plumage. Lunch again was at Ruby Tuesday’s in Gibsonton. During our Photoshop session I worked on a lovely spoonbill image that will be featured in Friday’s blog post. <\/p>\n

In the afternoon Captain James trailered the Hooptie to Medard Park where we had too much fun and lots of challenges with the White Pelicans–the light was changing constantly and it was hard to predict their behavior. We had a small richly vegetated island topped with loafing Brown Pelicans and had a few more come in to land, right into the wind and right down sun angle. We also enjoyed some good flight chances with Double-crested Cormorant, Osprey, and Anhinga. <\/p>\n

This blog post took 1 1\/2 hours to prepare and was published just before 5:00am from my hotel room in Brandon, FL. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Super Price Drops<\/h3>\n

B&H is offering huge discounts on the original EOS-7D. Have you discounted this camera? Before you quit on it, be sure to check out the images created by Dan Cadiuex here<\/a> and by Sally Sue South here<\/a>. Both used the 7D and “only” the original 100-400…. Click here<\/a> for details or to purchase. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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EOS-7D Kit with the 28-135 Zoom Lens<\/h3>\n

Same great camera body plus the versatile 28-135mm zoom lens. Click here<\/a> for details or to purchase. <\/p>\n

Hooptie Spoonbill Mini-IPT<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Hooptie Roseate Spoonbill Mini-IPT announced yesterday signed up two folks. There are just four slots left. See our morning and Saturday only rates below. Scroll down for additional details. <\/p>\n

South Georgia October 2015<\/h3>\n

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

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


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This image was created on the very foggy morning of February 24, 2015 at Alafia Banks, FL with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 600mm f\/4L IS II USM lens<\/a> and the Canon EOS-1D X.<\/a> ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1 2\/3 stops off the white sky: 1\/1600 sec. at f\/4. <\/p>\n

Central AF point (manual selection)\/AI Servo Shutter Button AF as originally framed fell neat the base of the bird’s left wing, nowhere near the bird’s eye, face, or neck and was of course 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. Cloudy WB. <\/p>\n

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