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What’s Up?<\/h3>\n

The Hooptie IPT lucked out on our last morning… I awoke early on Thursday, even for me. I peeked out the window of my hotel room to see torrential rain with the palm trees whipping in the wind. The Tampa TV weather noted that it would be “a rainy morning with thunderstorms followed by a front bringing cold northwest winds…. “Looks and sounds like a Photoshop morning,” I thought. James called me at 5:25am and said, “The weather looks to be improving. Let’s hold for one hour. As James knew just where to put us with the NW wind we enjoyed some great spoonbill photography with lots of landing flight opportunities. <\/p>\n

The first afternoon of the DeSoto Add-On IPT was a big success. This time it was my turn to know just where to be and we were rewarded with about a dozen species of tame shorebirds, some tame gulls and terns, and some tame herons and egrets. <\/p>\n

This blog post took 2 hours to prepare and was published at 4:39am from my hotel room in St. Petersburg Beach, FL. <\/p>\n

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

The Hooptie Roseate Spoonbill Mini-IPT announced on Wednesday now has just three slots left. See our morning and Saturday-only rates below. Scroll down for additional details. <\/p>\n

Comment from Cris Hamiltion<\/h3>\n

Cris was a participant on the recently concluded Hooptie Spoonbill IPT:<\/p>\n

I was fortunate enough to be a participant in the Hooptie Deux\/DeSoto class, which ends, sadly, tomorrow (Fri 27th). It’s been so much fun and I have learned TONS!!! Thank you, thank you, Artie!!!!! And thank you to James Shadle, the master boat commander. James is a vital and fun part of this duo. Super great guy. And, thanks to all the other participants for putting up with all my questions!!! \ud83d\ude42 We had a great group and a super time.<\/em><\/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

Save $242<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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 at 7:48am at Alafia Banks on the clear morning of February 22, 2015 with the Canon EF 600mm f\/4L IS II USM lens<\/a>, the Canon Extender EF 1.4X III<\/a>, and the Canon EOS 7D Mark II<\/a>. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2\/3 stop off the light blue sky 30 degrees above the horizon: 1\/1250 sec. at f\/6.3. AWB. <\/p>\n

Three AF points to the right of the center AF point\/AI Servo\/Rear Focus\/Expand AF as framed was 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. <\/p>\n