{"id":25950,"date":"2015-03-17T00:48:54","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T04:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=25950"},"modified":"2015-03-17T14:00:40","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T18:00:40","slug":"what-500ii-what-1d-x-your-last-chance-is-nearly-here-morro-bay-is-smoking-hot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2015\/03\/17\/what-500ii-what-1d-x-your-last-chance-is-nearly-here-morro-bay-is-smoking-hot\/","title":{"rendered":"What 500II? What 1D X? Your Last Chance is Nearly Here… Morro Bay is Smoking Hot!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Monday morning was incredibly exciting and productive. With some heavy cloud cover, I took Monday afternoon off to relax. This blog post was published at 9:50pm on Monday night from my hotel room in Morro Bay, CA–just before 1am on the east coast. <\/p>\n

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This image was created at Morro Bay on the morning of March 16, 2015 with the hand held Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens<\/a> (at 400mm) and the amazing Canon EOS 7D Mark II<\/a>. ISO 1600. Evaluative metering +2\/3 stop: 1\/125 sec. at f\/5.6. Color temperature: 9000K.<\/p>\n

One AF point up from the Center AF point\/AI Servo Expand\/shutter button AF as framed was active at the moment of exposure (as is always best when hand holding). Click on the image to see a larger version. <\/p>\n

Image #1: Western Gull in predawn <\/strong><\/h2>\n