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I woke at 3:30am, packed, got to the airport at about 5am, got TSA Pre :), and enjoyed a smooth flight to Orlando. Jim picked me up at 9:45am. Then Publix and home. I did my core exercises and enjoyed a late swim. <\/p>\n

This blog post, the 105th in a row–don’t ask me why…., took about 1 1\/2 hours to prepare. It was published just after midnight on Thursday morning. Though I arrived home on Wednesday, I head over to St. Pete tomorrow afternoon, that being Thursday, to meet the group on the sold out Fort DeSoto IPT. <\/p>\n

St. Augustine Alligator Farm Short-Notice Spoonbill and Wading Bird Chicks IPT: May 4-6, 2015. TWO FULL and TWO 1\/2 DAYS: $1099. Limit 8\/Openings 5.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Enjoy practically private instruction. Please call the office at 863-692-0906 for St. Augustine IPT Late Registration Discount info. For complete details see yesterday’s blog post here<\/a> and scroll down. <\/p>\n


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Canon’s Huge Megapixel Bodies<\/h3>\n

Many of you have read about the two new Canon 50+ megapixel bodies, the Canon EOS 5DS DSLR <\/a> and the Canon EOS 5DS R DSLR<\/a>. The two cameras look, sound, and pretty much are quite similar. I have withheld commenting until now because I did not have a good–heck, I did not have any–understanding of the single difference between the two bodies, that being the Low-Pass Filter Effect Cancellation. <\/p>\n

If you missed the hugely popular “Canon\u2019s Two New 50+ Megapixel Camera Bodies\/You Must Read This Before You Buy,” you can click here<\/a> to catch up and learn a ton to boot.<\/p>\n

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This image was created on the North Shore of Long Island with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 600mm f\/4L IS II USM lens<\/a>, the Canon Extender EF 2X III<\/a>, and the amazing Canon EOS 7D Mark II<\/a>. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1\/640 sec. at f\/11. AWB. <\/p>\n

Center AF point (by necessity)\/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

Image #1: Piping Plover male with clean background<\/h2>\n