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We enjoyed a lousy morning of bird photography as a west\/southwest at 25+ mph sandblasted our eyes and had all the birds facing away from us and the light. Our sunny\/hazy afternoon turned into a cloudy early evening; we enjoyed a great session with lots of bathing godwits, three totally tame spoonbills, and lots more. <\/p>\n

For the first time in weeks, I was too tired to finish a blog post the evening before. With the forecast for stormy conditions and more morning west winds I decided to head to bed early and stay in on Monday morning. This blog post, the 109th in a row, took about 1 1\/2 hours to prepare. It was published just before 5am on Monday morning. <\/p>\n

The Palouse<\/h3>\n

Both Palouse IPTs are once again sold out. <\/p>\n

UK Puffins and Gannets IPT<\/h3>\n

Two great leaders. Tons of puffins and birds of the sea and lots of learning. We have one slot open but could fit in a couple at a discount rate if they forsook the full day on the gannet boat. They would receive a discount and spend an extra day with the puffins. If there are any Brits who would like to join us for a day or two of puffin photography please get in touch. Pro-rated of course. If any of the above, please let us know via e-mail<\/a>.<\/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 the 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 last afternoon of the Fort DeSoto IPT while with the hand held Canon EF 300mm f\/2.8L IS II USM lens<\/a> and the Canon EOS 7D Mark II.<\/a> ISO 640. Evaluative metering +2 stops as framed: 1\/1000 sec. at f\/what? in Manual mode. AWB. Click on the image to see a larger version. <\/a> <\/p>\n

Center AF point\/AI Servo-Surround\/Shutter Button AF (right on the birds eye) as originally framed was active at the moment of exposure. Click on the image to see a larger version. <\/a> <\/p>\n

Roseate Spoonbill landing<\/strong><\/h2>\n