{"id":26890,"date":"2015-05-15T05:32:07","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T09:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=26890"},"modified":"2015-05-15T05:32:07","modified_gmt":"2015-05-15T09:32:07","slug":"happiness-is-bathing-beauty-tips-which-came-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2015\/05\/15\/happiness-is-bathing-beauty-tips-which-came-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Happiness Is.  Bathing Beauty Tips &#038; Which Came First?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Stuff<\/h3>\n<p>With the shoulder healing there will be no swimming for a while but I did enjoy my ice bath.  Yesterday I got five optimized hi-res files on the way to the folks at The Nat, the San Diego Natural History Museum to be used for advanced publicity for my solo exhibit.  It will feature 60 of my very favorite images from the past 33 years, will be opening next January, and hang for three months.  I got lots more done on Thursday including working on a few writing projects.  <\/p>\n<p>This blog post, the 127th in a row took about 1 1\/2 hours to prepare. It was published at about 5:30am on Friday morning.  Enjoy and learn. <\/p>\n<h3>New Used Photo Gear Listing<\/h3>\n<p>You can see the complete Used Photography Gear For Sale listings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/used-photography-gear-for-sale\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS USM<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><font color=red><strong>Lowest-ever price on this item; this one should sell instantly!<\/strong><\/font> <\/p>\n<p>Owen Peller is offering a used Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS USM lens excellent plus condition for $799.00.  The sale includes the  front and rear lenses caps, the tripod collar, the original box, the original case with strap, and insured shipping to US addresses.  You can call Owen at at 954-882-1480  (eastern time) or shoot him an <a href=\"mailto:\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00adowenpeller@aol.com\">e-mail<\/a>.  Your item will not ship until your check clears unless other arrangements are made. <\/p>\n<p>I owned and used this great lens for well more than a decade and created hundreds of published images with it.  Denise Ippolito  owned and loved hers for years. <\/p>\n<p><center><A href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/buy\/0\/Ntt\/Canon+EOS+5DS+DSLR+Camera\/N\/0+176+35?BI=6633&#038;KW=&#038;KBID=7226&#038;img=bh_eos5ds-r-728x90.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/images\/affiliateimages\/bh_eos5ds-r-728x90.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/affiliates.bhphotovideo.com\/showban.asp?id=7226&#038;img=bh_eos5ds-r-728x90.jpg\" border=0><\/center><\/p>\n<h3>Canon&#8217;s Huge Megapixel Bodies<\/h3>\n<p>Many of you have read about the two new Canon 50+ megapixel bodies, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/1119026-REG\/canon_0581c002_eos_5ds_dslr_camera.html\/BI\/6633\/KBID\/7226\/kw\/CAE5DS\/DFF\/d10-v2-t1-xCAE5DS\" target=\"_blank\">Canon EOS 5DS DSLR <\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/1119027-REG\/canon_0582c002_eos_5ds_r_dslr.html\/BI\/6633\/KBID\/7226\/kw\/CAE5DSR\/DFF\/d10-v2-t1-xCAE5DSR\" target=\"_blank\">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&#8211;heck, I did not have any&#8211;understanding of the single difference between the two bodies, that being the Low-Pass Filter Effect Cancellation. <\/p>\n<p>If you missed the hugely popular &#8220;Canon\u2019s Two New 50+ Megapixel Camera Bodies\/You Must Read This Before You Buy,&#8221; you can click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2015\/02\/21\/canons-two-new-50-megapixel-camera-bodies-you-must-read-this-before-you-buy\/\">here<\/a> to catch up and learn a ton to boot.<\/p>\n<h3>Please Remember to use our Affiliate Links \ud83d\ude42<\/h3>\n<p>To show your appreciation for my continuing efforts here, we ask, as always, that you use our the B&#038;H and Amazon affiliate links on the right side of the blog for all of your purchases. B&#038;H is recommended for you major photography gear purchases, Amazon for your household, entertainment, and general purpose stuff.  Please check the availability of all photographic accessories in the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.birdsasart.com\/shop\/default.aspx\">BIRDS AS ART Online Store<\/a>, especially the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.birdsasart.com\/shop\/item.aspx?itemid=274\">Mongoose M3.6 tripod heads<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/store.birdsasart.com\/shop\/category.aspx?catid=2\">Gitzo tripods<\/a>, Wimberley <a href=\"https:\/\/store.birdsasart.com\/shop\/item.aspx?itemid=35\">heads<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/store.birdsasart.com\/shop\/category.aspx?catid=8\">plates<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/store.birdsasart.com\/shop\/category.aspx?catid=17\">LensCoats and accessories<\/a>, and the like. We sell only what I have used, have tested, and can depend on.  We will not sell you junk.  We know what you need to make creating great images easy and fun.  And we are always glad to answer your gear questions via <a href=\"mailto:samandmayasgrandpa@att.net\">e-mail<\/a>.  I just learned that my account was suspended during my absence; it should be up and running by Monday at the latest.  <\/p>\n<p>I would of course appreciate your using our B&#038;H affiliate links for all of your major gear, video, and electronic purchases.  <font color=red><strong>For the photographic stuff mentioned in the paragraph above we, meaning BAA, would of course greatly appreciate your business. <\/strong><\/font>  Here is a huge thank you to the many who have been using our links on a regular basis and visiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.birdsasart.com\/shop\/default.aspx\">BAA Online<\/a> store as well. <\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-content\/gallery\/general\/black-bellied-plover-breeding-plumae-flapping-after-bath-no-head-_y8a7497-fort-desoto-park-fl.jpg\" class='shutterset'><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-content\/gallery\/general\/black-bellied-plover-breeding-plumae-flapping-after-bath-no-head-_y8a7497-fort-desoto-park-fl.jpg\" alt=\"black-bellied-plover-breeding-plumae-flapping-after-bath-no-head-_y8a7497-fort-desoto-park-fl\" title=\"black-bellied-plover-breeding-plumae-flapping-after-bath-no-head-_y8a7497-fort-desoto-park-fl\" width=800 \/><\/a>  <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>This image was created with the tripod-mounted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/754508-REG\/Canon_5125B002_EF_600mm_f_4L_IS.html\/BI\/6633\/KBID\/7226\/kw\/CA6004LIFEF2\/DFF\/d10-v2-t1-xCA6004LIFEF2\" target=\"_blank\">Canon EF 600mm f\/4L IS II USM lens<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/732113-USA\/Canon_4409B002_Extender_EF_1_4X_III.html\/BI\/6633\/KBID\/7226\/kw\/CA14XEF3\/DFF\/d10-v2-t1-xCA14XEF3\" target=\"_blank\">Canon Extender EF 1.4X III<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/1081808-REG\/canon_9128b002_eos_7d_mark_ii.html\/BI\/6633\/KBID\/7226\/kw\/CAE7D2\/DFF\/d10-v2-t1-xCAE7D2\" target=\"_blank\">Canon EOS 7D Mark II<\/a>.  ISO 400.  Evaluative metering +1\/3 stop: 1\/1600 sec. at f\/6.3 in Manual mode. <\/p>\n<p>One AF point below the center AF point\/AI Servo Surround\/Rear Focus AF as originally framed was active at the moment of exposure.  The selected AF point was on the lower center of the bird&#8217;s near wing. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2013\/10\/31\/if-this-doesnt-get-the-point-across-nothing-will\/\">here<\/a> to see the latest version of the Rear Focus Tutorial.  Click on the image to see a larger version.  <\/p>\n<h2><strong>Image #1: Black-bellied Plover in breeding plumage &#8220;Look Ma, No Head&#8221;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"728\" scrolling=\"no\" height=\"90\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/mer54715.datafeedfile.com\/widget\/aff_widget_prdt_generate-2.0.php?aff_num=7226&#038;aff_net=1&#038;size=728x90&#038;mode=m&#038;bucket_num=6217&#038;link_target=y&#038;sid=\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iFrame.<\/p>\n<p><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Happiness Is<\/h3>\n<p>For me, happiness is the next breath.  But when I am sitting behind my lowered tripod in a foot of water&#8211;lots more on that soon and how I fried a 1D X&#8211;on a calm morning with several shorebirds right down sun angle set against a pleasing distant, background, I am in what for me is bird photographer&#8217;s heaven.  And it is exactly why I had the alarm set for 3:00am on Wednesday morning.  <\/p>\n<h3>Bathing Bird Realizations<\/h3>\n<p>I am realizing more and more that when attempting to capture the after-bath flapping action that being a bit too far away is a lot better than being a bit too close.  Too close and you almost always wind up clipping wings. In today&#8217;s two images we see the great advantage of being well back from the subject: you can get the whole bird in the frame on the front flap and on the overhead flap.  And though I did not get it on this sequence, the same holds true for the wings-swept-all-the-way-back flap. <\/p>\n<h3>Exposure Fine Point Question<\/h3>\n<p>For the most part I was photographing Marbled Godwits and Short-billed Dowitchers in the sweet early morning light.  With those two species I went with Evaluative metering +2\/3 stop; that worked out to be 1\/1250 sec. at 6.3.   Why did I go 1\/3 stop <strong><em>darker <\/em><\/strong> with the breeding plumage black-bellieds? <\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-content\/gallery\/general\/black-bellied-plover-flapping-after-bath-breeding-plumage-_y8a7499-fort-desoto-park-fl.jpg\" class='shutterset'><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-content\/gallery\/general\/black-bellied-plover-flapping-after-bath-breeding-plumage-_y8a7499-fort-desoto-park-fl.jpg\" alt=\"black-bellied-plover-flapping-after-bath-breeding-plumage-_y8a7499-fort-desoto-park-fl\" title=\"black-bellied-plover-flapping-after-bath-breeding-plumage-_y8a7499-fort-desoto-park-fl\" width=800 \/><\/a>  <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>This image was created with the tripod-mounted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/754508-REG\/Canon_5125B002_EF_600mm_f_4L_IS.html\/BI\/6633\/KBID\/7226\/kw\/CA6004LIFEF2\/DFF\/d10-v2-t1-xCA6004LIFEF2\" target=\"_blank\">Canon EF 600mm f\/4L IS II USM lens<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/732113-USA\/Canon_4409B002_Extender_EF_1_4X_III.html\/BI\/6633\/KBID\/7226\/kw\/CA14XEF3\/DFF\/d10-v2-t1-xCA14XEF3\" target=\"_blank\">Canon Extender EF 1.4X III<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/1081808-REG\/canon_9128b002_eos_7d_mark_ii.html\/BI\/6633\/KBID\/7226\/kw\/CAE7D2\/DFF\/d10-v2-t1-xCAE7D2\" target=\"_blank\">Canon EOS 7D Mark II<\/a>.  ISO 400.  Evaluative metering +1\/3 stop: 1\/1600 sec. at f\/6.3 in Manual mode. <\/p>\n<p>One AF point below the center AF point\/AI Servo Surround\/Rear Focus AF as originally framed was active at the moment of exposure.  The selected AF point was just below the bird&#8217;s rear belly; the three assist point directly above the selected point surely helped maintain accurate focus. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2013\/10\/31\/if-this-doesnt-get-the-point-across-nothing-will\/\">here<\/a> to see the latest version of the Rear Focus Tutorial.  Click on the image to see a larger version.  <\/p>\n<h2><strong>Image #2: Black-bellied Plover in breeding plumage &#8220;Ballet<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"728\" scrolling=\"no\" height=\"90\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/mer54715.datafeedfile.com\/widget\/aff_widget_prdt_generate-2.0.php?aff_num=7226&#038;aff_net=1&#038;size=728x90&#038;mode=m&#038;bucket_num=6217&#038;link_target=y&#038;sid=\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iFrame.<\/p>\n<p><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Image Questions&#8230;<\/h3>\n<h2><strong>Which Came First?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Which image was created first in this two-frame sequence?  How do you know?  Please be specific.  <\/p>\n<h2><strong>Did I Move the Lens?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Did I move the lens when creating this two-frame sequence?  How do you know?  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Now, they can help us out by using our Amazon Canada affiliate link by starting their searches by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/amazon.ca\/?_encoding=UTF8&#038;camp=15121&#038;creative=330641&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;tag=amb07-20\">here<\/a>.   Many thanks to those who have written.  <\/p>\n<h3>Typos<\/h3>\n<p>In all blog posts and Bulletins, feel free to <a href=\"mailto:samandmayasgrandpa@att.net\">e-mail<\/a><\/center> or to leave a comment regarding any typos or errors.  Just be right :). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stuff <\/p>\n<p>With the shoulder healing there will be no swimming for a while but I did enjoy my ice bath. Yesterday I got five optimized hi-res files on the way to the folks at The Nat, the San Diego Natural History Museum to be used for advanced publicity for my solo exhibit. 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