{"id":28170,"date":"2015-07-29T06:13:32","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T10:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=28170"},"modified":"2015-07-30T09:15:17","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T13:15:17","slug":"on-the-way-home-valuable-flight-photography-gear-and-iso-lessons-and-a-100-400iid-ii-disadvantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2015\/07\/29\/on-the-way-home-valuable-flight-photography-gear-and-iso-lessons-and-a-100-400iid-ii-disadvantage\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Way Home, Valuable Flight Photography Gear and ISO Lessons, and a 100-400II\/7D II Disadvantage…"},"content":{"rendered":"

What’s Up?<\/h3>\n

I am in my hotel room in Guayaquil, Ecuador after experiencing a truly memorable voyage and group. When I got up last night to make a pit stop, the hotel room was rocking gently….<\/p>\n

We finished off the 2015 Galapagos Photo Cruise yesterday with a spectacular morning at North Seymour Island. Our session lasted from 6:00am till 9:30am; we were blessed with spectacular early morning light and then again by thickening cloud cover. Just what the doctor ordered. We spent a magical morning photographing fluffy white frigatebird chicks, adults with inflated red pouches both perched and in flight, and displaying Blue-footed Boobies. Best of all was a bright yellow Land Iguana basking in golden early morning light. <\/p>\n

We bid a fond farewell to our ship, our great guide, and our great crew. Most folks wound up tipping several crew members above and beyond the required generous tip schedule. I began working on this blog post several day ago, worked on it on the flight to Guayaquil on Tuesday, and put the finishing touches on it this morning after arising at 1:56am. My wake-up call was at 3am, my flights home begin at 5:58am. Jim will be picking up Chris Billman and me a bit after 2pm at MCO. <\/p>\n

The 2017 BIRDS AS ART\/A Creative Adventure Galapagos Photo Cruise<\/h3>\n

I would assume that after viewing the variety and quality of the images in this and in coming blog post that most passionate nature photographers would wish to join us on the next Galapagos photo adventure during the first two weeks of August, 2017. If that includes you, please shoot me an e-mail<\/a> with the words “Galapagos August 2017 Photo-Cruise” cut and pasted into the Subject Line. Details will be announced shortly after I get back. The best news is that there will be two great leaders, yours truly and Denise Ippolito. <\/p>\n

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Thanks a Stack! June was a Great Month. <\/strong><\/h2>\n

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This image was created at Darwin Bay, Genovesa (Tower Island) at 6:18am on Day 13 of the 2015 Galapagos Photo Cruise with the hand held Canon EF 400mm f\/4 DO IS II USM lens<\/a> and the Canon EOS-1D X.<\/a> ISO 1600. Evaluative metering +2 stops off the grey sky: 1\/800 sec. at f\/4 in Manual mode in cloudy dark conditions was a slight underexposure. AWB. <\/p>\n

Center AF point\/AI Servo Expand\/Shutter Button AF was active at the moment of exposure. Though the selected AF point was on the bird’s upper back the image was exceptionally sharp on the booby’s eye. Click on the image to see a larger version. <\/p>\n

Image #1: White morph Red-footed Booby landing to collect nesting material<\/strong><\/h2>\n