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What’s Up?<\/h3>\n

After 15 days on the ship, the bathroom in my home was still rocking a bit in the dark last night…. I really fell off the wagon eating the great food on the trip and need to get back with the program now. Breakfast soon. <\/p>\n

I have tons to do after the long travel day yesterday. We taxied for more than an hour coming out of Panama City Panama for the flight to Orlando. Without any AC. I flew home with good friend Chris Billman; my right-hand man Jim Litzenberg picked us up at MCO at about 3:45pm and drove us to Publix and then on to Indian Lake Estates. Chris loaded his truck and headed back to his home in South Carolina. I am hoping that he had the sense to overnight at his sister’s home in Kissimmee. <\/p>\n

Today’s blog post was published from my home at Indian Lake Estates at 7:20am on Thursday, July 30, 2015. <\/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

Relevant and Important Comments from yesterday’s blog post….<\/h3>\n\n\n\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 3:05pm from the deck of the ship while it was anchored for our landing at Rabida on Day 14 of the 2015 Galapagos Photo Cruise with the hand held Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens<\/a> (at 135mm!) and the Canon EOS-1D X.<\/a> ISO 1600. Evaluative metering -2\/3 stops off the green water: 1\/1600 sec. at f\/5.6. <\/p>\n

Center AF point\/AI Servo Expand\/Rear Focus AF as originally framed was active at the moment of exposure (as is always best when hand holding). The selected AF point fell on the base of the right side of the petrel’s fanned tail. Note: this image was rotated 3 degrees clockwise and a small crop was executed. Click here<\/a> to see the latest version of the Rear Focus Tutorial. Click on the image to see a larger version. <\/p>\n

White-vented (Elliot’s) Strom Petrel dip-feeding\/dorsal view <\/strong><\/h2>\n