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Stuff<\/h3>\n

I set the alarm for 3:15am so that I could meet my three private clients at Nickerson at 5am. We had a great time and the boys and girls learned a ton despite the difficult wind (15+ mph from the NW) against sun conditions. Tonight is the meet and greet for the Nickerson Beach IPT. The one thing that always amazes me is that 90% of the folks at Nickerson (and most other locations that I visit regularly) have no clue as to how to try and make a good image. And that goes for double in difficult situations. <\/p>\n

I prepared this blog post at my Mom’s in about one hour after optimizing the image on my flight to ISP on Monday past. If I did everything right, it should be published automatically at 6am on Thursday, August 13, 2015. <\/p>\n

Thanks to All!<\/h3>\n

Thanks to the many who have been participating here on the blog more frequently after my recent plea for increased interactivity. <\/p>\n

Razorbill Iris Exposure Answer<\/h3>\n

Many gave answers that would likely receive full credit on an exam but nobody gave the text book answer that I was looking for, the one that showed a complete and thorough understanding of exposure theory. Here is my answer:<\/p>\n

The (middle-dark toned) iris of a Razorbill in a properly exposed RAW file will be about 1 1\/2 stops underexposed<\/em> because the correct exposure for a middle-dark tone needs to be about 1 1\/2 stops more than the correct exposure for a bright WHITE in the same light. In other words, to be properly exposed, bright WHITEs need less light than a middle tone and middle-dark tones need more light than middle tones….<\/p>\n

Learn more in the chapter on exposure in the original classic, The Art of Bird Photography<\/a> (in softcover only) and in the “Exposure Simplified” section of The Art of Bird Photography II<\/a> (ABP II: 916 pages, 900+ images, on CD only). Best bet: Save $10 by ordering the two-book bundle here<\/a>. I can only wish that the info in these two comprehensive books had been available when I started in 1983…. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This image was created with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens<\/a>, the Canon Extender EF 1.4X III<\/a> (at 560mm) and the Canon EOS-1D X.<\/a>. ISO 400. Evaluative metering at zero: 1\/400 sec. at f\/9 in Manual mode. AWB. <\/p>\n

Center AF point\/AI Servo Expand (by necessity)\/Rear Focus AF as framed. The active AF sensor was fell on a spot to the right of and just below the bir’s eye. Click here<\/a> to see the latest version of the Rear Focus Tutorial. <\/p>\n

Image #1: Breeding plumage Pacific race Brown Pelican scratching. <\/strong><\/h2>\n