After a late start loading about 12 wheelchair passengers — there but for the grace of God go we — and about two dozen families with small children, we were late leaving Orlando. After flying into a stiff headwind we got into San Diego about 45 minutes late. That said, I love the MCO to SAN nonstop flight. <\/p>\n
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I took my new Fujifilm loaner gear — scroll down for details on the big surprise — to La Jolla and had a ball. With the 1.5 crop factor the Fujinon 100-400 lens a great optical image stabilization system becomes an eminently hand holdable 150-600mm f\/5.6 lens. Add the 1.4X TC and you have up to 840mm of reach at f\/8. When the sun returns to San Diego I will play around with the 2X TC. I kept 50 images and I gotta say they look pretty good. The proof, however, will be in the pudding. Will they be super sharp? What will I think of the color and the image quality. I am upgrading Photoshop CC this afternoon and with help from Patrick Sparkman, I should be converting a few RAW (RAF) files very soon. Using a completely new system is always a challenge, but I got better and more comfortable as the morning progressed. I will be sharing my experiences with you all here soon. Plus few images of course. <\/p>\n
Photographic conditions in San Diego are excellent.Note that the Brandt’s Cormorants are building nests and displaying more than a month earlier than they did last year. It is getting close to being too late to join the San Diego IPT so if you are interested in the late registration discount please shoot me an e-mail<\/a> e-mail asap \ud83d\ude42 Scroll down for the details. <\/p>\n