{"id":4382,"date":"2011-03-03T16:30:01","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T20:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=4382"},"modified":"2015-10-18T09:30:48","modified_gmt":"2015-10-18T13:30:48","slug":"214-keeper-day-at-lake-kerkini-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2011\/03\/03\/214-keeper-day-at-lake-kerkini-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"214 Keeper Day at Lake Kerkini, Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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This Dalmatian Pelican image was created with the Canon 800mm f\/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 2\/3 stops: 1\/125 sec. at f\/11 in Av mode. From shore. The hair-dos on these birds are too much. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

214 Keeper Day at Lake Kerkini, Greece<\/h3>\n

After a day of icy rain and biting winds we woke today to huge soft snow flakes. But by 10am it had turned into a lovely bright soft-box of a day and we enjoyed our best photography yet. After my first round of editing I was left with 214 selects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This image of a landing Dalmatian Pelican was created with the Canon 800mm f\/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 1\/3 stops: 1\/1000 sec. at f\/5.6 in Manual mode. From shore. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Each shift we send 6 folks out on the 2 boats and 4 of us remain ashore. And each day we develop new strategies. I realized that when the boats return the birds will always follow them so we have the boatmen drive right at the photographers on shore who are set up with their long lenses….<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This baited feeding spree photo was created with the hand held Canon 15mm fisheye lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 1\/3 stops: 1\/800 sec. at f\/6.3 in Manual mode. From shore. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Peter Kes and George Brunt’s friend Jack Cohen and I teamed up on shore to work some fisheye feeding magic while Paul Davison stalked the elusive Great Cormorants…. Here I used the central AF sensor on the bottom row and taught the others to do the same. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I created this image with the Canon 70-200mm f\/2.8L IS II lens, the 1.4X III TC and the EOS-1D Mark IV (hand held at 170mm). ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 1\/3 stops: 1\/1600 sec. at f\/4 in Manual mode. From shore. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

To create this image I was down on my belly in the dirt at the edge of Lake Kerkini with the bottom of my camera supported by the coarse brown grit and the lens barrel–perhaps an inch above the surface of the lake, supported by my left hand. Great fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I created this image with the Canon 70-200mm f\/2.8L IS II lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV (hand held at 155mm). ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1\/1250 sec. at f\/4 in Manual mode. From the boat. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Here one of the orange billed pelicans is chasing a tossed fish. Totally unnatural but whimsical. <\/p>\n

Which is Your Favorite Image?<\/h3>\n

Please do leave a comment and let us know which is your favorite image and why. (If you wish to complain about folks feeding the pelicans please call 1-800-I-DON’T CARE; the local fisherman feed the pelicans regularly during the winter and populations are at record levels.)<\/p>\n

Shopper’s Guide<\/h3>\n

Below is a list of the gear that I used to create the images above. Thanks a stack to all who have used the Shopper’s Guide links to purchase their gear as a thank you for all the free information that we bring you on the Blog and in the Bulletins. Before you purchase anything be sure to check out the advice in our Shopper’s Guide<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Canon 15mm fish eye lens.<\/a> Robert O’Toole inspired me to have fun with this lens and that is just what I do!
\nCanon 70-200mm f\/2.8L IS II lens<\/a>. Man, I am loving this lens on my shoulder with the 2XIII teleconverter<\/a>. I also use it a lot–depending on the situation–with the 1.4X III TC<\/a>..
\nCanon 800mm f\/5.L IS lens.<\/a> Right now this is my all time favorite super-telephoto lens.
\nCanon EF 1.4X III TC<\/a>. This new TC is designed to work best with the new Series II super-telephoto lenses.
\nCanon EOS-1D Mark IV professional digital camera body.<\/a> The very best professional digital camera body that I have ever used.<\/p>\n

And from the BAA On-line Store:<\/p>\n

Gitzo 3530 LS Tripod<\/a> This one will last you a lifetime.
\nMongoose M3.6 Tripod Head<\/a> Right now this is the best tripod head around for use with lenses that weigh less than 9 pounds. For heavier lenses, check out the Wimberley V2 head<\/a>.
\n Double Bubble Level<\/a> You will find one in my camera’s hot shoe whenever I am not using flash.
\nDelkin 32gb e-Film Pro Compact Flash Card.<\/a> Fast and dependable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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This Dalmatian Pelican image was created with the Canon 800mm f\/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 2\/3 stops: 1\/125 sec. at f\/11 in Av mode. From shore. The hair-dos on these birds are too much. <\/p>\n

214 Keeper Day at Lake Kerkini, Greece <\/p>\n

After a day […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[71,28,27,21,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-70-200mm-f2-8-ii","category-800mm-f5-6","category-anecdotes","category-photo-locations","category-photography-tips","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}