{"id":4672,"date":"2011-03-17T13:11:48","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T17:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=4672"},"modified":"2011-03-18T13:17:11","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T17:17:11","slug":"since-you-asked-comments-on-the-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2011\/03\/17\/since-you-asked-comments-on-the-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Since You Asked… & Comments on the Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Yours truly photographing a baby Green Heron at Green Cay Wetlands in Boynton Beach, FL. Image copyright and courtesy of Fabiola Forns<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Since You Asked…<\/h3>\n

In the comments on the last blog post, I Can’t Believe That I Forgot This One!<\/a>, Vikram wrote: “Hi Artie, Amazing shots. How far were you from the Green Heron when you took that shot? I am learning a lot of useful info from the Digital Basics File<\/a>. Thanks for your hard work. Kind Regards <\/p>\n

I wrote back, “Vikram, I was quite close, maybe three feet, maybe closer. The young bird, just out of the nest, was sitting on a railing. It was totally tame. I am glad that you are enjoying Digital Basics<\/a>. We have sold a ton of them over the past few days; I guess folks want to learn how to use Layer Masks!”<\/p>\n

Since a picture is worth a thousand words, I posted the image above \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n

Comments on the Comments<\/h3>\n

You all know that I have been working very hard on the Blog, and that I do think that it is “the bomb!” But I believe that many of you may be missing lots of additional information by failing to re-visit a topic that interests you and clicking on and reading the comments. Though a few folks need to work on their writing skills–it is hard to respond when you cannot understand what someone is saying or asking–there are lots of great great comments, questions, and answers. Click here<\/a> and scroll down to see what I am talking about \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

As I was typing this post, two folks correctly answered a question that I had posed in the comments: “What it the only thing (besides speed) that I lose with the 70-200 2.8L IS II with the 2X converter when compared to the 400 DO?”<\/p>\n

The answer? The main thing that I miss with the 70-200\/2X combo is the ability to go to 640 while hand holding as I can do easily with the 400 DO and a 1.4X TC. I often need to do that when taking a walk without the big lens….”<\/p>\n

(Important note: Several folks had problems with my math above. Obviously so did I \ud83d\ude42 The 640mm is wrong no matter how you slice it… 400 DO X 1.4X = effective 560mm. 560mm X 1.3X (crop factor) = 728 equivalent focal length. Me bad :))<\/p>\n

Below is an image that I made on the Galapagos with the 400 DO and the 1.4X II TC hand held. While taking a walk without the 800…. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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San Cristobal (or Chatham) Mockingbird, San Cristobal Island, Galapagos. The bird would have been a lot smaller in the frame if I had only had the 70-200 with the 2X….<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Safe in Homer<\/h3>\n

After a 21 hour travel day yesterday I arrived at the Land’s End Resort on the Homer Spit at 8pm Alaska time. It is snowing this morning. Today is an add-on day; ten eager photographers will be heading out at about 10:30 to photograph Bald Eagles \ud83d\ude42 The second IPT begins tonight. Robert ran the first one on his own. <\/p>\n

Shopper’s Guide<\/h2>\n

Below is a list of the gear (or the current replacement) that I used to create the mockingbird image 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 400mm f\/4 IS DO lens<\/a>. A great everyday lens for folks who need something long and light. Pricey.
\nCanon EOS-1D Mark IV professional digital camera body.<\/a> The very best professional digital camera body that I have ever used.
\nCanon EF 1.4X III TC<\/a>. This new TC is designed to work best with the new Series II super-telephoto lenses.<\/p>\n

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

Delkin 32gb e-Film Pro Compact Flash Card.<\/a> These high capacity cards are fast and dependable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Yours truly photographing a baby Green Heron at Green Cay Wetlands in Boynton Beach, FL. Image copyright and courtesy of Fabiola Forns. <\/p>\n

Since You Asked… <\/p>\n

In the comments on the last blog post, I Can’t Believe That I Forgot This One!, Vikram wrote: “Hi Artie, Amazing shots. How far were you from […]<\/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":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-90","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4672","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=4672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}