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Stuff<\/h3>\n

Many of you might remember Roseanne Roseannadanna, one of several recurring characters created by the late Gilda Radner, who appeared on Weekend Update in the early seasons of Saturday Night Live. My favorite line of hers was and is, “It’s always something.” Well, my shoulder has been doing great and my left knee has been getting along just fine. About ten days ago I began having some lower back\/hip pain with some pain shooting down my legs on either side. Having had major spinal surgery in 1990, I am hoping not to go that route again and am trying lots of alternative positions and exercises. And mainly avoiding sitting for long periods of time. I am feeling much better today. <\/p>\n

I fly home early on Sunday morning. <\/p>\n

Young folks might want to enjoy a bit of Gilda Radner’s comic brilliance by clicking here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The Streak<\/h3>\n

Today makes sixty-nine days in a row with a new educational blog post! This one took about an hour to prepare (including the time spent on the image optimization). With all of my upcoming free time (or not …), the plan right now is to break the current record streak of (I think) four hundred eighty something … Good health and good internet connections willing. <\/p>\n

Booking.Com<\/h3>\n

Booking.Com came through for me once again with both my DeSoto IPT and next July’s UK Puffins, Gannets, and Bempton Pre-trip room reservations. And all the rates were great. If you’d like to give Booking.Com a shot, click here<\/a> and you will earn a $25 reward. Thanks to the many who have already tried and used this great service. <\/p>\n


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Gear Questions and Advice<\/h3>\n

Too many folks attending BAA IPTs and dozens of folks whom I see in the field, and on BPN<\/a>, are–out of ignorance–using the wrong gear especially when it comes to tripods and more especially, tripod heads… Please know that I am always glad to answer your gear questions via e-mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Everybody’s Doing It…<\/h3>\n

Everybody’s buying and selling used gear on the BAA Used Gear Page. Sales recently have been through the roof. Selling your used (or like-new) photo gear through the BAA Blog or via a BAA Online Bulletin is a great idea. We charge only a 5% commission. One of the more popular used gear for sale sites charged a minimum of 20%. Plus assorted fees! Yikes. They recently folded. And eBay fees are now in the 13% range. The minimum item price here is $500 (or less for a $25 fee). If you are interested please e-mail<\/a><\/center> with the words Items for Sale Info Request cut and pasted into the Subject line :). Stuff that is priced fairly–I offer free pricing advice, usually sells in no time flat. In the past few months, we have sold just about everything in sight. Do know that prices on some items like the EOS-1D Mark IV, the old Canon 500mm, the EOS-7D, and the original 400mm IS DO lens have been dropping steadily. Even the prices on the new 600 II and the 200-400 with Internal Extender have been plummeting. You can see all current listings by clicking here<\/a> or by clicking on the Used Photo Gear tab on the right side of the yellow-orange menu bar at the top of each blog post. <\/p>\n

Latest Used Gear Kudos<\/h3>\n

via e-mail from Robert Blanke<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Hey Artie. Thank you again–the 5D s sale makes four cameras sold at fair prices and commissions, with the first three going in one day! Cheers <\/em> Robert <\/p>\n

New Listings<\/h3>\n

Canon EOS 5D Mark III <\/strong><\/h2>\n

IPT veteran Carolyn Peterson is offering a Canon EOS 5D Mark III camera body in excellent condition for $1399. The sale includes a brand new Vello BG-C9 Battery Grip (an $80 value), the front body cap, one battery (with protective cover), the battery charger, the shoulder strap, the original product box and everything that came in it, and insured ground shipping via major courier to US addresses only. <\/p>\n

Your item will not ship until your check clears unless other arrangements are made. <\/p>\n

Please contact Carolyn via e-mail<\/a><\/center> or phone at 1-503-730-9262 (Pacific time\/evenings best). <\/p>\n

I owned and used this superb, full frame, 22mp digital body for several years. It was always my first choice for scenic, Urbex, and flower photography until I fell in love for a while with the 5DS R (for a lot more money!). In addition, I loved my 5D III body for birds with my big lenses and both TCs. I used mine to create many saleable images.<\/em> artie <\/p>\n

Canon GPS receiver GP-E2 <\/strong><\/h2>\n

Carolyn Peterson is offering a Canon GPS receiver GP-E2 for EOS camera bodies in Near-mint condition for $149. The sale includes the original product box and everything that came in it, and insured ground shipping via major courier to US addresses only. <\/p>\n

Your item will not ship until your check clears unless other arrangements are made. <\/p>\n

Please contact Carolyn via e-mail<\/a><\/center> or phone at 1-503-730-9262 (Pacific time\/evenings best). <\/p>\n

This item sells new at B&H for $239.95 so if you are interested it makes sense to grab this one and save more than a few bucks<\/em>. artie <\/p>\n

Canon EF 17-40 f\/4L USM Lens<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Carolyn Peterson is offering a Canon EF 17-40 f\/4L USM lens in near-mint condition for ($499). The sale includes the original product box and everything that came in it including the soft lens pouch, the lens hood, the front and rear caps, and insured ground shipping via major courier to US addresses only. <\/p>\n

Your item will not ship until your check clears unless other arrangements are made. <\/p>\n

Please contact Carolyn via e-mail<\/a><\/center> or phone at 1-503-730-9262 (Pacific time\/evenings best).<\/p>\n

The 17-40 is a high quality “L” series wide angle zoom that fits both full frame and APS-C sized DSLRs (and offers 27-64mm coverage with the latter bodies). It focuses down to 11 inches so it is great for both wide angle scenics and tight mini\/macro scenics. It conveniently accepts 77mm filters.<\/em> artie<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The DPP 4 Screen Capture<\/h3>\n

Again, as with Blue-Footed Booby Diving Image #1 in the blog post here<\/a>, note how far the exposure has been pushed to the right (that despite the fact that I already moved the Brightness slider to -1\/3 stop!) After that adjustment, the RGB values for the brightest WHITEs on the upper rear flank were still at 243, 244, 245 (high for me) and all three histogram channels were pushed almost to the highlight axis. Note also that though once again I failed to get the center AF point on the bird’s face, neck, or upper breasts, the image was pretty darned sharp on the eye. <\/p>\n

Lastly note that even though this booby was flying towards me<\/em><\/strong> (rather than angling away as is typical), that the face was still too dark in the adjusted RAW file (and as it was in the converted TIF as well). If you can remember why that was please leave a comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This image was created on the 2017 Galapagos Photo-Cruise of a Lifetime IPT with the hand held Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens<\/a> (at 400mm) and my favorite diving booby photography camera body, the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV.<\/a> ISO 800. Evaluative metering +2 1\/3 stops: 1\/1000 sec. at f\/5.6 in Manual mode. AWB. <\/p>\n

Center AF point\/AI Servo\/Expand\/Shutter Button AF was active at the moment of exposure. The selected AF point was on the on center of the upper wing about 1\/3 of the way out. See the illuminated-in-red AF point in the DPP 4 screen capture below. Click on the image to enjoy a larger version. <\/p>\n

LensAlign\/FocusTune micro-adjustment: -5.<\/p>\n

Image #2: Blue-footed Booby diving<\/strong><\/h2>\n