{"id":51154,"date":"2017-10-26T06:03:56","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T10:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=51154"},"modified":"2017-10-26T07:49:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T11:49:35","slug":"major-or-minor-screw-up-by-yours-truly-what-do-you-do-with-your-images-and-why-i-love-white-skies-and-soft-light-for-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2017\/10\/26\/major-or-minor-screw-up-by-yours-truly-what-do-you-do-with-your-images-and-why-i-love-white-skies-and-soft-light-for-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Major or Minor Screw-Up by Yours Truly? What do you do with your images ??? And why I love white skies and soft light for flight."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wednesday was one of those Roseanne Roseannadanna “It’s always something” days. It began when I could not turn off the pool’s underwater lights. I had turned them on for my very late swim on Tuesday. Then several electrical outlets in my office (in the new rooms in the back of the house) went dead. We tried all the circuit breakers in the garage with no luck. Then, just as I was about to dial Fletcher Electric Jim somehow remembered that the electrical panel for the addition were under a large canvas print of a Sandhill Crane with two chicks on the nest. It was the breaker. <\/p>\n

Then when I went to work on this partially prepared blog I learned that the server that hosts both my blog and BPM was down. I tried getting in touch with Peter Kes for hours but he had gone to bed early (in Switzerland). <\/p>\n

Things are looking better for Thursday as when I awoke both the BAA blog and BPN were back up and running. <\/p>\n

I did get a fair amount of work done on the 5D Mark IV User’s Guide and will do more on it today. Still, the woods are lovely, dark and deep.
\nbut I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep. Robert Frost. BTW, it is a chilly 53 degrees here at Indian Lake Estates, FL this morning. <\/p>\n

The Streak<\/h3>\n

Today makes ninety-one days in a row with a new educational blog post! This one took about 90 minutes to prepare over two days. With all of my upcoming free time (or not …), the plan right now is to break the current record streak of 480 … Good health and good internet connections willing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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2017 in San Diego was a very good year ….<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

2018 San Diego 3 1\/2-DAY BIRDS AS ART IPT #2: Sunday, JAN 28 thru and including a morning session on Wednesday, JAN 31, 2018: 3 1\/2 days: $1699. Limit: 8: Openings: 6<\/h3>\n

Meet and Greet at 6:30pm on the evening before the IPT begins; Saturday, Jan 27, 2018.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

San Diego IPT #2: Shorter and Less Expensive!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

I am offering a free morning session on SAT 27 JAN for all who register.<\/strong><\/font><\/center><\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> for details. <\/p>\n

Booking.Com<\/h3>\n

Booking.Com came through for me twice again recently with both the DeSoto Fall 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\n\n\n
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This image was created on Sunday morning, October 22 with the Induro GIT304L Grand Series 3 Stealth Carbon Fiber Tripod<\/a>\/Mongoose M3.6<\/a>-mounted Canon EF 600mm f\/4L IS II USM lens<\/a> and my favorite bird photography camera, the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV.<\/a> ISO 800. Evaluative metering +2 1\/3 stops of the light grey sky: 1\/1600 sec. at f\/4 in Manual mode. AWB. <\/p>\n

The center AF point\/AI Servo\/Manual selection\/Shutter Button AF as originally framed (see below) was active at the moment of exposure. The selected AF point was placed squarely on the leading edge of the base of the bird’s right wing and thus was slightly beyond the plane of the bird’s eye. None-the-less, the image is acceptably sharp. The selected AF point should have been squarely placed on the bird’s face or upper breast (at worst). Chalk it up to the ravages of age \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n

FocusTune\/LensAlign Micro Adjustment: +2. <\/p>\n

Brown Pelican, immature braking to land<\/strong><\/h2>\n