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If you did not chime in on Thursday’s blog post, please do so now by clicking here; the blog is designed to be interactive. As always, the more folks who participate, the more everyone will learn. And yes, that includes me \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n

I swam early on Friday — 3\/4 of a mile. New friend Noel Heustis came by to pick me up; we are headed to Desoto as I type. Before we left, we watched the three UFC championship fights from last Saturday night on Tivo! Best of all, the three folks I was rooting for all won again!<\/p>\n

This just in: we enjoyed a fine afternoon of shorebird photography in very dark conditions. Having seen the weather forecast, I brought my flash along and used it with success. Photos soon <\/p>\n

The Streak<\/h3>\n

Today makes one hundred six days in a row with a new educational blog post! This one took about 90 minutes to prepare. 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

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 the early morning of Wednesday, November 8, 2017 down by the lake near my home in Indian Lake Estates, FL. I used the hand held Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens<\/a>, the Canon Extender EF 1.4X III<\/a> (at 247mm) and my favorite bird photography camera body, the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV.<\/a> ISO 400. Evaluative metering -1\/3 stop: 1\/1000 sec. at f\/9 in Av mode. AWB in bright early morning sunlight with clear skies. <\/p>\n

Left Large Zone\/AI Servo\/shutter button AF was active at the moment of exposure. The system selected a square array of nine Af points on the bird’s cheek (as shown in the DPP 4 screen capture below).<\/p>\n

LensAlign\/FocusTune Micro-adjustment: extrapolated to zero. <\/p>\n

Sandhill crane, head portrait with multicolored background<\/strong><\/h2>\n