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Stuff<\/h3>\n

I woke early on Tuesday, answered some e-mails, and started packing. Then a short swim (48 lengths, a bit more than a half mile), lunch, and off to the airport to catch the 3:15 Southwest nonstop flight to Islip. I head into the city tomorrow to see a new musical, A Bronx Tale<\/em>. Then back to Long Island to visit my younger sister Arna whose health has been failing for too long. No swimming for me till I get back to ILE and 25 NOV. <\/p>\n

Do consider joining me on the Early Winter DeSoto IPT. Details below. <\/p>\n

The Streak<\/h3>\n

Today makes one hundred ten days in a row with a new educational blog post! This one took about an hour 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

Everybody’s Doing It…<\/h3>\n

Everybody’s buying and selling used gear on the BAA Used Gear Page. Sales of lenses especially have been picking up recently. 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 yellow-orange menu bar at the top of each blog post. <\/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 at Fort DeSoto Park on the early morning of Saturday, November 11, 2017 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>, the Canon Extender EF 1.4X III<\/a> and my favorite sunrise silhouette photography camera body, the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV.<\/a> ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1 2\/3 stops: 1\/200 second at f\/7.1 (should have been f\/6..3). K8000 just as the sun barely rose over a cloud … <\/p>\n

Two AF points up from the center AF point\/AI Servo\/Expand\/Shutter button AF was active at the moment of exposure. The selected AF point was placed on the center of the base of the the bird’s bill (as originally framed). This is a small crop from the top and the left to tighten things up. <\/p>\n

LensAlign\/FocusTune Micro-adjustment: -1. <\/p>\n

Great Blue Heron sunrise silhouette<\/strong><\/h2>\n