{"id":5593,"date":"2011-05-22T17:52:22","date_gmt":"2011-05-22T21:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=5593"},"modified":"2011-05-23T18:30:42","modified_gmt":"2011-05-23T22:30:42","slug":"you-be-the-photo-contest-judgepart-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2011\/05\/22\/you-be-the-photo-contest-judgepart-i\/","title":{"rendered":"You Be the Photo Contest Judge\/Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hand Update<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The left hand is feeling a bit better each day. The tendon of the middle finger has been enjoying a nice weekend rest. I have been flexing and extending it gently and typing with ten fingers despite a loose bandage on the middle finger (and the palm of course). I am sure that Dr. Puopolo will give the middle finer a good painful flex tomorrow afternoon :). I will find out ten how much he wants me to do before the stitches come out. I actually went to Westhampton Beach this morning–I must be getting somewhat better–and photographed shorebirds for a while with the 800 with help from Long Island friend Michael Lotito. It was so cold and windy that–with my resistance down–I quit early and was headed home before 8 am.<\/p>\n

You Be the Photo Contest Judge\/Part I: Nature<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Below are six images. You are invited to pick the three best images and rank them first, second, and third. The first person who matches my contest picks perfectly 1-2-3 will receive a $10 discount on any item in the BAA On-Line Store. I will post the images that I deemed best in the Connecticut Seminar Contest in a few days. Have fun and good luck \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

(For older gear, the Shopper’s Guide links will take you to the current replacement.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bullfrog, Mystic Aquarium, CT. Tamron 18-270mm lens (for Canon)<\/a> hand held with the Canon EOS-40D<\/a>. Image Copyright Drea Koval. Note: Tamron 18-270mm lens (for Nikon)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Without having the latest greatest gear Drea has made a very nice image here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Swallowtail Sex. Nikon 4300 Point and Shoot<\/a> hand held. Image copyright Dianne Roberts. (Dianne has now up-graded to the Nikon D-80<\/a>, the Nikkor 18-200mm zoom lens<\/a>, and the Nikkor 105 macro lens<\/a>.) <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Rather than worry about having only a point and shoot camera, Dianne concentrated on making a good image with the gear she had in her hands…..<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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White-faced Capuchin, Punta Uva, Costa Rica. Canon 800mm f\/5.L IS lens<\/a>, the EF 1.4X III TC<\/a>, and the EOS-1D Mark IV<\/a>. Gitzo 3541LS tripod<\/a> with the Jobu BWGG-Pro tripod head<\/a>. Image copyright David Peller. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Note: I cannot, in good conscious, recommend the purchase of the tripod head above; every Jobu head that I have tried featured creep and an inferior design. The seemingly similar Wimberley V-2<\/a> Head has it beat six ways to Sunday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Fire and Ice. Canon 300mm f\/4L IS lens<\/a> with the Canon 12 mm Extension tube<\/a> and theEOS-1D Mark IV<\/a>. Gitzo 4531S with the Wimberley Head V-2 head. Image copyright Carole Wiley. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Note: the Wimberley head is massive overkill for the 300f\/4. The Mongoose M3.6 Tripod Head<\/a> is–at present–the ideal tripod head for all intermediate telephoto lenses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Fall River Scene, Baxter Stater Park, ME. Tamron 18-270mm lens (for Canon)<\/a> with the Canon EOS-7D<\/a>. Manfrotto tripod & ballhead.<\/a> Image Copyright Drea Koval. Note: Tamron 18-270mm lens (for Nikon)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Note: I cannot, in good conscious, recommend the purchase of any Manfrotto tripod\/ballhead combo for serious nature photography. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Lizard on Rock, Punta Uva, Costa Rica. Canon 800mm f\/5.L IS lens<\/a> and the EOS-1D Mark IV<\/a>. Canon 580EX II Flash<\/a> with Better Beamer. Gitzo 3541LS tripod<\/a> with the Jobu BWGG-Pro tripod head<\/a>. Image copyright David Peller. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Note: I cannot, in good conscious, recommend the purchase of the tripod head above; every Jobu head that I have tried featured creep and an inferior design. The seemingly similar Wimberley V-2<\/a> Head has it beat six ways to Sunday.<\/p>\n

Please list the names of your 3 picks as follows:
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\nThe first person who matches my contest picks perfectly 1-2-3 will receive a $10 discount on any item in the BAA On-Line Store. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hand Update <\/p>\n

The left hand is feeling a bit better each day. The tendon of the middle finger has been enjoying a nice weekend rest. I have been flexing and extending it gently and typing with ten fingers despite a loose bandage on the middle finger (and the palm of course). I am sure that […]<\/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":[90,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-90","category-photography-tips","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5593","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=5593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5593\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}