{"id":57465,"date":"2018-09-08T13:30:33","date_gmt":"2018-09-08T17:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=57465"},"modified":"2018-09-08T13:30:33","modified_gmt":"2018-09-08T17:30:33","slug":"you-owe-it-to-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2018\/09\/08\/you-owe-it-to-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"You Owe It to Yourself &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Stuff<\/h3>\n<p>It monsooned again here on Friday afternoon. <\/p>\n<h3>Used Gear Page News<\/h3>\n<p>After a month or so in the summer doldrums, sales on the Used Gear page have been red hot for the past month:<\/p>\n<p>Richard Gollar sold his Canon EF 500mm f\/4 L IS (the original IS model, the &#8220;old five&#8221;) in near-mint condition for $3399.00 in early September.<br \/>\nAnthony Ardito sold his Canon EF 24-70mm f\/2.8L II USM lens in like-new condition for $999.00 in mid-August.<br \/>\nI sold my Canon 100-400 L IS II in very good plus (almost excellent) condition and in perfect working order for $1399.00 in late August.<br \/>\nAnthony Ardito sold a Canon\u00a0EOS-1DX Mark II body (with extras) in like-new condition (less than 41,000 actuations)for $3,999.00 in late August.<br \/>\nRoger Williams sold a Canon EF 70-200mm f\/2.8 IS II USM lens in like-new condition (but for a single faint scratch on the front element)for the &#8220;it&#8217;s-your-lucky-day&#8221; price of only $899.00 a week after it was listed.<br \/>\nDane Johnson sold a Canon EOS 40D kit with the body converted to Deep Infrared by Life Pixel in near-mint condition for $549.00 in August, 2918 on the first day it was listed.<br \/>\nJamie Baker sold his Nikon AF-S Teleconverter TC-20E III in near-mint condition for $299.00 in late August.<br \/>\nJohn Lowin sold a (men\u2019s extra large) Xtrahand Magnum vest by Vested Interest for $229.00 within a day or two of listing it in late August, 2018.<br \/>\nAnthony Ardito sold his Canon EF 16-35mm f\/4L IS USM lens in like-new condition for BAA record-low by far price of $449.00, his Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens in like-new condition for $1,499.00, his Canon EF 70-200mm f\/2.8L IS II USM lens in like-new condition for $1,099.00, his Canon Speedlite (flash) 600EX-RT flash in like-new condition for $399.00, his\u00a0Tamron SP 150-600mm f\/5-6.3 lens (for Canon mount) in near-mint condition for $250.00, and his Sigma 50mm f\/1.4 DG HSM Art Lens for Canon EF mount in like new condition for $399.00, all with a day or two of their being listed.<br \/>\nPierre Williot sold his Canon EOS-1DX Mark II in mint condition with less than 75,000 actuations (rated to 400,000) for $4,199.00 in late August.<br \/>\nTodd Koudelka sold his Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS USM lens (&#8220;the &#8220;old five&#8221;) in very good plus condition for the BAA record-low price of $3199.00.<br \/>\nPierre Williot sold his canon EF 600mm f\/4L IS USM lens (the original 600 IS) in very good to excellent condition for $3999.00 in mid-August.<br \/>\nTodd Koudelka sold a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV in near-mint condition (but for a few tiny, barely visible scratches) for the BAA record-low-by-far of $2249.00 (was $2449.00) in early August.<br \/>\nRon Gates requested that the listing for his Canon 70-200mm lens be removed and kindly sent me a check for 4% of the original asking price.<br \/>\nJulie Brown sold her Canon EF 300mm f\/2.8 L IS lens (the original version) in excellent condition for $2099 in early August. <\/p>\n<p>You can see all the listings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/used-photography-gear-for-sale\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<h3>New Listing<\/h3>\n<h2><strong>Nikon TC-E20 III (teleconverter)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Amy Novotny is offering a Nikon TC-E20 III (teleconverter) in excellent condition for $249. It would be rated near-mint but for a very few, very small shiny scuff marks on the finish. The sale includes the front and rear caps and insured ground shipping via UPS. <\/p>\n<p>Please contact Amy via <a href=\"mailto:amy_novotny@yahoo.com \">e-mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>As regular readers know, I have made some sharp, very nice images with the Nikon 2X. This, the newest Nikon 2X, does great with the 300 f\/2.8 or with any of the f\/4 super-telephotos. See the sweet 1200mm Hooded Merganser image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2018\/05\/05\/the-tale-of-the-scale-on-cheese-more-on-nikon-and-canon-at-1200mm-and-a-behavior-quiz\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a> Prior versions were alleged to be crap &#8230; Learn more about the TC-20E in the <em>Nikon AF-S Teleconverter TC-20Es Suck! Or do they?<\/em> blog post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2018\/03\/01\/nikon-af-s-teleconverter-tc-20es-suck-or-do-they\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/em> artie<\/p>\n<h3>You Owe It To Yourself &#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>In the <strong><em>Bempton Cliffs Part IV: It Ain&#8217;t Just Gannets! Dealing With Invisible Eyes. And a High Level Understanding Exposure Question<\/em><\/strong> offering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2018\/09\/07\/bempton-cliffs-part-iv-it-aint-just-gannets-dealing-with-invisible-eyes-and-a-high-level-understanding-exposure-question\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, I posted this with regards to the Razorbill image: <\/p>\n<h3>A High Level Understanding Exposure Question<\/h3>\n<p>Simple question: why was the middle-toned amber-colored iris rendered much too dark in the RAW file? <\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t know? Check out the diagram on the bottom of page 62 in the original (soft cover) <a href=\"http:\/\/birdsasart-shop.com\/search.php?search_query=abp\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Art of Bird Photography<\/a>. Though this book is based on film images, the information on Applied Exposure Theory (pages 58-63) is 100% relevant for digital folks. I urge all serious nature photography students to master the concepts in this section. Most folks have not &#8230;<\/p>\n<h3>So Far &#8230; <\/h3>\n<p>So far, only IPT veteran Joel Eade took a crack at it when he posted this: <\/p>\n<p><em>I suspect the iris in the original raw file was rendered too dark because in the frame as a whole there is a large amount of middle and light tones in the rocks and the camera is attempting to meter the frame toward neutral gray which will make the dark tones even darker. You tried to help out with some positive exposure compensation but it wasn\u2019t enough to bring the dark tones up. Had you added more you might have risked blowing out the light tones.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I responded: <\/p>\n<p><em>You are on the right track but you never quite got there \u2026 There is a simple answer that shows complete understanding \u2026<\/p>\n<p>with love, artie<\/p>\n<p>ps: as the histogram shows, the RAW file was perfect; the WHITEs are pushed to the edge and there is lots of room to the left \u2014 that shows that the BLACKs are nowhere near being too dark &#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Why Care?<\/h3>\n<p>I urge each of you to revisit yesterday&#8217;s blog post and take a crack at trying to figure out why the amber-colored eye was underexposed in the RAW file. Why care? Understanding the concepts at play here will make you a far better photographer. <\/p>\n<h3>Facebook<\/h3>\n<p>Be sure to like and follow BAA on Facebook by clicking on the logo link upper right. Tanks a stack.<\/p>\n<h3>Typos<\/h3>\n<p>In all blog posts and Bulletins, feel free to <a href=\"mailto:samandmayasgrandpa@att.net\">e-mail<\/a><\/center> or to leave a comment regarding any typos or errors. Just be right :).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stuff <\/p>\n<p>It monsooned again here on Friday afternoon. <\/p>\n<p> Used Gear Page News <\/p>\n<p>After a month or so in the summer doldrums, sales on the Used Gear page have been red hot for the past month:<\/p>\n<p>Richard Gollar sold his Canon EF 500mm f\/4 L IS (the original IS model, the &#8220;old five&#8221;) in near-mint [&#8230;]<\/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":[626],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-626","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57465","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=57465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57465\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}