The Sunday morning forecast was way off the mark. Rather than clear and sunny with increasing SW winds as predicted, it turned out to be bright overcast and with a gentle wind from the east. It would have been a perfect morning for setting up my vulture feeder … Instead, I spent some more time with Old Gnarly, its mate, and their single surviving small colt. I did botch one really good chance … And with two more bathing Ospreys. <\/p>\n
The forecast for this today — Monday 20 APR 2020 — is for mostly cloudy skies with SW winds at 11mph in the morning deteriorating to rain and thunderstorms in the afternoon with winds to 24. It might be a tough afternoon for a swim. I will likely be making one trip to the lake to do some recreational hunting with my SONY gear. <\/p>\n
In yesterday’s A Rare Submission …<\/em> blog post here<\/a>, only a single person commented on the Magellanic Penguin images. And there were no questions about the business of selling bird photographs. It was almost as if the e-mail notice of publication did not send … If you have a chance to visit or re-visit, please do so. It would be greatly appreciated. <\/p>\n On Sunday, I sent the final draft of the SONY eGuide to Patrick Sparkman for his final review. If you already own the guide and would like an opportunity to review it, please send me an e-mail by clicking here.<\/A> I should be publishing it this week. Please write only if you have time to review the document in the next day or two. All 47 folks who currently have the guide will receive a link for the final-final version in about a week. <\/p>\n Follow this link<\/a> to see a great live version at the Grand Ole Opry. <\/p>\n Or for a full hour of great country music, check out the The Highwaymen On The Road Again<\/em> Concert <\/strong> here<\/a>. Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings each have a distinctive sound that blends beautifully as The Highwaymen. <\/p>\n This image was created on the morning of 9 APR 2020 at Indian Lake Estates. I used the handheld Sony FE 200-600mm f\/5.6-6.3 G OSS lens<\/a> (at 600mm) and the blazingly fast AF King, the Sony Alpha a9 II Mirrorless Digital camera body.<\/a> ISO 2500. Exposure determined by Zebras with ISO on the rear wheel: 1\/500 sec. at f\/6.3 in Manual mode; I went for sone Zebras on the adult’s white neck patches and lots of Zebras on visible sections of the sky. AWB at 7:53am on an overcast morning. <\/p>\n Center Zone AF-C was active at the moment of exposure and performed superbly. <\/p>\nToday’s Entertainment<\/h3>\n
Willie Nelson\/On The Road Again<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\n \n \n \n Image #1: Sandhill Crane colt family On the Road Again