This is the blog post that I had planned for yesterday (until the two crane colts disappeared). I have given up looking for them. I’m thinking bobcat …<\/p>\n
I did not do anything on my Saturday morning visit to the lake. Sunset was dark and grey, so I did not even think about going down. I did my bursts and my swim in the afternoon. In total, I spent about eight hours working on the Canon R5 Camera User’s e-Guide yesterday. Huge thanks to J Marr Miller for his thoughtful review (and follow-ups), and to Bruce Dudek. After exchanging several long e-mails yesterday we were able to spend 30 minutes on phone ironing out several sticky points that have to do with the Q-Button and the various Screen info. settings<\/em> options. To say that we each learned a lot would be an understatement. <\/p>\n I will be working very hard on the R5 guide again on Sunday. My Sony Alpha a1 is supposed to be here on Monday or Tuesday so I have to get started on another guide. Yikes! <\/p>\n Speaking of Sunday, today is Sunday 7 March 2021. The forecast is for partly cloudy turning sunny early with a brisk wind from the north. I will surely head down to the lake for a look-see. <\/p>\n Wherever you are and whatever you are doing, I hope that you have a great day.<\/p>\n This blog post took a bit more than an hour to prepare and makes seventy-six days in a row with a new one. Please remember to use the links!<\/p>\n This image was created on 3 March 2021 at my down-by-the-lake sunset spot. As usual when working there, I used the Induro<\/a> GIT 304L\/Levered-clamp FlexShooter Pro<\/a>-mounted Sony FE 600mm f\/4 GM OSS lens<\/a>, the Sony FE 2.0x Teleconverter<\/a>, and the blazingly fast AF King, the Sony Alpha a9 II Mirrorless Digital camera body)<\/a>. ISO 2500. The settings were determined by past experience.Multi-metering +2.3 stops in Shutter Priority (S) mode: 1\/2500 sec. at f\/8. As expected, RawDigger showed this to be a huge over-exposure with more than 7,500,000 over-exposed pixels. AWB at 6:22pm with some haze on the western horizon. . <\/p>\n Wide\/AF-C was active at the moment of exposure and performed just fine. Click on the image to enjoy a larger version. <\/p>\n\n
\n \n \n \n Image #1A: The original image capture as seen in Photo Mechanic