Sony Alpha a9 II Mirrorless Digital Camera (Body Only)<\/a><\/p>\n Sony FE 600mm f\/4 GM OSS lens<\/a><\/p>\n Sony FE 200-600mm f\/5.6-6.3 G OSS lens<\/a><\/p>\n Sony FE 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens<\/a><\/p>\n FE 70-200mm f\/2.8 GM OSS lens<\/a><\/p>\n Sony FE 24-105mm f\/4 lens<\/a><\/p>\n Sony FE 1.4x Teleconverter<\/a><\/p>\n Sony FE 2.0x Teleconverter<\/a><\/p>\n On her upcoming August trip, the Sony Alpha 1 Mirrorless Digital camera body<\/a> will be replacing her a9 ii. She will also have the Sony FE 12-24mm f\/2.8 GM lens<\/a> along. <\/p>\n Please join me in wishing her another great trip to the Dark Continent. <\/p>\n Thursday dawned mostly clear and sunny in great contrast with the forecast. I tried some flowers early on and wound up deleting all of those. Then I drove down to the lake to check on the three crane families. All five colts were fine and dandy. I made and kept a few images of the smallest set of colts and made and kept a few of the oldest, largest colt now getting some pink feathers for its cap. <\/p>\n I was home early and finished and sent e-mail #18 to the Sony Alpha a1 Info and Updates group: AF with Two Birds and Odds and Ends. <\/em> Today I need to follow up on questions and responses. I did my bursts and my founder exercises and between thunderstorms, I got in my swim and my walk. I was pleased to learn of the sale of Bug Bob Allen’s Canon 5D Mark IV at the full asking price $1549.00 soon after it was listed. <\/p>\n I spent several hours starting work on an On-line Traffic School course to avoid having the points for my fairly recent speeding ticket on my license. You gotta love that! <\/p>\n Continuing to recognize that one of the very best ways to improve your own photography is to look at as much good or great photography as possible, I share ten of Anita North’s best image from her Tanzania trip in 2020. She loves Africa, and will be returning soon to photograph the great migration. And lots more. <\/p>\n Today is 25 June 2021. It is a cloudy-day at 6:50am and I have a ton to do to get ready for my trip to Jacksonville for the Mini-IPT so I will likely be staying in this morning. Likely … Wherever you are, and whatever you are doing, I hope that you too have a great day. <\/p>\n This blog post took more than an hour to prepare and makes 181 consecutive days with a new one. Please remember that if an item \u2014 a Delkin flash card, or a tripod head \u2014 for example, that is available from B&H and\/or Bedfords and is also available in the BAA Online Store, it would be great if you opt to purchase from us. We will match any price. Please remember also to use my B&H affiliate links or to save 3% at Bedfords by using the BIRDSASART discount code at checkout. Doing either often earns you free guides and\/or discounts. 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Steve is personable, helpful, and eager to please. <\/p>\n Too many folks attending BAA IPTs (remember those?) and dozens of photographers 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><\/center><\/p>\n This image was created somewhere in Africa in 2020 by Anita North. She used SONY gear. Click on the image to see a larger, inexplicably sharper version.<\/p>\n This image was created somewhere in Tanzania in 2020 by Anita North. She used SONY gear. Click on the image to see a larger, inexplicably sharper version.<\/p>\n This image was created somewhere in Tanzania in 2020 by Anita North. She used SONY gear. Click on the image to see a larger, inexplicably sharper version.<\/p>\n This image was created somewhere in Tanzania in 2020 by Anita North. She used SONY gear. Click on the image to see a larger, inexplicably sharper version.<\/p>\n This image was created somewhere in Tanzania in 2020 by Anita North. She used SONY gear. Click on the image to see a larger, inexplicably sharper version.<\/p>\n This image was created somewhere in Tanzania in 2020 by Anita North. She used SONY gear. Click on the image to see a larger, inexplicably sharper version.<\/p>\n This image was created somewhere in Tanzania in 2020 by Anita North. She used SONY gear. Click on the image to see a larger, inexplicably sharper version.<\/p>\n This image was created somewhere in Tanzania in 2020 by Anita North. She used SONY gear. Click on the image to see a larger, inexplicably sharper version.<\/p>\n This image was created somewhere in Tanzania in 2020 by Anita North. She used SONY gear. Click on the image to see a larger, inexplicably sharper version.<\/p>\n This image was created somewhere in Tanzania in 2020 by Anita North. She used SONY gear. 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\n \n \n \n Image #1: Elephant Contortions
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\n \n \n \n Image #2: Zebra Colt Running Thru Muddy Water
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\n \n \n \n Image #3: Weaver at Nest
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\n \n \n \n Image #4: Yellow-billed Storks Allopreening
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\n \n \n \n Image #5: Cattle Egret on Elephant
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\n \n \n \n Image #6: Weaver (??) with Thin Stick for Nest
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\n \n \n \n Image #7: Newborn Wildebeest Calf With Mother
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\n \n \n \n Image #8: Cape Buffalo Adults\/Calf Juxtaposition
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\n \n \n \n Image #9: Lion Cub Head Portrait
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\n \n \n \n Image #10: Grey Heron
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