On Friday (I thought it was Saturday …) I worked long and hard on e-mail #20 for the SONY Alpha a1 Set-up and Info Notes: Firmware Update 1.10 and More Odds and Ends<\/em>. I sent it in the afternoon. I have more work to do on the group today. <\/p>\n It was great to get back in the pool yesterday and to do my late afternoon walk. Today — 3 July 2021, is another hazy, hot and humid one. I publishing this post at 11:21am eastern time and it is pouring for a change! Wherever you are, and whatever you are doing, I hope that you too have a great day.<\/p>\n Enjoy today’s blog post that details how Mike De Rosa dispelled the myth that it is difficult or impossible to learn to use SONY gear after many decades of using another system, in his case, Canon. Please leave a comment letting us know which of Mike’s images you liked and why you made your choices. <\/p>\n Bedfords currently has zero names on their a1 wait-list, and is expecting five more Sony Alpha 1 bodies soon. Click here<\/a> to order yours and be sure to use the BIRDSASART discount code at checkout to save 3%, enjoy free 2nd-day air Fed-Ex, and earn free entry into the SONY Alpha a1 Info and Updates group. <\/p>\n This blog post took about five hours to prepare (including the time I spent on the image optimizations) and makes 188 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, and greatly appreciated if you would 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. And doing so always earns my great appreciation.<\/p>\n Photography, especially of birds in flight, was so phenomenal at the Jacksonville Royal Tern\/Sandwich Tern\/Laughing Gull\/Brown Pelican rookery that I plan on returning fairly soon if possible. The only time I have experienced such non-stop flight action was on the gannet boat in Scotland. Right now I am looking at a 4-DAY IPT starting with the afternoon session on WED 14 July and ending with the morning session on SUN 18 July.It will be worth flying for this one. Couples welcome! As I committed to running this one with just one photographer, it is a go! Limit: 5 photographers\/Openings 4 (or 3 or 2). <\/p>\n This image was created on 30 June 2021 on a beach near Jacksonville, Florida. While seated on the damp sand (using the knee-pod technique), I used the hand held Sony FE 600mm f\/4 GM OSS lens<\/a> with the Sony FE 1.4x Teleconverter<\/a> and The One, the Sony Alpha 1 Mirrorless digital camera. <\/a> ISO 800. Exposure determined via Zebras with ISO on the rear dial: 1\/640 sec. at f\/8 (stopped down one stop in error) in Manual mode. AWB at 5:12pm on a cloudy afternoon. <\/p>\n Tracking: Expand Spot was active at the moment of exposure and performed perfectly by grabbing Mike right between the eyes. <\/p>\nJAX IPT #2<\/h3>\n
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\n \n \n \n Mike De Rosa with his SONY 200-600\/Alpha 1 rig, wife Norma, and Laughing Gull
\nImage by Arthur Morris\/BIRDS AS ART