{"id":79945,"date":"2022-05-03T04:46:03","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T08:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=79945"},"modified":"2025-03-07T11:28:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T15:28:37","slug":"stick-marsh-better-than-expected-join-me-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2022\/05\/03\/stick-marsh-better-than-expected-join-me-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Stick Marsh Better Than Expected! Join Me Soon!"},"content":{"rendered":"

What’s Up?<\/h3>\n

Monday dawned slightly foggy and very still here at ILE. I saw the large sandhill colts and the baby crane with their respective parents. The young eagle was in the nest tree with one of the adults. I created a foggy Osprey silhouette from my SUV with the big lens on the BLUBB<\/a>. I saw something huge in the North Field. It looked about as big as a Volkswagen. As I got closer, I saw that it was a displaying Wild Turkey tom. He was not very cooperative … After that, I was not feeling very inspired, so I headed home at about 7:40am to do the blooming sunflowers in our backyard butterfly garden. I used the Sony 70-200mm f\/2.8 II lens with the 2X TC — I should have gone with the 1.4X TC, and the a1. I used my lightweight tripod set-up, the Flex-shooter Mini with the no longer available Induro GIT 204 tripod. As expected, I got some nice ones and will share the best of those here soon. <\/p>\n

Today is Tuesday 3 May 2022. I am meeting an In-the-Field client at Stick Marsh at 6:45am. The weather for Fellsmere is looking decent: partly to mostly cloudy with an ESE breeze. Anar is heading back home to California on Friday and was anxious to get some instruction on both her 200-600\/a1 rig and bird photography, especially birds in flight. Wherever you are and whatever you are doing, I hope that you too have a great day. This blog post took about 90 minutes to prepare and makes fifty-three days in a row with a new one.<\/p>\n

Please remember to use the B&H and Amazon links that are found on most blog pages and to use the BIRDSASART discount code at checkout when purchasing your new gear from Bedfords. Please, also, consider joining a BAA IPT<\/a>. You will be amazed at how much you will learn!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Click on the composite image to enjoy the incredible quality of the hi-res JPEG.<\/em><\/p>\n

Clockwise from upper left back around to the center: spoonbill with mangrove background; spoonbill head and shoulders portrait; spoonbill braking to land; spoonbill dramatic landing pose; adult Black-crowned Night-Heron; spoonbill with nesting material; Great Egret returning to nest; incoming spoonbill; and Limpkin landing.<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Stick Marsh In-the-Field Sessions <\/h3>\n

6:45 to 9:15am: $250.00\/person<\/h4>\n

Two 1\/2 hours of intensive flight photography instruction: $250\/person. Cheap! If you are interested, please contact me ASAP via e-mail<\/a> and we can set up a session or two based on the weather forecast. The weather is looking fine for this Thursday and all of the following week beginning on Monday. Though photography on Sunday morning was not as good as the best days last April, it was quite excellent; I created 2230 images and kept 112 after the first edit! As I am not sure how long the action will last, the sooner the better. <\/p>\n

Canon EF 300mm f\/2.8L IS Lens<\/strong><\/h2>\n

BAA friend Robert Peltz is offering a Canon EF 300mm f\/2.8L IS lens (the original IS version) in near-like new condition with a very few blemishes on the lens foot for a very low $1699.00. The sale includes the lens trunk, the rear lens cover, the front lens cover, the lens strap, and insured ground shipping via major courier to lower-48 US addresses only. Your item will not ship until your check clears or other arrangements are made.<\/p>\n

Contact Bob via e-mail.<\/a> <\/p>\n

The 300mm f\/2.8 lenses have long been the favorite of the world’s best hawks in flight photographers, often with the 1.4X TC. As a workhorse lens, they do well with both TCs including the 2X teleconverter. I loved my Canon 300 f\/2.8s. Right now, the lack of this easily hand holdable super sharp lens is the biggest hole in the Sony lens line-up. The newer Canon version sells new right now for $6099.00. Both lenses would do well with an R5 or an R3 and one of the EF\/RF adapters. But you can save a chunk of bucks by grabbing Bob’s lens today.<\/em> artie<\/p>\n

Canon EF Extender 1.4X III <\/strong><\/h2>\n

BAA friend Robert Peltz is offering a Canon EF Extender 1.4X III in like-new condition for a very low $239.00. The sale includes the front and rear lens covers, the lens pouch, and insured ground shipping via major courier to lower-48 US addresses only. Your item will not ship until your check clears or other arrangements are made.<\/p>\n

Please contact Bob via e-mail.<\/a> <\/p>\n

As regular readers know, TCs are so important to what I do that I always travel with three 1.4X teleconverters and two 2X teleconverters. (Note: they do fail on occasion …)<\/em> artie<\/p>\n

Canon EF Extender 2X III <\/strong><\/h2>\n

BAA friend Robert Peltz is offering a Canon EF Extender 2X III in like-new condition for a very low $249.00. The sale includes the front and rear lens covers, the lens pouch, and insured ground shipping via major courier to lower-48 US addresses only. Your item will not ship until your check clears or other arrangements are made.<\/p>\n

Please contact Bob via e-mail.<\/a><\/p>\n

As regular readers know, TCs are so important to what I do that I always travel with three 1.4X teleconverters and two 2X teleconverters. (Note: they do fail on occasion …)<\/em> artie <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This image was created on 1 May 2022 at Stick Marsh. I used the hand held Sony FE 70-200mm f\/2.8 GM OSS II lens<\/a> with the Sony FE 1.4x Teleconverter<\/a> (at 280mm) and The One, the Sony Alpha 1 Mirrorless Digital Camera.<\/a>. The exposure was determined via Zebras. ISO 3200: 1\/2000 sec. at f\/4 (wide open) in Manual mode. AWB at 7:00:22am just after sunrise with a cloud blocking the sun. <\/p>\n

Tracking: Zone AF\/C with Bird-Eye\/Face Detection performed perfectly. Click on the image to enjoy a high-res version. <\/p>\n

Image #1: Roseate Spoonbill landing with marsh in background\n