Today is Friday 22 July. Clemens Van der Werf is coming by around midday to pick up his trailered flats boat. Then, we are headed up to Deland, FL to do three mornings of Swallow-tailed Kites. Wherever you are and whatever you are doing, I hope that you too have a great day. This blog post took about an hour to prepare (including the time spent on the re-optimizing today’s featured image) and makes one hundred twenty-four days in a row with a new one. <\/p>\n
I am taking the Auto Train on 31 July and will spend all of August on Long Island. I head south on 31 August and should be back home on 1 September barring anything unforeseen. I will be offering In-the-Field sessions at both Nickerson Beach and the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. If you are interested, please get in touch via e-mail<\/a> or text me at 863-221-2372. <\/p>\n Whether you are a local or would like to fly in for several days of instruction — a sort of private– or small group, at worst, IPT, LMK via e-mail<\/a> so that we can work on a schedule that could possibly include both Nickerson and Jamaica Bay. <\/p>\n With nine deposit checks in hand, and with good friend Ed Dow grabbing a single cabin, there are only three openings left on the 2023 Galapagos Photo-cruise of a Lifetime. The trip is now a go. If you have any interest in joining us, it would be best to get in touch via e-mail<\/a> ASAP. <\/p>\n Speaking of IPTs, I am still looking for someone to do all three Homer Bald Eagle trips and driving the round trip from Anchorage to Homer and back with me. Toward that end, I am offering a ridiculously high discount of $4500.00, $1500 off each trip. The offer may not last long because there are only two slots left on the second IPT. If you are interested, or would like additional details, please contact me via e-mail<\/a><\/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 to get 3% back on your credit card and enjoy free second-day air FedEx. Please, also, consider joining a BAA IPT<\/a>. You will be amazed at how much you will learn! <\/p>\n If you are interested in the first DeSoto IPT, 3 1\/2 Days, Tuesday 27 September through the morning session on Friday 30 September 2022, know that I have reserved a three-bedroom AirBnB in Gulfport. Share it for four nights with many multiple IPT veteran Monte Brown and me and save a ton on lodging: $83.69\/night\/person for a whole home. AirBnB photos available upon request. Scroll down for details. If interested, shoot me an e-mail.<\/a><\/p>\n Follow me on Instagram here<\/a>. I am trying to feature both new and old images, especially images that have not appeared recently on the blog. Or search for birds_as_art.<\/p>\n Send a PayPal for $62.00 to birdsasart@verizon.net<\/a> or call Jim at 863-692-0906 and put $62.00 on your credit card. Pick one of your best images and upload the raw file using a large file sending service like Hightail or DropBox and then send me the link via e-mail.<\/a> I will download and save your raw file, evaluate the exposure and sharpness, and optimize the image as if it were my own after converting the raw file in Adobe Camera Raw. Best of all, I will make a screen recording of the entire process and send you a link to the video to download, save and study.<\/p>\nThe First DeSoto IPT<\/h3>\n
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\n| \n | This image was created on 9 July 2011 on a Galapagos Photo-Cruise of a lifetime. I used the Mongoose 3.6 Action Head<\/a>\/tripod-mounted Canon EF 800mm f\/5.6L IS USM lens<\/a> and my favorite Canon digital body, the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV dSLR<\/a>. The exposure was determined by histogram\/blinkies review. ISO 50. 1\/8000 sec. at f\/5.6. (wide-open) in Manual mode. AWB at 7:18:47 am on a sunny\/partly overcast morning. <\/p>\n Be sure to click on the image to enjoy a high-res version. <\/p>\n |