{"id":86486,"date":"2023-06-04T09:28:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T13:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=86486"},"modified":"2025-03-07T11:16:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T15:16:12","slug":"interesting-and-creative-or-a-waste-of-pixels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2023\/06\/04\/interesting-and-creative-or-a-waste-of-pixels\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting and Creative or a Waste of Pixels?"},"content":{"rendered":"

What’s Up?<\/h3>\n

In the last blog post I agreed with all who commented: Image #1, the one made using the knee-pod technique was the strongest proving once again that lower is not always better. <\/p>\n

Th incision is looking fine and dandy and the stitches will be removed tomorrow. I am anxious to get back out to Nickerson Beach. <\/p>\n

Today is Sunday 4 June 2023. This blog post took about 90 minutes to prepare. I have gotten a ton of work done on the flight photography guide that I am writing with Arash Hazeghi and the end is in sight. Wherever you are and whatever you are doing, I hope that you too are gonna have a great day. <\/p>\n

All are cordially invited to join me at Nickerson Beach this month, next year or on a Homer or a San Diego Instructional Photo Tour (IPT<\/a>). I will be announcing fall dates for two or three Fort DeSoto IPTs soon. Not to mention a Galapagos Photo-Cruise of a Lifetime in August 2024. <\/p>\n

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This image was created on 26 April 2023 on Bonaire. Standing at full height, I used the Robus RC-5558-3 Vantage Series 3 Carbon Fiber Tripod<\/a>\/Levered-Clamp FlexShooter Pro<\/a>-mounted Sony FE 600mm f\/4 GM OSS lens<\/a>, the Sony FE 2.0x Teleconverter<\/a>, and The One, the Sony Alpha 1 Mirrorless Digital Camera<\/a>). The exposure was determined via Zebra technology with ISO on the thumb dial. ISO 1000. 1\/1000 sec. at f\/10 (stopped down 2\/3-stop) in Manual mode. When evaluated in RawDigger,<\/a> the raw file brightness was determined to be perfect. AWB at 7:20:55am on a mostly sunny morning. <\/p>\n

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

Image #1: American Flamingo leg patterns\n