[Not a valid template] The Smiling Scallop
(As always you can see a larger sharper version of an image by clicking on it. For technical info and comments on the image above, check out “Happy as a Scallop???”, my BPN thread here: http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?t=58322)
On to Happiness Is…. Since we spend tons of credit […]
[Not a valid template] This Wihte Pelican was photographed with the handheld Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D MIV camera body. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 2/3 stops: 1/125 sec. at f/13. For tips on handholding big lenses, scroll down to item 2. To see a larger, sharper version of this image, […]
It is 4:48 am. I am sitting at Gate 13 in Orlando International Airport headed for San Diego via Dallas flying American Airlines. After 9/11, there was huge concern about flying with photography gear. Other than getting dump-searched at the Dallas Airport right after 9-11–I had been in the air during the attacks– flying with […]
Two days ago, Canon released information on their next professinal digital camera body. I was fortunate to have one to test about two weeks ago. You can read my initital impressions on this BPN post:
http://birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?p=365077&posted=1#post365077
The short story is that I ordered two of them immediately <smile>
Bulletin #301 & #302
BIRDS AS ART […]
I flew to Long Island on Monday past to visit my Mom who is recuperating from hip replacement replacement surgery. Her original new hip lasted 16 years. The surgeon found a big mess and three hours turned into six and a half. After a few days in the hospital and two months in a rehab […]
Howdy all. I am off to Panama for the COMBO IPT; There will be ten of us doing perched, colorful, tropical birds and also high speed flash hummingbirds with Linda Robbins. It is 4:23 am as I type this and five of us leave for the airport in less than 30 minutes. Such is the […]
Late on Friday afternoon I got on the ground to photograph some Canada Goose goslings asleep on a dock. As I raised up I felt a sharp spasm in my lower back on the left side. This has happened before so I did not think much of it. It did not hurt me at all […]
[Not a valid template] That's me hard at work in my back seat office. Image with the Canon G-10 courtesy of and copyright Chris Dodds.
Chris Dodds and I have been getting along famously now for nearly two weeks. We keep things fun with lots of humor. When we started out Chris could not […]
[Not a valid template] That would be Mr. Heupel on your left and yours truly on the right. Image courtesy of and copyright Chris Dodds.
After we left Hill Country, Chris Dodds (www.chrisdoddsphoto.com) and I made a small detour to Fredericksburg, TX on our way down to Roma, TX. We stopped by the Photography […]
Despite a somewhat scary weather forecast, I photographed this morning at Fort DeSoto Park south of St. Petersburg, FL with Chris Dodds (www.chrisdoddsphoto.com) and Linda Robbins, the Hummingbird Queen. It was cloudy and dark so we were all using high ISOs and fill flash. By about 9am a huge black cloud was creeping up on […]
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