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Is it possible to make beautiful, small-in-the-frame images of shorebirds that include habitat? And Sony Alpha a1 AF Magic

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In general, shorebirds live in flat, featureless, — usually pretty ugly places. There is not usually much of interest on a sandy beach or a mudflat. Your best chance of creating an artistically pleasing image is to get right down on the ground as close as possible to the bird’s eye level. […]

May 15th, 2021 | Category: 2021, Links to Blogs, Photographers, and Web Sites | 26 comments

ILE GBH-Scape: Color or Black and White?

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I got some nice stuff on Sandhill Cranes on Friday morning. My favorite was mildly backlit, with a shaded foggy-water-with-all-dark tree-reflections background. Then I drove to the North Field, put on my heavy-duty waders, got out the loppers, and opened up a nice viewing window for my sunset photography. The sunset looked promising […]

January 16th, 2021 | Category: 2021, Links to Blogs, Photographers, and Web Sites | 25 comments

The Super Super Store

Visit the B&H super store and you get to try before you buy. Be sure to have fun when you visit but remember to use the BAA B&H link as a way of thanking us for all of the free educational info that we provide in the blog and in the Bulletins and to […]

November 13th, 2011 | Category: 2011, Educational, Links to Blogs, Photographers, and Web Sites, Photo Equipment | 7 comments - (Comments are closed)

IPT Student Getting Too Good? Part II with Image Critiques

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Coastal Brown Bear Cub with salmon sliver, Geographic Harbor, Katmai National Park, AK. Image courtesy of and copyright 2011: Clemens van der Werf. This image was created with the tripod-mounted Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 1000. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/800 sec. at f/5.6 […]

October 8th, 2011 | Category: 2011, AK, Barrow AK, Educational, Homer, Homer AK, Links to Blogs, Photographers, and Web Sites, Photography Tips, Tips | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

Juvie Sanderling: Capture, Clean-up and Cropping Lessons

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I created this image while seated behind my tripod-mounted Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens with the 1.4X III TC and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/1000 sec. at f/10 in Manual mode.

Lens/TC/camera body Micro-adjustment: 0.

Juvie Sanderling Capture Lessons

As regular readers […]

August 27th, 2011 | Category: 2011, 800mm-f/5.6, Anecdotes, Links to Blogs, Photographers, and Web Sites, Nickerson Beach, Photoshop Tips, Series III TCs, Workflow Tips | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)

Photographic Risks and Rewards on Safari: Guest Blog Post by Todd Gustafson

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African Lion cubs at play. Nikon D3, 600mm f/4, and 1.7 converter. 1600 ISO. Matrix metering at zero in aperture priority: 1/400th sec. at f/6.7. Image copyright 2011: Todd Gustafson/Gustafson Photo Safari.

Photographic Risks and Rewards on Safari: A Guest Blog Post by Todd Gustafson Let the Photo Come to […]

April 10th, 2011 | Category: 2011, Africa, Educational, Links to Blogs, Photographers, and Web Sites, Photography Tips, Posse News | 15 comments - (Comments are closed)

Conversations with Paul; Photoshop Info and Philosophies & Gear

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Borneo Orangutan with a homemade umbrella, Tanjung National Park, Kalimantan, Indonesia. Image copyright 2010: Paul Mckenzie

Conversations with Paul; Photoshop Info and Philosophies & Gear

First off, I need to say that folks who read the comments with each post are getting some great educational and photographic/philosophical info. For example, […]

December 28th, 2010 | Category: 2010, Educational, Links to Blogs, Photographers, and Web Sites, Misc, Photo Equipment, Photoshop Tips, Workflow Tips | 5 comments - (Comments are closed)