April 7th, 2019 Postlist 2019
Single Bird Horizontal Image Design: the Mike De Rosa RuleHeading Back to Morro Bay, CA. Image Quality Then & NowThe Osprey Flight Direction Reveal and DB III: VOL I/#2Sebastian Sucked. When Conditions are Tough, Don’t Quit: Be Creative and Strive to Hone Your Low Light SkillsThree From a Great 1200mm/BLUBB/X-5 Morning at Indian Lake Estates. Which is the strongest image?Perfect Conditions at Sebastian Coming Very SoonCrap Shooting on the Pier with the Peashooter Rig Pays OffSuccessfully Testing My Repaired 600mm f/4 at 1200mmTwo Headless Birds!Is Digital Photography Too Phony, Too Computer-centric?Won’t You Make My White Skies Blue?My Oft Scoffed-at Belief Proven to be TrueThe Colors of San Diego in WinterUnexpected Successes (???) are RaritiesWidely Varied Opinions. A Tip, & Lots to Consider & LearnThe Digital Basics III Video Series: Volume I/#1A New Approach to Blazing Star Blossom PhotographySony 200-600 G lens + 1.4X TC + a-1 at 840/749mm Low Perspective Foot-pod Shorebird Perfection X2. And How!Not Something That You See Everyday! Falling More Deeply in Love with the Lightweight, Versatile SONY 200-600What was Chris Doing Right and Wrong?Lots on Exposure. Hovering Versus Kiting. Sebastian Inlet Spectacular on Friday. Handholding versus Tripod for 840mm Flight Photography. And More On Flight PosesJoin Me at DeSoto to Learn and Photograph ShorebirdsSuccess on a Lazy 200-600 Morning at Fort DeSotoRight Place, Right Time, Seeing the Shot, & Getting LuckyTHE Best Lens for Pelican Flight Photography In La JollaEastern Fall Tern ID Tips. And more.ILE Crawling with Crested Caracaras!Pugs Got His Money’s Worth at Fort DeSotoFishing Fall Osprey at Sebastian InletM1 MacBook Pro (16 inch, 2021)70-200 Versatility. Franklin Flats Magic. Homer DiscountsDeSoto Still On Fire! $600 Discount Offer on Fall IPT #2$500 IPT Discount. Flamingo Sunrise Silhouette Unseen by All But One Photographer. 2 Tough Questions & 1 Easy OneDeSoto — Amazing Plus, Plus Two Un-banded Flamingos!DeSoto Busman’s Holiday Morning 2nd Edit Video2-Step Noise Reduction. Total ISO for 4 Images: 31,200!If You’re Free This Coming Week. Concrete Backgrounds?Bok Tower Flower Lessons. Sandisk 4TB SSHD Warning. Why Do You Photograph Birds and Natural History? And, What Happens to Our Images When We Die?Keeping Your Images Safe. And the kid in the candy storeFull Speed Ahead and Damn the ISO!Is it Possible to Design Pleasing Flight Images In-Camera?Keep or Delete this Pacific-race Brown Pelicans Greeting Image? First Thoughts on the New Remove ToolTortoise Heaven: the Highlands at Puerto Ayora, Santa CruzUsing Every Club in the Bag; DeSoto Multiple Choice/Fill-inFlying High in the GalapagosIt’s Good to be Home. Lessons from the Galapagos. And the First and the Last North Seymour KeepersBald Eagles Braking to Land with the HH 400mm f/2.8Not All Sunsets are Glorious. What to do?Single Skimmer Aerial Fight Images : Sharp or Blurred?Working a Subject: Brandt’s Cormorant in La Jolla, CAAre You a One Percenter?Followed My Own Advice đŸ™‚Two Early Morning Low Light Images: Total ISOs — 15,000!Conflict Photographer James Natchwey Has My RespectBald Eagle Head Portraits with a HH Telephoto Zoom!Announcing the Publication of the Flight Photography GuideLa Jolla, CA — Where the Bird Photography is EasyThe Various Shades of LowSony 70-200mm f/2.8 GM II Versatility on the BeachOn Respecting PhotographyJBWR Sucks but Nickerson Beach is Rocking!As Good as it Gets: Nickerson and JBWR in AugustGetting Low Late Summer Through Fall Pays Big DividendsCelebrating Forty Years of Bird Photography. And PuzzledLoonatic Action and Stunning Sony a-1 Autofocus Part IFall Fort DeSoto Shorebird Identification and BehaviorBad High Wind Flying Puffin Circus! (with video clip)The Sony 1200mm Puffin Head AdvantageRoseate Spoonbill in Fall at DeSoto. And 2X TC CommentsThe Goal is Always the Same: One Great Image per SessionThe Great Life and Superb Photography of Greg DowningSix Images Announcing the 2023 DeSoto Fall IPTsSix Images Announcing the 2023 DeSoto Fall IPTsThe Third Way to Skin a Flying PuffinTwo Ways to Skin a Flying Atlantic Puffin — Then a ThirdBlack-tailed Godwit Mission AccomplishedPicking My Red-throated Loon Photo BrainTaking a Varied Approach When Visiting Great Photographic LocationsFilm. And Dealing With a Serious Operator Framing ErrorIs 30 fps Magic? Bald Eagle Flight with the 70-200 f/2.8 IIMoving Water and Pelican Flight Shutter Speed ChallengeSun or None for Wood Ducks? And the Purple Cheek PatchTwo Lousy Images Combine to Make One Wonderful ImageA Magical Landing. Is Larger in the Frame Always Better?Higher Standards for Flight PhotographyMore Wind Against Sun Success. And Finally Hatched!Chick Challenges! And As Good As AF Gets?Remove the Adult Tern or Not? Your CallLife and Death on the BeachWhen Conditions are Tough, Try Slow Shutter SpeedsCommon Tern Would You? QuestionsScore Six for Bruce Dudek’s Canon R3/RF 600mm!My Yellow Light District Birthday Gifts from the UniverseAgainst All Odds! Success in Near-Impossible Conditions. Suggestions for Dealing with Seemingly Hopeless SituationsFinally Got Lucky With Copulating Black Skimmers!Epic Common Tern/American Oystercatcher Smoky Skies Morning at Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY2X3 or Pano American Oystercatcher on Eggs?The Versatile Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II Lens/FE 1.4X Teleconverter/α-1 Combination. And Ooops!Interesting and Creative or a Waste of Pixels?Common Tern Nesting at Nickerson Beach. And an Overview: the Lower Extremities Pod TechniquesThe Atlantic Ocean as an Element of Composition, Using the Swash. And Understanding Atmospheric PerspectiveIPT Reviews. A Like-New Sony 600mm f/4 GM Lens for Sale. Announcing the Summer 2023 Nickerson Beach Terns, Skimmers, & Oystercatchers Instructional Photo Tour (IPT). And More American Oystercatcher Family & Chick ImagesFlight Photography at Nickerson in June. With Lessons!Oystercatcher Chick Downs 45,000 Sand Crab Eggs!Four More By the Incredible Sony 200-600 G Lens/α1 RigFour of My Favorites from the DeSoto Mega AfternoonThe Unexpected Mega-Afternoon on a BAA DeSoto IPTVasili and the Bald EaglesProtect Your Images! Last Minute ReminderEgg and Daughter Nite. And 3 Achromatic RNDU ImagesThis Post (with the video)Took Four Hours to Prepare : Give Me Seven Good Soft-Light Snowy Egret Minutes & a Raw Conversion and Image Optimization YouTube VideoGoing the Extra Mile. Dr. Fish – is this a Red Snapper?Special Edition Post: Don’t Learn the Hard Way As I Did!It’s Hard to Train Your Brain for These Shots …Surprise Subject: Homer Ain’t Just Eagles! Snow CleanupAmazingly Coincidental Images Made at the Exact Same Instant! Is Lower Always Better? And I Can’t Do That …YouTube Video: Bird Photography Lessons at the New Far Bar at Fort DeSoto. And announcing the 2023 Fort DeSoto New Cut Current Conditions e-GuideTwo of my Favorite La Jolla Pelican PerchesFour Squares at the Sewer Works Main Pond on Bonaire. And the Robus RC-5558 Tripod versus the Robus RC-5558-3Another BAA Masterpiece? And a Content-Aware Crop TipOn Photographing Juvenile Bald EaglesEliminating Rookery Clutter at 1200mm!V-Log: Brain Surgeon Operates Successfully on Florida Birds at My Favorite Photo Hotspots!Fun in the Fort DeSoto FogTwo Markus Leinberger San Diego Killer ImagesTwo BIRDS AS ART Royal Tern Masterpieces & QuestionsDeSoto Epic Morning & Royal Terns: Hopping and CrabbyLousy Weather, Common Birds, Uncommonly Good ImagesCrested Caracara — I Left the Nest, for This? And Using a Cable Release to Shoot Birds in Action!Hard to Believe: 4000! Wind Against Sun A — What to Do?Right Place, Right Time, Right Rig. Too CuteMore On Tools for FoolsA Momentous Decision, Stick Marsh, & Tools for FoolsTwo From Our Epic Day & Tracking Expand Spot MagicMy New Favorite DeSoto Walk-around LensBob Handin Tries the Sony a1. And YouTube Free image optimization videoFiguring Things Out (at new bird photography locations)What Bob Eastman Learned on the Homer IPTsHapless But Happy and Loving It! The Life of Bob EastmanRelocated Sandhill Crane Colt. Tough Exposure QuestionTight Eagle Flight Photography & 2024 Homer/Kachemak Bay Bald Eagle IPT Early-bird Discount InfoA 62-frame Midair Eagle Tussle & a chance to learnSea Otter Pups in the Harbor at Homer, AKScore Six for Canon, Fort DeSoto, & Clemens Van der Werf!Black Vulture Squabble and a Tiny, Hungry Crane ChickPicking Your Keepers in Photo Mechanic. And Color MixerDealing With Constantly Changing LightGive Me 80 Very Good Minutes. On BackgroundsVery Late for Brunch on a Dark Cloudy MorningFan Mail from an (Ethical) Wildlife PhotographerWorld’s Best Emoji and The Amazing Sony CJ StoryDunce of the Year Award for Mr. Famous Bird Photographer. And My First 2023 Stick Marsh VisitStunned by Sony a1 Autofocus. Lens, TC, and focal length?Blessed by Sandhill Crane Chicks, Eaglets, and More at ILEAnnouncing the 2024 Homer/Kachemak Bay Bald Eagle IPT. And On Handholding the 400mm f/2.8 with the 2X TCHomer’s Last Morning’s Special GiftsParting Shots: Momma Moose and a Volcanic SunsetDo You Agree With This Premise?Silhouette Exposures. Transforming an Eagle into a Rock.Would You Go Silhouette or Natural?There is More Than One Way to Skin a Pelican in PhotoshopKeep or Delete? Why? Your Image Optimization Thoughts?A Favorite From the Mega-Epic Day. And Sitting For FlightLarus Glaucescens Five WaysI Slept Through This! How Would You Have Felt?The Continuing Quest for New and DifferentOn Improving My Flight PhotographyA Little-Known Fact About Fort DeSoto. On Shooting LowA Swiss Army Knife of a LensThe Fast, Versatile, Handhold-able Sony 400mm f/2.8 GM Lens is Ideal for the Low Light Conditions in HomerThe Truly Extraordinary Bird Photography of Matt Huras & THE Very Best Way to Improve Your Nature PhotographyHomer IPT #1 Sunny First Morning. On sunny days in Homer, improving your flight photography, 200-600 MFD, backgrounds on the beach, and big momma eagles!Why Pano Crops? Why Manual Focus? Why Under-exposed?Think Fast and Act Faster When Creating JuxtapositionsDeSoto in Spring –Lots to Photograph! And Air Travel TipsWhy Wide-Open? A New Approach to Understanding DOFMike De Rosa Scores Again with his Sony a1/200-600 Rig!American White Pelican City!The Lens I Advised Against for 3 Decades. More on StorageA Simple Solution to the Botched Pelican CompositePerfect? My Thoughts on Image Storage ProblemsPretty Neat Eagle Nest Trick Shots. How Did I Do It?How I Screwed Up the Composite. Next Week: White Pelicans, the North Tampa Rookery, and the Hooptie DeuxKiller Pelican Video. And Announcing the 2023/2024 San Diego Brown Pelicans and More Instructional Photo ToursScrewed Up Again! What’s Real? What’s Fake?San Diego — It Ain’t Just Pelicans!Brutal Honesty RequestedMurphy’s Law of Nests. And What You Can Do About ItEaglets Branching Soon! And a Great Sony A1 Video CourseDeSoto’s Aqua Blue-Green and Tan Sand BackgroundsInspired By Tuesday’s Clear SunriseIn Love With Low. A Mystery! And How Low Can You Go?On Understanding the Angle of Declination. Sweet LightRunning Shorebird Backgrounds. Why Crouch? And a Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS Lens versus the Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 L IS USM Lens Comparison30-frames per second Rocks DeSoto Pelican Fishing ActionThis Blog Post Took Six Hours to Prepare! Great New Sony Used Gear Listings including a like-new 600mm f/4 GM OSS Lens. Four Fishy Snow Egret Images. And Announcing Three 2023 Spring Fort DeSoto Instructional Photo-ToursChange of Pace: Coldie Oldie But Goodie Canon CutieGood to Be Home. Why the Bold-faced Exclamation Point?A Unique Pelican Flight Perspective Times TwoRaindrops on My ScapularsCheating a Bit with a Great Sea Lion Surfing ImageWhy You Should Be in Manual Exposure Mode 99% of the Time When Photographing Birds. Period.Sony 200-600mm G Lens at 840mm on the Cliffs at La JollaCompromising on Shutter Speed to Avoid Mega-high ISOsHeermann’s Gull Coronado Mission AccomplishedWestern Gull with RainbowSalton Sea Bird-scapes With a Great New Focusing Tip1200mm Sleeping Pelican Feather Detail TechniqueA Harrowing Drive. The 200-600 Best for Pre-dawn BlursEighteen out of Eighteen Perfect ImagesScience Fiction-Like AF with the Sony a1/200-600/1.4X TC!The Everlasting Yoga Pose Wingstretch: Elegant AngularityWorth Saving: Brown Pelican Flight w/Big Fish in Bill PouchBy Popular Demand. Singh-Ray NDs. And with all due respect to Canon and Nikon mirrorless, and all dSLR folksMore on Bosque: Dear Phil and PhoebeNice Rock!San Diego December Flight Photography Fine PointsAdding Green Whenever PossibleWhat About Bosque?Why Shoot Birds in Flight as Vertical Originals?Which is the stronger image? Is it even a question?Trying for Different on a Very Stormy DayHave a Great 2023!La Jolla’s Anna’s HummingbirdsA Little Person Story. And a Hard to Believe Dog TalePelican Eyeball Self-Portrait Courtesy of the Sony a1On Field Etiquette or the Lack Thereof, Getting the Green Pelican Backgrounds, and Getting Lucky at 1/60 SecondThe Foggy Image OptimizationBite Me!Fun in the FogA Canon R6. Changeable Weather in Sunny Photo Locations and an Orange Marmalade Pelican Bill Pouch PanoI’m Always Hoping for Just One Good Image. On Listening to the Leader. And On Seeing Different and WonderfulAvian Whitewash Poop ArtCall Jim and Then Get a Flight to San DiegoScissors-Preening. What is It? And Photo TipsWhat ISO?Walking the Sacred Battlefield Burial GroundIn Memoriam: the Last Vulture Tree SunriseAlan Murphy Kills with the Nikon Z9!800mm Handheld Sun Ball Photography Ain’t EasyMy Favorite Kachemak Bay Bald Eagle Perch. And a Ship!The Eagle Nest Tree, & the Depth of Field Question (Again)On Working the Same Subjects Ad InfinitumUsed Nikon 300 PF Price Drop. Photo Gear Shipping Warning. And Know the Wind. Think Fast & Act Faster!It Was The Frog’s Fault!What a Way to Wake Up & Learn Something NewOne Reason I ‘m Always in a HurryThe Whole New World of Digital: Dew-Draped Spider WebsOne Very Strange (and very beautiful) Bird!Save Yourself From Too Many Images: Stringent EditingTwo Sony A7R IV Bodies To Go: One Regular, One InfraredFlower “Pillows and More” Wind-shields. Really!In Memoriam: Stokes Fishburne, a kind and gentle manAM & PM. 1200 & 200-600. What Excites Me đŸ™‚ And a Telling Quote from the NANPA Supposed Town MeetingThe 2023 Spoonbill Boat 1-1/2 DAY MINI-IPT. The Expanded Winter IPT (Including the 1 1/2 DAY MINI IPT). And Spoonbill & Canon EF 800mm f/5.6 L IS MemoriesApples and Oranges. Night and Day. And NANPA TidbitsMy Sunday Morning No Vulture Trees PledgePhotoshop Ethics and Morality Discussion & AnswersWhen You Have a Tree Full of Vultures, Think Vulture SoupEliminating the Orange Bill Blur. And More Eye Doctor WorkHappy Thanksgiving 2022. And Tom Turkey LessonsAlmost Deleted This One. And the Mother of InventionPhotographing Brown Pelicans in SO CAL. These Two Images Didn’t Make Today’s B&H Event Space Program!A Dark Morning’s Walk. ISO 5000 Is No Big Deal AnymoreNANPA Board Exposed. And Willets in the Sebastian SurfThree Oldies but Goodies!Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down? More on Background Clean-up. And, is Sony Mirrorless Gear, with Zebras for stills and science-fiction-like autofocus, unfair to flying birds?B&H Event Space II & the Skinny on the Down LowDown the Hatch. And a great monopod vertical grip/tip!Some days are stones. Except when they’re not!Some Days are Diamonds IV. This one, in the rough.Soft Light and the In-Heaven MotifSome Days are Diamonds III: Black & White or Gold?Some Days are Diamonds — II. A GBH & a dried up catfishSome Days are Diamonds: Part I — Anhinga/Spanish Moss-scape. A Near-Mint R6 & the Homer B&H Event Space LinkSee you this afternoon in Homer! And IV Hard to BelievesPlease Help Stop a Silent but Deadly KillerLots of Fishing But Not Much CatchingHomer: It Ain’t Just Eagles. And a Back-lit Exposure TipA Blog Post to Inspire Your Compositional CreativityBeating the Dead Horse. Is Flopped Better?560mm Handheld and Loving It at DeSotoPhilly’s Mike De Rosa Hits a Home Run!1,000 White Pelicans, One GYL, and No Rare Bird SightingsOn First Mates and Bad Weather in HomerDetermining Your Minimum Handholding Shutter SpeedWhich is the Better Head Shot?Creating Pleasing Juxtapositions, AF Strategies for Verticals, Motion Blur Stuff, and Getting the Right ExposureCan You Believe That I Had to Zoom Out for This One?Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in a NutshellMind Boggling 70-200mm f/2.8 Versatility. And Drive-by Handheld Roadside ShootingRed Wind AlertOn Breaking WaveletsJoe McNally in pictures & words, but mostly words …A First for Me. Sony 200-600 /w1.4X TC! What a Difference 43 Seconds (or less) Can Make. San Diego IPT #3 ChangesNikon Z9. How Much Can You Learn in a Single Morning?Killer Lioness ImageTwo Square Sunny Bald Eagles. Which one is best?The Mega-rare Shorebird on the Second Fort DeSoto IPTIs Larger-in-the-Frame Always Better?Used Canon R, RF, and EF Gear. And a BAA Canon ClassicWhat to do at Sebastian in the absence of diving OspreysDorsal Flight Pano CropOne of the Nicest Things About Pacific-race Brown PelicansSpectacular Flight Pose of Sandwich Tern as Cruise MissilePhotos from a Bad (?) Morning Session at Fort DeSotoWhen Shutter Priority Mode is Just FineDead as a Doornail, But BeautifulPelican Head Throws and The Earl of ClintonYoung Pacific-race Brown PelicansAnita North Visits the Spirit BearsThree Ways to Dramatically Improve Your Bird PhotographyLook What I Found on the Railing of the ILE Pier!Destructive Renovation Courtesy of Hurricane IanWhat You See is What You Get! Depth of Field at f/2.8ILE After Hurricane IanBefore and After Hurricane Ian at Indian Lake Estates, FL. Wind Lessons. And Nikon PF (and more) Price DropsAny Port in a Storm — Tripod on Railing TipsOver-exposed? Or Not? Best-ever TV Sunning ImageYour Image Optimization Skills Matter!70-200mm Versatility is the Name of the Game at La JollaI Kid You Not!Another Free YouTube Raw Conversion Video — Snowy Egret. And Follow-up Color Correction Work after the FactA Clever Solution to a Snowy In-the-Field Problem. New Used Gear: a Canon EF 500mm f/4 L IS II lens and a super-zoom bridge camera, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 IVLife is About Choices: Blue Sky or White Sky?Bon Voyage to Clemens! How Did I Wind Up Using the Canon 300mm f/2.8 Lens for Eagles in Homer in 2020?It Could’ve Been Me. Birds in Trees As ArtStuck in the Mud? The Tiny Green Square Gets Even Better!Could Anita Gail Erica North Have Been Right?The Candelabra Vulture Tree — Hard to ResistMusings, and Clearing Up ConfusionsLots on Avian Kleptoparasitism. And a Fall DeSoto IPT #1 late registration discount offerWhen You’ve Got Mangroves, Consider Mangrove SoupInsta-Delete or Dead Solid Perfect Exposure?Is This a Ridiculous Crop?Unique Image. Western Gull Optimization YouTube VideoA Bit Crabby, But Not Shabby! And Monopod Follow-upsHave You Ever Seen an Unfledged Black Skimmer Chick Fly?YouTube Video: Tips and Thoughts on Using a Monopod with Big Glass. And a Compendium: Everything you wanted to know about using a monopod but were afraid to askUnderstanding Exposure Basics: soft light versus full sunFrom 24-600mm. Practical Decisions: When to tote a wide-angle lens. And How Do I Decide whether to bring the 600mm f/4 GM lens or the 200-600 G lens to the beach …Soft Pink Cropping OptionsTight Pelican Flight — Why and HowFlapping-after-Bath Capture and Cropping StrategiesThe Handheld Sony 200-600 Does Ruffling SanderlingThe Next-to-Last Skimmer Blastoff BlursCan Story-telling Trump Image Quality? On GriefCalifornia (Pacific-race) Brown Pelican Info and HistoryOn Working a Prehistoric SubjectMacabreMore on the Quality of Light and Getting Lucky in the MudCatching Up and Learning on the BAA BlogDavid Pugsley and the Toe-Podding TechniqueNorth End East Pond on a Bad Afternoon – Fun in the Dark!Piping Plover Thanks to Muhammad Arif (AKA Moe)Understanding the Ever-changing Qualities of Light. And Working What Used to Be a Very Rare GullA Double Delkin Card Miracle Thanks to Carlotta GrenierThe Three Best From a Great East Pond Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Morning — give me two good seconds!Like Bringing a Bazooka to a Knife FightYour Raw Files Should Look Washed OutAmerican Oystercatcher Ankle-podding Fun in the DarkCarlotta Grenier Skimmer Flight Photography. And SanDisk Extreme PRO Portable Solid State V2 External DrivesA Great East Pond Morning. And the Huge Sony AdvantageA + B = C (not for the first time)The New Technique: Making Early Morning Backlit Hay While the Sun Shines in Your Face & the Wind is Behind YouSo What Exactly Is a Good Bird? The East Pond Shines!A BAA Record 316 Images of the Same Bird Standing in the Same Spot. Flight Photography Basics. Another Wind-Against-Sun Tip. And Another Canon 800mm Price Drop!Nickerson Beach Backlit Basics Part II: Second Verse, Same as the First!Nickerson Beach Backlit Basics Part I: How Can an Image with 124,000 Over Exposed Pixels be the Best Exposure?Pelican Art? And a New YouTube Photography VideoSleep-deprived at Nickerson Beach for Good ReasonUnderstanding an Ideal Black Skimmer Flight SituationJunior Officer Friendly!Three Artistic Creations (?) on a Lousy Morning? And an Incredibly Fun and Productive Afternoon SessionFlying at the Beach with NikonIt’s Not Easy Growing Up on Nickerson Beach …Big Crops. Why No TC? Juvenile Shorebirds On the Way!You Must Always See the Bird’s Eye! Or Not?Nikon 500 PF/D850 Does Emperor Penguins in Antarctica!Lots of Catching Up & One New Sipping Kite ImageJust Ducky — Thoughts On Working a SubjectGetting Up Early in San Diego and Learning a Ton!Easy Eagle Pickings with Handheld Zoom LensesWings Down? Wings Up?Bad Weather Often Means Great Bird Photography!Blasting Highlights Oldie but GoodieA Little-Known Pink FactDo Not Try This at Home Without SupervisionGetting the Color Right is a Necessary ArtWhat Was Your Worst Day or Night Ever?A Pinkish-red Fish with Yellow Eyes? You gotta be kidding!First Two JAX SessionsGetting Better with the BLUEs. And Juvenile ShorebirdsImagine …More On Monopods or Not MonopodsAlmost Everything You Wanted to Know About Using a Monopod/Monoball with a Heavy Super-telephoto LensWind Against Sun Strategies — Part III. New Used GearOn Reconnecting with Old Friends — Part IDeSoto Date Change & Shorebirds Flapping After BathingWind Against Sun Strategies — Part II. Pray for a Large, Surreal Storm Cloud on the Eastern Horizon. And Bummer!Video: Photographing Fort DeSoto’s Fall Wading Birds. And Announcing the Three 2022 Fort DeSoto Fall IPTs with a pair of spectacular lugworm-thievery images!Jon Hoiles Does JAX with the Handheld Nikon Z9/500 PFWind Against Sun Strategies — Part IA Ghastly (?) Scene at St. AugustineIndigo-black Storm Cloud Background! And Free WebinarYou Be the Judge: Did the Green Heron Hold On?On Creating the World’s Best JPEGs (Video)Necessity, the Mother of Invention. And a Striking Image!Isla RĂ¡bidaWarning: Graphic World War II Art (in Honor of My Dad)Right Place, Right Time, and Dumb Luck? Or Not?On Discovering New StuffAn Early Start. Fun in the Dark. And Two Raw ConversionsTortoise Day (with lots to learn)!Please Read the Whole ThingGetting Lucky with a Marginal Shutter SpeedA Stealthy Approach Pays Off Big TimeWave Hello to Punta Suarez — Espanola (Hood Island)Lots to Learn for Everyone Thanks to Eagle-eyed Joel EadeLots of Lenses, Lots of Available Focal Lengths …HH Flight at 800mm with Fat Boy. And a Pleasant SurpriseOn Never Owning the Very Best Gear … And Two Beautiful and Exciting Dan Cadieux Canon R6 ImagesA More-Green Heron-Success Composite …The Galapagos 2023 Photo-Cruise of a Lifetime IPTMy Short Walks on a Long Pier have been Productive …Two Amazing Nikon Z9 ImagesComposites or Not? ISO Quiz. And Ridiculous Eye AFA Great Morning With the Ospreys on Lake Blue CypressA Ridiculous, Unexpectedly Successful Image …A Brand-New World With Fat Boy (the Sony 400mm f/2.8 OSS GM lens). And the Pink and the Plain at Fort DeSoto.The Sad Recent History of The Perch II … Reversed!Birds are Creatures of Habit … And Big BLUBB News!So, What Do You Think That I Did On Saturday Morning?The Final Nail in the Coffin and DOF at f/2.8Snail-Mail by Air-male …Black-bellied Whistling Luck! Square or Vertical? And FFD …The Blessed Event. A new-in-the-box Canon RF 100-500Got a Better Title? And a Used, Like-New RF 100-500Yellow and Purple and Soft Light …A Taste of Honey (was all it took) … It’s Harry’s Fault!Who You Calling a Turkey? New Used Canon EF & R GearWhat the 400mm f/2.8 Lenses Cannot Do …First Blood with the Handheld Sony 400mm f/2.8 GM Lens48 Good Seconds — Making Hay While the Sun Shines!JAX Flight Photography Until You Can’t Lift Your Lens!1/80 second Flight — What Was I Thinking?Day of Pure Joy. Gatorland Saved the Best for Last … Killed Em with The Sony 70-200 II, 2X, Alpha 1 Handheld!Too Much Fun in the Rain on a Dark Day …Nature Photography IS like a Box of Chocolates …Cute & Beautiful: Photographing Chicks in Jacksonville, FLCan You Explain Any of These?Digital Spoonbill Painting … And New Saving the Whites and Eye Doctor TechniquesCatching Up in Reverse: Part 1. Like Rodney Dangerfield, I sometimes get no respect … And Linear PerspectiveImpossible Image Made Possible by Sony, RawDigger, an Apple MacBook Pro M1, Topaz DeNoise AI, Topaz Sharpen AI, and Some Good Thinking and ExecutionLearning From My Mistake: The Second Time is the Charm!ISO 5000. Last Two Chances for Gatorland I-T-F SessionsAnnouncing the Nikon Z9 Guide for Wildlife PhotographersSome Days are Diamonds, & Some Days Nothing is Flying1200mm Cow Egret & Mayfly Gems!Made in the Shade! And Last Chance for Stick Marsh!112mm Full Frame Flight! What Would You Do With It?Department Reports & How Would You Crop This One?Eagle-eyed Margaret Saves the Day!Finding the Clear SlotThree Red, White, and Pink Squares a Day …Stick Marsh Better Than Expected! Join Me Soon!A Stick Marsh Visit. And the Sony 70-200 II/2X TC/a1 Does Large Great Egret Chicks at GatorlandOne Day Wonders — Two Little Dears!V-log: On a More Aggressive Shooting Philosophy — frame, acquire focus, fire, and don’t stop! Thanks Anita and Anke!Variety — the Spice of Bird Photography with the Sony 200-600 G Lens on the DeSoto IPT. Part IIVariety — the Spice of Bird Photography with the Sony 200-600 G Lens on the DeSoto IPT. Part IRed Knot Spectacular. And More!A Cute Little Baby at the North Tampa Rookery …Forty Eagles and Two Pleasing (?) Blurs …Enough Variety; It Was Eagle Time — 27 March: Part IV27 February 2022 Homer/Kachemak Bay Potpourri: Part IIIA Crazy-Good and Different Homer Alaska Day: Part IIA Crazy-Good Homer Alaska Bald Eagle Afternoon: Part IGetting Low and Looking for an Edge, a Ridge, or a Rise …On Keeping Your Image Optimizations Simple …More From my Recent St. Augustine Alligator Farm Visit …St. Augustine Alligator Farm Photo Pass INFO and TipsPhotographing Bright Whites in Harsh Midday Sun???Luck (plus a bit of skill) pays off in the Okefenokee SwampComing or Going?Landing on the Roof of the Bay: Sharp 1200mm Flight!Sony a1/200-600 Combo Slays Spanish MackerelWhat One Thing Bugs Me?Miraculous Find and Miraculous High ISO Save!A Spring Beach Walk in Southern Georgia With Almost No Laughing Gulls Present! Sony 200-600 Strikes Again!The Sun Glint Swath in Shutter Priority ModeAn Important Old Tip Re-learned the Hard Way …Gorgeous or Garbage? More On Sony 200-600 VersatilityBack of the Left Hand on the Beach! 200-600/a1 LethalityThree From a Really Bad (???) Morning at Gatorland …Two From the Greatest-Ever Flight Photography Morning …Jacksonville This Sunday Morning In-the-Field Session. Photographing Juxtapositions. And Shooting VerticalsA Stunning Decision …More Good Gatorland Stuff and GL Photo Pass InformationCupped Wings Cause Unpleasant Underwing Shadows …
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