April 7th, 2019 Postlist 2019
This 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 🙂 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 RábidaWarning: 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 …So Much to Learn It is Not Even Funny. Working at Gatorland with focal lengths of 318, 600, & 1200mms.Leaf Shadow Tattoo. And a Great Morning with Jon HoilesCatching Up in Spades!Very Short-Notice Hooptie Deux Roseate Spoonbill SessionsCanon RF 400mm f/2.8 & EOS R3s in Stock at Bedfords. Crop Tool Basics. Wading Birds Fishing Pano Crops.Announcing the DEC 2022/JAN 2023 San Diego IPTsNo Comments, But At Least I Got One Piece of Fan Mail …Thought Processes on Sidelight and on Different …Anita North’s Kenyan Cats. Sony High ISOs. A Great Guide!The Handoff. Gatorland Update. Sony 200-600 VersatilityAnnouncing the 2022 Jacksonville IPTs!Spectacular! Clemens Van der Werf and the Canon EOS R3Branched Bird. Big Bird. Little Bird. Same Bird.Nancy’s DeSoto IPT ExperienceNine Out of Ten Ain’t Bad. And One Tough Question …In Memoriam: Not! More on the Sony 70-200 f/2.8 II GMThe 2022 GNPA EXPO. And Oy, Have I Got a House For You!My Thoughts on Background Softness (Bokeh?) SimplifiedFour Quite Excellent Mornings at Indian Lake Estates (ILE)V-log: 30 Good Reasons to Visit Gatorland. And INFO on the 2022 Gatorland Photographer’s Pass ProgramHomer YouTube Bald Eagle Video and Announcing the 2023 Homer/Kachemak Bay Bald Eagle IPTs.Purple Martin Perfection. Ever Heard of John Prine?Miracle Homer Flight Shots –faster than a speeding bullet!How (and Why) I Shoot the Fewest Eagle Flight ImagesNo Idea What I Was Doing, But It Worked, in Pink and Blue!Two New Canon RF Lenses and Two For the Price of One!The Eagle-Over-the-Mountain Photo ContestAll Razor Sharp. All the Time!A golden eagle in Homer and My Most Valuable Trip LensThe (Pink) Overhead Canopy Wing PositionBoreal Songbird Setup Winter PhotographyLearning Lots From a Stunner of a Royal Tern ImageWhat I’ll Miss While I Am On the Road Again: Part IIStuff to Learn. Stuff I Learned …What I’ll Miss While I Am On the Road Again: Part ISpoonbill in Flight Too Large in the Frame. What To Do?Royal Terns Screwing Around: Is Lower Always Better? And Announcing the 2022 Spring Fort DeSoto IPTAlan Murphy on Nikon Z9 AutofocusLot’s More Great Canon Used Gear. A Strange Morning at Lakeland. And New-Computer Photoshop Help NeededAdam’s Snowy Owl on Ice Shove. Lots More on Rolling Shutter Including a Revelatory Comment by Arash HazeghiStick Marsh FWC Good News! The March Stick Marsh IPTS are a Go!The Whole Gory Story With a _ _ _ _ _ EndingMy, How Fast They Grow!A Real Showstopper of an Image! And Rolling Shutter INFOA Unique Homer Bald Eagle IPT Opportunity and a Sunset Silhouette Expose to the Right LessonRembrandt (?) versus Clean, Tight, and GraphicRe-writing for Clarity and Catching Up a BitComing to Grips with Vertical GripsUnderstanding Depth-of-Field with Telephoto LensesThe Things That I Hate About the World’s Best Bird Photography Camera, the Sony Alpha 1Very Important News & Sony Used Gear For SaleLike-New Nikon 400 f/2.8 (for sale) does Snowy Owl FlightEight Seconds Later and 165mm Wider …A Fine Ending to a Great Trip!Surfin’ in La Jolla with the 600 f/4 GM/1.4X TC/a1Four Very Excellent Reasons to Add the Sony FE 1.4X Teleconverter to the Sony 200-600/a1 ComboA Rare Side-lit Image! Chiefs Lose! Or Not?Analyzing Lens Choice for Hand Held Flight PhotographyThe Seemingly Endless Battle!When Something Unexpected Happens …Anita North Loves Her Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 II!Clean, Tight, Graphic (and Abstract)Sony 70-200 f/2.8II Rockin’ San Diego as Predicted!Bird on a Curved Stick …Thank You Nice Lady. Not a Pelican in San Diego!My Excuses. And Announcing the 2022 San Diego Mini IPTChick-let Suspicion Confirmed!Which is the More Elegant Turkey Vulture Image?How to Create Bird-in-Heaven ImagesMaking Baby Sandhill Cranes!Black Vultures Wheeling and Dealing in Flight!Striving for New and Different and Getting LuckyRemembering Superman. And the Nikon D850 in San DiegoSerendipitously Vertical! And Unfair to Birds?White Bats in Flight During the Day! Image Clean-up and Photography as Art. Understanding Low Light Exposure. And, more than 20 years ago, two now well-known bird photographers lived just two blocks apart in a small Florida town, unbeknownst to each other.Oh What a Morning. Sony 200-600 Hand Held Versatility!Catching Up: More Answers and Opinions. Including Mega-blasting Silhouette LessonsLess Bird, More Green, or More Bird, Less Green? Still Learning After 38+ Years. And George Lepp on TCsOne Plus Two 1200mm Sunset Silhouette Flight ImagesHappy New Year 2022. Exactly where are we? And a new, proposed New York State law …Pelican Lessons. And It’s Getting Late …New Species: Fan-tailed Vulture! Why No Teleconverter?Serendipitous Serenading TrioFun in the Fog With the Hand Held Sony 200-600 G LensLate Afternoon Sunset QuickiesA Rare Double Header. And thinking of source material …Happy Holidays! Christmas Coots Times TwoThe Astonishing Snowy Owl Liftoff Original …What Gives? ISO 125: 1/20,000 second at f/8!The Best Snowy Owl Image From My Northeast Trip?So What’s Up With Stick Marsh?Extraordinarily Uncommon R5 Goldeneye Images. And, if someone held a gun to your head …She finally stood up, and I got a nice surprise …New Kid on the Block: Versatile, & Deadlier Than EverWanted in San Diego! More Depth-of-Field?Upside-Down BLUBB for Ground Level Photography. More on Subject in Shade, Background in Sun!The Sunball Flight Shot: A 536 to 1 Shot Comes Home!Tips on Creating Effective Bird-scapes. And like it or not?I’ll Be Busy at Sunset for the Next Three Months! And I have no clue as to how the a1 nailed the focus at 1200mm in a pretty much impossible situation …When and Why to Bracket. And a New You-Tube VideoGlad that I asked myself, Why Not? And Marsh Rice Rat?Homer Bald Eagle IPT Opening: This Could Be You!Mega-Educational Answers, Explanations, and PreferencesPelican Scissors Preening Photo Tips and Lots More!Seeing New Situations. Why Manual Mode? More On Saving the WHITEs. An ACR Raw Conversion. And an Innovative New Photoshop TechniqueThe 2nd Best Snowy Owl Image From My Northeast Trip?The Best Perspective & More. And Content-Aware Fill MagicUnanimity. And Learning About Snowy Owls …Variety is the Spice of Flight in San Diego!My Third Best Snowy Owl Image From the Long Island Trip264mm? You’ve Got to Be Kidding Me! More On Dogs on the Beach: The Hunter Becomes the Hunted …It Was That Kind of Morning; You Figure It Out …Cluttered, Dull, Dreary Grays and Browns, Too High, and Relatively Boring/My First Screech Owl: the Eyes Have It!Intermediate Telephoto Zoom Lenses Kill in San Diego and Elsewhere! And Pleasant Nikon D850 Memories.Snowy Owl Miracle: Very Muddy and a Little BloodyCops Came (Again!)Happy Thanksgiving 2021. Count Your Blessings!Sweet Light Flight/Aperture Lesson, & Topaz Times TwoWhat the Duck???Cops Came. Opossum Foot Snack!Road Kill Cafe Flight Photography VideoSONY A1-s in Stock at Bedfords! And an Extraordinary Over-Exposed (?) Spoonbill/Saving the WHITEs OptimizationSony a7R IV/600 GM at La Jolla/Part II: Amazing Detail!Sony a7R IV/600 GM at La Jolla: Part IGive Me Five Good Sunset Minutes …Clipping the Virtual Feet, a Very Common Error. But …Announcing the 2022 Stick Marsh Roseate Spoonbill IPTsFoggy La Jolla Miracle Image Optimization …The Pink Skinny on 30 fps with Science-fiction like AFCircle B Bar Reserve Anhingas & Bald Cypress Trees. Sony 200-600 G Lens Plate/Low Foot Options. And Why!Remembering the Veterans. The Weatherman Blew It. And What Bugged Me About the Spoonbill Flight ImageA Short Pick-the-Best-Image Video. Seeing the Shot in Difficult Situations. Big Improvements are Best Made During the Raw Conversion. And How I Did Just That!Why No Sebastian Inlet Osprey IPTs? What Are You Doing Thursday Morning? And On Softening Harsh Shadows!Used Gear Snake Oil Salesman. And Two Nikon 500s!Spoonbills Two Ways: with nesting material & cartoon-likeOn Creativity and Seeing & Refining Your Vision. A breeze-driven, focus-stacking opportunity realized! And why f/16?What Bugs Me About This Spoonbill Image?What To Do With an Under-exposed Perfect Exposure …The Mosquito and the Feather. And Tons to Learn!Announcing the 2022 San Diego IPT. A New YouTube Video: San Diego/A Bird Photographer’s Paradise. And What They Are Saying About BAA IPTs!Items for Sale Info Consolidated. And a New Minimum PriceWhy Pleasing Blurs on Bright Sunny Days? And How!The Star of the Shorebird Show. And Lugworm City!Atlantic Dune Osprey Backgrounds & Image Re-design QuizSmall But Deadly: the Oft-Overlooked 70-200mm LensesAlan Murphy Topaz Webinar 19 October 2021Prepared Correctly By Luck: The Expected and the Unexpected. Why Low? More on Loving the Sony Alpha 1. And Beyond-the-Beyond Flight Bird-Eye/Face Detection AFWhy Life Jackets Should Be Mandatory! DeSoto IPT #3Is the SONY Alpha 1/200-600 G Lens Combo Right for You? And When Higher is Better Than Lower …Jim Miller Made My Day. Again. The Great Tern Flight Photography Slaughter. And Tips … And 30fps NotesRainbow Image Optimization & Color Magic TrickMiracle Rainbow and Amazing Flight Photography!BV Abstract ART ???Marbled Godwit Image Questions …Pileated Woodpecker Flight Poses Four WaysAnd then the beautiful owl flew into the shade … Along with Tons of Photoshop Tips and LearningBird Photography Heaven: Fort DeSoto YouTube Video with Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ARTI Followed My Own Oft-Given Advice …Early Morning Bath. And an ISO/Shutter Speed LessonFort DeSoto is Rocking! When f/18 Is Not Enough …Tons of Bait. And a Topaz Sharpen AI Sandwich Tern SaveSlow Shutter Speed Prothonotary Warbler and Central Park Barred Owl Re-do, Images by Anke FrohlichThe Canon 5D IV & BIRDS AS ART High Key Pelican ActionWestern Sandpiper Raw Conversion Video & MoreBathing Bird Tendencies … Part ITales of Two Fresh JuviesImpressive Shorebird Wing Action by Anke Frohlich. Mining the Comments. BIRDS AS ART Camera User’s Guides”A Killer Vertical AF Tip for All SystemsPicking Your Keepers: The All Important Second EditCropping Like Crazy at the Brandon Rookery with the SONY Alpha 1 at 1200mm! Topaz Gigapixel AI to the RescueLearn to Create BIRDS AS ART. And Great Stuff on BPNIf and When Photoshop Goes Haywire …So What is Clemens Van der Werf Doing Now?Video Blog — Part II of III: Learn to Create BIRDS AS ART at Fort DeSoto with Arthur MorrisVideo Blog: Photographing Fort DeSoto’s Fall Wading Birds. And Announcing the 2021 Fort DeSoto Fall IPT ScheduleVideo Blog: Photographing Fort DeSoto’s Fall Wading Birds with Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART. And Announcing the 2021 Fort DeSoto Fall IPT ScheduleTight Bathing Bird Tips from the Wild Windy Saturday Past. Nikon AF-S 80-400mm/4.5-5.6G ED VR Lens Price Drop!The Big Sunday SurpriseNearly All Bird Photographers Stayed Home on a Wild Windy Weather Morning …Sipping …Sony Alpha a1 Revelation by Jim Dolgin. Working With a Nikon Z50 Student. And More on Getting Up Early.Pleasingly Blurred Skimmers. And Location & Situation TipsUniversal Advice for Better Flight Photography. A Seriously Mis-framed, Under-exposed Raw File. A Free Content-Aware Crop Tutorial. A Topaz Sharpen AI Tip. And a Pretty Darned Good Sandpiper Flight Image!Small in the Lime-Green Frame Image Optimization …Bird Photography Teacher Learns From Student …Impromptu Trash Bag Butt Mud-Guards. Almost Famous. Dull Day Image Processing. And East Pond PhalaropesShockingly Amazing: JBWR East Pond and a1 AF. And a Bedford Canon RF Wide Angle Lens Screw-up …Beach Butt-Advancing Illustrated … Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM Lenses in Stock at Bedfords! And Bathing Gull (and Tern) TipsButt-crawling at 840mm with the SONY 200-600 G LensBlack Skimmer Flight Save. What Bugs Me? The SONY a1 AF System Continues to Amaze …In-the-Field Student Anke Frohlich Kicking Butt …Cloudy Day American Oystercatchers Brightness QuestionJBWR August 2021 Goal: Better These Six ImagesThe JBWR In-the-Field Sessions. On Sitting Still. And Juvie Osprey Post-Processing/Topaz Sharpen AI LessonsCanon R5 for Tight and for Flight! In Stock at Bedfords: Canon R5-s and R6-s, RF 100-500mm lenses, and lots of the brand new Canon RF 100mm f/2.8 Macro Lenses
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