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What’s Up? Thanks to the technical brilliance of Patrick Sparkman (once again!) I may have solved my 600 VR AF problems. I hope to be heading down to the lake when it gets light here and find that the proof is in the pudding. If it is, I will have a ton to share here […] What’s Up? It is cold and raining here at ILE on Tuesday morning. I have decided to send my 600 VR to Nikon so that they can check the AF performance; I would not be shocked if they find that these is some misalignment of the lens elements … Or some other problem. IPT […] What’s Up? Gatorland was very good on Sunday morning. It was cloudy dark until about 10am when things began to brighten. I headed home after eleven when the sun came out for a while. I went all Sony on Sunday working mostly with the 1.4X but also with the 100-400 alone and a bit with […] What’s Up? Gatorland was great this morning; read and see more below. Learn more tomorrow about the sharpness issues that I have been having with my Nikon 600 VR with and without the TC-E14 and both of my D850 bodies. After seeing my images from this morning with the 500 PF and both D850 bodies […] What’s Up? It is early Saturday morning and I am off to Gatorland. Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM Lens Shock the world price drop: $500.00 on 15 MAR 2018! Don Busby is offering Canon 500mm f/4L IS II USM (USA) in near-mint condition for a BAA record low $6299.00 (was $6799.00). Just […] What’s Up? Right now I am spending every morning photographing a pair of small Sandhill Cranes colts and a recently hatched pair of tiny chicks. Though they are silly-tame, making a great or even very good image is a challenge. I have been using both my SONY and my Nikon gear. Please take a minute […] What’s Up? I had too much fun down by the lake this morning when my favorite pair of cranes walked right up to me with both of their chicks. I’ve been swimming most every day, most recently about 60 lengths (with 44 to the mile). I swim very slowly. 🙂 I have been having […] What’s Up? I am on my way to First Data Field in Port St. Lucie, Fl to see the Mets/Cardinals spring training game. Son-in-law Erik Egensteiner is driving. Alissa and Jen and Maya and Idris are in Lissy’s rental car on their way to the game. It is gonna be a warm one. I am […] What’s Up? My younger daughter Alissa and her younger son Idris are visiting from Long Island. I had lunch with them and my granddaughter Maya on Friday afternoon and all of us will be at Jennifer’s for dinner with her husband Erik. I was thrilled on Tuesday to learn that multiple IPT veteran Malcolm […] What’s Up? I was thrilled on Tuesday to learn that multiple IPT veteran Malcolm MacKenzie signed up to join Shonagh Adelman and me on the 2019 UK Puffins, Gannets, and Red Kites IPT; Seahouses, Bempton Cliffs, and the Dunbar, Scotland Gannet boat to Bass Rock! That done, I committed to the trip and purchased my […] What’s Up? I got up early on Tuesday, have been working on this blog post for well more than four hours, and am still not done. It is cloudy here at ILE and I plan on doing some outdoor Focus Fine-tuning with my Nikon gear as soon as I am done. I was thrilled […] What’s Up? I spent Sunday morning on Lake Kissimmee with good friend and many multiple IPT veteran Clemens Van der Werf. It was a beautiful day on the water but with an at-first gentle breeze out of the northwest, conditions for flight photography were less than ideal. We saw lots of Snail Kites and had […] What’s Up? Robert Matyas, visiting from Ottawa, and I had a fabulous morning in Lakeland with the tame White Pelicans being the stars of the show. We saw an adult Bald Eagle and a Caspian Tern — both diving for fish. We also had a tame pair of Green-winged Teal including a gorgeous drake, a […] What’s Up? There has been lots of interest and many varying opinions and comments on Thursday afternoon’s What am I, chopped liver? blog post here. In retrospect, it is likely that I screwed up a bit. Or maybe not. Check out the comments and my responses if you like. Cheap Gatorland Saturdays A Saturday […] What’s Up? I was in a bit of a funk on Wednesday and spent most of the day on the couch watching movies. The best was Training Day with a very evil Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke. I was back in top form on Thursday morning after sleeping 10 hours, a record for me. I […] What’s Up? Disaster Averted I arrived early on Monday evening past for the Orlando Camera Club presentation: Lessons from the Field/BIRDS AS ART-Style. As we were setting up it dawned on everyone that we did not have the proper cable connectors, we could not hook up my new computer to the projector … My one […] What’s Up? For the past few hours I’ve been putting the finishing touches on the Orlando Camera Club program — Lessons from the Field/BIRDS AS ART-Style. An MP4 video of the show will be available for purchase later in the week. Jim and I are on the way up to Orlando as I type this […] What’s Up? I finished my program for tomorrow night and am excited about the presentation. I hope to see you there. BIRDS AS ART BIRDS AS ART is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Orlando Camera Club Program Sponsored By Bedford Camera On February 25, 2019, I will be presenting […] What’s Up On Day 3 of the Spoonbill IPT we had our best morning with spoonies on the ground. And the afternoon of flying pelicans was not bad either. Late on Monday afternoon I learned that Captain Froggies customized pontoon boat, the Hoopetie Deux, had developed engine problems so on Tuesday morning we visited some […] What’s Up? Morning Two on the Spoonbill Boat IPT was even slower than morning One. That said we made some really good pre-dawn blurs and Anita North nailed a landing, braking spoonbill with her D850/600VR/TC-E17 rig on a tripod. Anita and John Dupps, another multiple IPT veteran, nailed an Osprey in flight carrying a nice-sized, […] |
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