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Your Call? Which of Red Stevens’ three image do you like best? Why? My Call In the recent YouTube Video: How I Picked the Best Four of 1206 Images blog post here, only two folks picked a favorite. Both liked #4 with the eye of the female crane visible through the splayed primary feathers of […] Your Call? Which is the strongest of today’s four featured images. Why did you make your choice? My preference, in the next blog post, might surprise you. How I Picked the Four Best Photos From 1206 Images. By Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART Sit beside me for this 20-minute video as I pick the […] What’s Up? My morning photo sessions have been tough with temps in the low 30°s, clear skies, and winds from the north. With the sun rising south of east and continuing to move to the south, bird photography is extremely difficult. Today is Friday 30 January 2026. It is supposed to warm up today […] Your Call? Which do you think is the strongest image? Why? What’s Up? Monday morning was dark and rainy. Tuesday morning was even more difficult with bright sun, dropping temperatures, and a brisk NW wind as a cold front passed. It was 37° F and is supposed to be a bit colder for the […] Your Call/My Call Which of today’s two featured images do you think is the strongest? Why do you like it most? In the Pelicans Dwarfed in La Jolla. Honest! blog post here, my favorite image was #5: Brown Pelican breeding plumage adult resting. This is one case where I love shooting down at a subject […] Huge a-1 ii Thanks Huge thanks to Nora Kane, Kevin Hice, and Harvey Seargeant for using one of my two affiliate links to purchase a new Sony a-1 ii. And Kevin, who finally saw the Sony light after 15 years of making great images with his Canon gear, went for both the 300mm f/2.8 GM […] What’s Up? Pelican photography has continued to be amazing at La Jolla. Yesterday I created 10,450 images in the morning session alone. My rain pants and hands and the arms of my sweatshirt were totally covered by wet, slimy, pelican and gull poop as I stayed low and moved around the lower shelf. Note: great […] Your Call/My Call Improve your own photography by ranking today’s four featured backlit images in order of preference with the strongest photo first and the weakest last. And please let us know what you liked best about your first two picks. This will be a tough chore as all three images are quite good (he […] Your Call/My Call Which two of today’s ten featured images do you feel are the strongest. Please leave a comment and let us know why you made your choices. Thanks for all the comments at the last blog post. I was surprised at how many folks liked my drake Ring-necked Duck staring down the lens […] Your Call Which of today’s eight featured images do you like best? Please leave a comment and let us know why you made your choices. Only two folks left a comment at the last blog post; I responded to them individually. Incredible For the past few days, Kevin Hice borrowed some of my Sony […] Your Call? Which two of today’s seven (not eight) featured images are the strongest? Why did you make your choices? What’s Up? On our Wednesday morning scouting session at La Jolla, Bob Eastman and I were blessed early on with cloudy bright skies followed by sun. And lots and lots of photogenic and photographable Brown […] Flight Potpourri and Flight Photography Tips I always wanted to be a very good flight photographer but for the most part, dSLR autofocus was not quite up to snuff. Thus, I am grateful to be alive at a time when mirrorless AF technology has made astronomical strides. And, as most of you know, I firmly […] What’s Up? Conditions were perfect on Saturday morning past as the fog cleared early and there was a significant wind from the east/southeast. I got nuthin. On Sunday, there was thick fog with a NW wind. I spent an hour with a foraging flock of Cattle Egrets doing mostly flight blurs as they moved north […] Your Call Today’s two featured images are quite similar — each was created in the same second. They were the two keepers from a short series of about a dozen. If you like blurs and prefer one over the other, please leave a comment and let us know your reasons. If you hate all blurs, […] My Call In the last blog I — as did those who commented, prefer the tighter vertical crop as it yielded a better look at the spectacular backlit dew drops. In retrospect, stopping down to f/16 or so would have sharpened the outer edges of the web. And, I had lots of ISO room to […] On Choosing Happiness In the What’s Up section that leads many blog posts, I often include something like this: I hope that you too choose to have a wonderful and productive day and that you have fun too. Do remember that happiness is a choice — Byron Katie, The Work.Com. It usually goes unnoticed. In […] Dichotomy di·chot·o·my (/dīˈkädÉ™mÄ“/) noun: 1. a contrast between two things that are, or are represented as, being entirely different. Save $500 on a Sony a-1 ii If you have a high end Sony mirrorless camera body you can trade it in, get paid for it, and receive an additional $500 off when you purchase an […] Your Calls? Which two of today’s five featured Pied-billed Grebe images is your favorite? Why did you choose them? Which do you prefer — the grebes in the sun or the grebes in the shade? My Calls Thanks for all the comments on the 13 images in the last blog post. The consensus pick was […] Your Call? Which three of today’s 13 featured images do you think are the strongest? Why did you make your picks? Before you head off to Instagram or Facebook, you might want to read the Why Comment item immediately below. Doing so might help you to become a much better photographer. As you peruse the […] Sony 400mm f/2.8 GM OSS Lens with Extras! Price reduced $1000.00 on 22 December 2025! BIRDS AS ART Record Low Price (by far!) IPT veteran Stan Driscoll is offering a Sony 400mm f/2.8 GM OSS Lens in near-mint to like-new condition for the BAA record low price of $7798.00 (was $8798.00). The sale includes the […] |
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