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Galapagos Day 8/Puerto Ayora: tortoises and landbirds

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This Galapagos Tortoise was photographed in soft, misty light with the tripod-mounted Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D MIV. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1/100 sec. at f/8. If you remain still these ancient animals will come completely out of their shells and show off their long necks.

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Galapagos Day 7/Volcano Hike and Peurto Villamil Beach Walk

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This Whimbrel was photographed in soft, misty light with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D MIV. Evaluative metering +1 2/3 stops: 1/500 sec. at f/5.6. This tame bird gave us many good chances. We first spotted it swallowing a small octopus. Sorry: no photos of that :). […]

Galapagos Day 6/Afternoon, Punta Moreno, Isabella

Galapagos Day 6/Afternoon, July 11: Punta Moreno, Isabella [Not a valid template]

This Greater Flamingo bird-scape was created with the Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS lens (handheld at 70mm) and the EOS-1D MIV. ISO 200. Evaluative metering -1/3 stop: 1/500 sec. at f/10. When creating bird-scapes I generally determine the correct exposure, set it manually, focus […]

Galapagos Day 6/Morning, Elizabeth Bay, & Safe on Long Island

Galapagos Day 6/Morning, July 11: Elizabeth Bay [Not a valid template]

This Bryde’s Whale image was created with the Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS lens (hand held at 129mm) with the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1/1000 sec. at f/8. I used the lowest focusing sensor in the middle to get the […]

Galapagos Day 5/Afternoon, Urbina Bay, Isabella & BAA Bulletin 334

Galapagos Day 5/Afternoon, July 10: Urbina Bay, Isabella [Not a valid template] Both originals for this two-frame top and bottom stitched image were created with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens, the 1.4X II TC, and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 250. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1/200 sec. at f/10 set. II could not quite […]

Galapagos Day 5/Morning, July 10: Tagus Cove, Isabella

Galapagos Day 5/Morning, July 10: Tagus Cove, Isabella [Not a valid template] This three frame stitched panorama was created with the 24-105mm zoom lens handheld at 28mm with the EOS-1D Mark IV. I was inspired by the sweet light and the sloping hillside covered with incense trees. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 1/3 stops: 1/200 […]

Galapagos Day 4/Afternoon, July 9: Punta Espinoza, Fernandina & “The Tall Fall”

[Not a valid template] This image was created just after 2:30 pm on an obviously clear sunny day with the Canon 15mm fish eye lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 200. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop: 1/200 sec. at f/11. I held the camera on the ground and used Live View to frame the […]

Galapagos Day 4/Morning, July 9: Punta Vincente Roca

Day 4/Morning, July 9: Punta Vincente Roca [Not a valid template] The original image here was made with the Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS lens and the EOS-1D MIV handheld at 70mm. ISO 500. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop: 1/30 sec. at f/20. I added the bird with the very blue feet top/right/center from another frame to […]

Galapagos Day 3/July 8: Puerto Egas. And Shopper’s Guide

[Not a valid template] After seeing an Andy Rouse image of a Sally Lightfoot crab on black lava rock surrounded by a blurred wave (in his book, Concepts of Nature), I was determined to try something similar on my next Galapagos visit. This image was created with the tripod-mounted Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens […]

Galapagos Day 2/Afternoon, July 7: Prince Phillip’s Steps, Tower Island

[Not a valid template] As often happens in the Galapagos in June and July, we walked past a nest with two eggs only to find out five minutes later that there was just one egg in the nest along with a chick. This newly-hatched Nazca Booby chick was photographed with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L […]

Galapagos Day 2/Morning, July 7: Darwin Bay, Tower Island

[Not a valid template] This Swallow-tailed Gull chick being fed regurgitated squid was photographed with the Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS Canon lens (handheld at 200mm) and the EOS-1D MIV. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1/400 sec. at f/5.6 set manually. The lightweight 70-200 f/4L IS is one of my very favorite lenses for […]

Great News & Galapagos Day 1/July 6: Bachas

Great News: Over the next few weeks I will be publishing my Galapagos journal here on the BAA Blog one day at a time 🙂

[Not a valid template] This image of a male Galapagos Yellow Warbler was created with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens, a 25mm Extension tube, and the EOS-1D MIV. […]

Quito, Hummers, Galapagos, and BAA Bulletin 330

[Not a valid template] This was one of the very first images that I created in the Galapagos on my maiden cruise in 2005. Canon 70-200 f/2.8L IS lens handheld at 145mm with the EOS-1D MII. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/100 sec. at f/8.

I am posting from the loverly Hilton Quito […]

Midair Collision over Midway!

[Not a valid template] All three of the images in this post were created with the handheld Canon 400mm f/4 IS DO lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 1/3 stops off the sand set manually: 1/1250 sec. at f/7.1 As always, you can click on each image to see […]

Midway Continued: Creative Vision/Red-tailed Tropicbird Style

[Not a valid template] Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS lens with the 1.4X II TC (handheld at 135mm) and the EOS-1D MIV. ISO 250. I set the brilliant white exposure for this ISO manually: 1/2000 sec. at f/6.3 and confirmed it via a histogram check.

There are many, many thousands of Red-Tailed Tropicbirds on Midway […]

More Midway!

[Not a valid template] Laysan Albatross. This image was created with the handheld 400mm f/4 IS DO lens and the EOS-1D MIV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1/2000 sec. at f/7.1. Opportunities for flight photography are unlimited as the sky is constantly filled with birds. And the windier the better. As always, you […]

Midway with Joe Van Os!

[Not a valid template] There are more than a million Laysan Albatrosses on Midway Island. This displaying bird was photographed with the Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS lens with the 1.4X II TC handheld at 202mm with the EOS-1D MIV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/3200 at f/5.6. As always, you can click on […]

San Diego IPT; Mark IV and 7D AF Comments...

[Not a valid template] California Brown Pelican in flight, La Jolla, CA. Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS lens (handheld at 154mm) with the 1.4X II TC and the EOS-7D. ISO 500. Evaluative metering +1 1/3 stops set manually.

With one day to go, the San Diego IPT has been a huge success. Great folks, great […]

Bosque 2009; Where Has All the Magic Gone?

[Not a valid template] This Sandhill Crane was photographed in early morning light with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D Mark III. ISO 500. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop off the yellow grasses: 1/1600 sec. at f/5.6. Be sure to click on each image to see a larger, sharper version.

Overall, photographic […]

BAA Bulletin #306, Cranes, and the Canon EOS 7D: First Impressions

Bulletin #306

BIRDS AS ART BULLETIN #306 is on-line here: http://www.birdsasart.com/2009/11/20/birds-as-art-bulletin-306 with lots of great images from my San Diego/Del Mar trip.

7D First Impressions [Not a valid template] 800mm f/5.6L IS lens with the Canon EOS-7D. ISO 1000. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1/1000 sec. at f/5.6.

I finally got a chance to try […]