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Sensor Cleaning Update with a Surprise!

Sensor Cleaning Update with a Surprise!

On my recent trip to Midway I left my sensor cleaning kit at home to save a few ounces in my luggage; in retrospect, this was a bad move. 🙂 And I had had some nasty sensor dust on my EOS-1D Mark IV […]

BAA Server Update & Klamath Eagle (with my comments and a Photoshop Lesson)

BAA Server Update

Both the web site and the blog were up and down today–mostly down, as we moved to a completely new dedicated server. Please accept my apologies for any inconveniences that you may have encountered. Right now everything is running smoothly and things should stay that way for a while. The BAA store […]

Self-Inflicted Travel Adventure & White Sky Flight Lessons

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This White-fronted Goose image was created with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2 stops: 1/1250 sec. at f5.6 in Av Mode. The amount of underwing detail in this image is amazing, and I love the arrangement of the birds. Learn more […]

Blessed Again... Which is Your Favorite Image?

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This dark and light geese blast-off image was created with the Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II lens, the 2X III TC, and the EOS-1D Mark IV (hand held at 320mm). ISO 50. Evaluative metering +1 2/3 stops: 1/8 sec. at f/16 in Tv Mode. (You can learn to create a […]

Pro Flight Photography Tip, & Stunned Three Times in 90 Minutes!

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Brown Pelican, incoming tight vertical. This image was created with the Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS lens with the 2X III TC and the EOS-1DMIV. Hand held at 140mm. ISO 400: 1/2000 sec. at f/5.6 confirmed by histogram check. This vertical original image is one that I optimized while plugged into […]

A Morning in Spoonbill Heaven

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“Reddish Egret Soft Sunrise.” When a morning begins like this, it is generally a good sign. 🙂 I created the two images for this stitched panorama with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens with the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1/500 sec. at f/5.6. I pressed […]

If I've Said It Once...

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Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS lens with the 2X III TC and the EOS-1D Mark IV. Hand held at 140mm. Ooops! (This is a substantial crop.) ISO 400: 1/2000 sec. at f/7.1. Image copyright 2011 and courtesy of: John Snodgrass.

If I’ve Said It Once…

If I’ve said it once, […]

“Impossible?:” The Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Extender 1.4x Lens

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This is an image of a prototype of the recently announced Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Extender 1.4x lens.

“Impossible?:” The Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Extender 1.4x Lens

Five days ago Canon announced that it is developing an EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Extender 1.4x lens […]

Pro Focusing/Composition Trick & I Heard He's a Real A--hole

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Tripod-mounted Canon EF 800mm f/5.6L IS lens with the 1.4X III teleconverter and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1/320 sec. at f/5.6.

Pro Focusing/Composition Trick

This bird was swimming very slowly. I made a few images with the central sensor (the only one active […]

Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS II/1.4X III Composite Flight Pano

This image was created from five images made with the hand held Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II lens with the 1.4X III teleconverter and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop off the blue sky 35 degrees up from the horizon: 1/2500 at f/5.6.

To see a spectacular 1400 […]

Worth the Weight? The Skinny on the Two New Canon Super-telephoto Lenses

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This is the new Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS II lens without the hood. It is 1 1/2 pounds lighter than the old 500 and promises to be one of the sharpest telephoto lenses ever produced when used both with and without the Series III teleconverters.

Worth the Weight? The […]

Canon EOS Destination: Birds of the Everglades Workshop

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This landing Black Vulture was photographing this morning at Anhinga Trail, Everglades National Park with the 70-200mm f.2.8L IS II lens, the 2x III TC (hand held at 342mm), and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Manual mode: 1/800 sec. at f/5.6. One of the big benefits of joining a […]

Series III 2X Gut Reaction & More on Depth of Field (Though Beyond Me....)

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This Anhinga was photographed this afternoon at Anhinga Trail, Everglades National Park with the 70-200mm f.2.8L IS II lens, the 2x III TC (hand held at 342mm), and EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering at zero: 1/320 sec. at f/5.6.

Series III 2X TC Gut Reaction

I got […]

Ooops!

Oooops!

Sorry about the mis-fire with BAA Bulletin #359. We have been having Mail Chimp problems for two days. We are aware that the Bulletin showed up without images. It is online on the Bids As Art Homepage here. Jennifer is trying to resend it from home this afternoon, with the images. Thanks for bearing […]

Abstract Thoughts & A Free Depth-of-Field Lesson

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This is a crop of the abstract image from the last post here. Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens, the 1.4X II TC, and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering -1/3 stop: 1/500 sec. at f/10.

Abstract Thoughts

When I asked “Like it or Hate It?” in the […]

Like It or Hate It?, My Thoughts on the Coot Images, & Two BAA Bulletins On-line

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This somewhat abstract image was created at La Jolla, CA on the recently concluded San Diego IPT with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens, the 1.4X II TC, and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering -1/3 stop: 1/500 sec. at f/10.

Like It or Hate It?

Do […]

Two Simple But Great Tim Grey Photoshop Tips & Which Coot Image is Better and Why?

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This Brown Pelican image was created at La Jolla, CA on the recently concluded San Diego IPT with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop: 1/800 sec. at f/9. It is likely that this is a sub-adult bird as the […]

You Folks are Getting Too Smart and Two Simple but Great Tim Grey Tips Coming Soon

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This image was created at La Jolla, CA on the recently concluded San Diego IPT at 9:18am on a rather late on a clear morning with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. ISO 400. Evaluative metering at zero: 1/1600 sec. at f/8. The […]

Long Lens Depth-of-Field Question and a TC in the Pacific Story

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This handsome pair was photographed at La Jolla, CA on the recently concluded San Diego IPT rather late on a clear morning. I used the hand held Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II lens, the 2X II TC (at 270mm), and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400.

Long Lens Depth-of-Field […]

Sunny Sunday Morning Duck Exposure Primer

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This drake Wood Duck was photographed on the San Diego IPT with the Canon EF 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering -1/3 stop: 1/1600 sec. at f/7.1 in early morning light.

Sunny Sunday Morning Duck Exposure Primer

With all due respect to […]