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Photographer Experience Quiz

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Great Egret, Fort DeSoto Park, south of St. Petersburg, FL. Canon 300mm f/2.8L IS lens handheld with the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 1600. Evaluative metering +2 stops: 1/1600 sec. at f/5.6 set manually. Fill flash at -2 stops with Better Beamer.

Photographer Experience Quiz

The six superb images presented […]

The Central Sensor Crop

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Common Eider, molting male, Shinnecock Inlet, Hampton Bays, Long Island, NY. Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens with the 1.4X II TC and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 800. Evaluative metering -1/3 stop: 1/2000 sec. at f/8 in Av mode.

The Central Sensor Crop

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Richard Simonsen Vertical Agave Blur & BAA Bulletin #353

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Desert Agave vertical blur, Image courtesy of and copyright 2010: Richard Simonsen. Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, EF 24-105mm IS USM: ISO 100, 105mm, 0 ev, f/20 at 1 sec.

Richard Simonsen Vertical Agave Blur & BAA Bulletin #353

In BAA Bulletin #353 (see link below) I critiqued two pleasing blurs […]

Assorted Comments

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This is the optimized Cattle Egret from the December 15th “What’s Wrong With These Images?” blog post. See my comments on the comments immediately below 🙂

Assorted Comments

Wow. Please don’t take this personally–and I do appreciate all the folks who took the time to comment, and I am […]

Bright Ideas: You be the Photo Editor

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This yawning Ring-billed Gull was photographed in bright sun on a clear, blue sky day at Fort DeSoto Park, near St. Petersburg, FL. Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-50D. ISO 250. Evaluative metering at zero: 1/2000 sec. at f/10.

Bright Ideas: You be the Photo Editor

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Flames & BAA Bulletin #352

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Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS lens (hand held at 200mm) with the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 50. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/4 sec. at f/14.

Flames & BAA Bulletin #352

With the recent cold snaps, the single deciduous tree in my driveway had some nice fall color just a few […]

What’s Wrong With These Images?

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“Early Morning Cattle Egret” was created this morning with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop: 1/1000 sec. at f/10. My rig was supported by the BLUBB (Big Lens Ultimate BeanBag; designed by yours truly). Double Bubble Level in the […]

Cloud Lens

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“Snow Geese in Farmfield” was created with the hand held Canon EF14mm f/2.8L II USM and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 320. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/125 sec. at f/22.

Cloud Lens

I borrowed the 14mm f/2.8 lens from CPS (Canon Professional Services) for my Bosque trip just because. […]

My Thoughts on A & B and Lots of Lessons

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This Sandhill Crane pan blur was created with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1/30 sec. at f/6.3 in Tv mode.

My Thoughts on A & B and Lots of Lessons

Thanks to all who offered their opinion. […]

The Skinny on a Killer South Georgia/Falklands Cruise: October, 2012

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King Penguins, Gold Bay, South Georgia.

The Skinny on a Killer South Georgia/Falklands Cruise: October, 2012

I just got the heads up on a killer South Georgia/Falklands Expedition that will run October 18 to November 11, 2012. It seems a long way off but if you want a seat on […]

A or B or Neither or Both? Shutter Speeds?

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This image was made with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 50. Evaluative metering +1 stop in Tv mode. That is all that you are getting for now…

A or B or Neither or Both?? Shutter Speeds?

The image above is Image A. It […]

My Thoughts on the Western Gull

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This image of a very worn first winter Western Gull was created with the Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II lens with the 2X II teleconverter (hand held at 400mm) and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1/1250 sec. at f/7.1 set manually and confirmed by histogram […]

Did You Ever? And Lots More.

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“Sandhill Crane over the Chupaderas” was created with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens with the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 2/3 stops off the early morning sky: 1/1000 sec. at f/5.6 set manually. When the winds are from the north/northwest in the early morning, a very […]

In Memoriam: Wes Ardoin

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This image was created in Tanzania in January 2001 as I shared a safari van with Wes and Patti Ardoin. I used the Canon 28-135mm IS zoom lens (hand held at 135mm) with the EOS-10D. ISO 400. Evaluative metering -1/3 stop: 1/100 sec. at f/14 in Av Mode. The zebra […]

My Tortoise Head Portrait Opinion, BAA Bulletin 336, and BPN Head Angle Threads/An Education

My Tortoise Head Portrait Opinion

Thanks to all who participated. Opinions were divided as to which was the stronger image, the straight on view or the side view. Some folks were rather adamant in defending their choice. I initially thought that the right down the lens barrel image was stronger, then gravitated to feeling […]

Which Is the Stronger Image, and Why?

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This Galapagos Tortoise head portrait was photographed during a very light drizzle with the tripod-mounted Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D MIV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/20 sec. at f/16. I used One-Shot AF after selecting a sensor that covered the eye.

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Fractalius, More Kudos to Peter Kes, & Bulletin Archives Info

[Not a valid template] Denise Ippolito created this Glow 100 Fractalius for me as I could not find the download code so that I could put the plug-in on my new computer. Thanks Denise! My original “Marine Iguana with its tongue out” image appeared in BAA Bulletin 332. You can find the image in […]

BAA IN VERIZON DSL-hell :)

[Not a valid template] This image was created with the Canon 100-400mm IS L zoom lens handheld at 180mm with the EOS-1D MIV. ISO 800. Evaluative Metering +1 1/3 stops: 1/15 sec. at f/11. Denise Ippolito and I are hard at work on “The Guide to Pleasing Blurs.”

Midday on Tuesday we lost our […]

My Pick Six Favorite

[Not a valid template] This image was created with the handheld Canon 100-400 IS L lens, the same lens that I used to create the wider Chinstrap Penguins on iceberg image in the “Pick Six” post.

First off, congrats to Paul Mckenzie whose comment nailed the correct answer:

May 17th, 2010 at 4:52 am […]

Pick Six!

Below I present six totally different images. As a group, they have something in common. Leave a comment and let us know which is your favorite image and why. (Actually, feel free to comment on all of the images if you wish….) And if you would like to hazard a guess as to what the […]