2010 « Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART

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. […]

Tandayapa: Two Approaches/Bon Voyage!

[Not a valid template] This image was create with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens, a 25mm Extension tube, and the EOS-1D MIV. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1/60 sec. at f/5.6 with fill flash at -2 stops and the Better Beamer. Working in AI Servo AF I have my MIV set up […]

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 […]

Crazy Man, Nickerson, the Canon 800, & the Magic Kingdom

[Not a valid template] This less than a week-old American Oystercatcher chick was photographed at Nickerson Beach Park in Lido Beach, Long Island, NY with the tripod-mounted Canon 800 f/5.6L IS lens, the 1.4X II TC, and the EOS-1D MIV. ISO 800. Evaluative Metering +1 1/3 stops: 1/200 sec. at f/10.

I took a […]

Barrow Tundra March & More…

[Not a valid template] This drake King Eider image was created with the tripod-mounted Canon 800 f/5.6L IS lens, the 1.4X II TC, and the EOS-1D MIV. ISO 400. Evaluative Metering +1 stop: 1/640 sec. at f/9.

On Wednesday, two days after my 64th birthday, we met a nice Swedish couple at the end […]

Spectacled Eider and BAA Back In Business

[Not a valid template] This image was created with the tripod-mounted Canon 800 f/5.6L IS lens, the 1.4X II TC, and the EOS-1D MIV. ISO 400. Evaluative Metering at zero: 1/250 sec. at f/13. This image shows that depth-of-field with long effective focal lengths is tiny even when stopped down.

The sun does not […]

Welcome to Barrow and Verizon Saga Continued....

[Not a valid template] This image was created with the handheld Canon 800 f/5.6L IS lens with the EOS-1D MIV. ISO 400. Evaluative Metering +1 stop: 1/1000 sec. at f/7.1. I was sitting with the lens supported on my left knee.

I arrived in Barrow, AK just after 7pm on Friday afternoon, July 11 […]

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 […]

The Amazing Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS Lens

[Not a valid template] This image was created with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens, the 1.4X II TC, and the EOS-1D MIV. ISO 200. Evaluative Metering +1/3 stop: 1/800 sec. at f/8. Image sharpness with the 1.4X TC wide open is simply astounding….(Be sure to click on the image to see a larger, […]

Variations on a Theme...

[Not a valid template] This image was created with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D MIV. ISO 400. Evaluative Metering +2/3 stop: 1/4000 sec. at f/6.3.

The image above was created from the image immediately below. The original image was created at Nickerson Beach at the eastern end of Lido Beach, […]

Lighting the Shadowed Side...

[Not a valid template] I used the flash to light the shadowed side of this Willet completely. Knowing how to use my flash yielded a pleasing image in difficult conditions.

As Denise Ippolito and I approached this bird in the predawn we were thinking silhouettes but the pink in the eastern sky faded almost […]

Big Lens Tips, Tricks, & Magic

[Not a valid template] Handheld Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens with the 1.4X II teleconverter and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 stop set manually: 1/1000 sec. at f/8.

Jim Neiger had three Flight School Photography clients on his pontoon boat this morning and asked that I work without my tripod. […]

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 […]

Osprey Heaven Now!

[Not a valid template] Osprey screaming. This image was created with the handheld Canon 400mm f/4IS DO lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +2 1/3 stops off the white sky: 1/1000 sec. at f/5.6 set manually.

My right-hand man, Jim Litzenberg, and I spent the morning with Jim Neiger on […]

South Texas Photo Contest

[Not a valid template] This Green Jay image was created on the Cozad Ranch in Linn, TX with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV. Fill flash with the Better Beamer at -3 stops: If you would like to visit the Cozad Ranch to photograph birds you can reach Johnny […]

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 […]

Canon Digital Learning Center

A BIRDS AS ART image is currently being featured on the Canon Digital Learning. You can check it out here: http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=3446

When you visit, be sure to check out my Explorer of Light Gallery and to surf around on the site. There is lots of interesting stuff there: I just had 30 minutes of my […]

Sharp/Soft Overlay with a Twist

[Not a valid template] This image was created from two images made with the Canon 800mm f/5.6 L IS lens. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 1/3 stops: 1/60 sec. at f/5.6. Read on for the details.

On the way to the Santa Clara ranch in Starr County, TX last week we stopped to photograph […]

Cozad Ranch Set-Ups, BAA Bulletin #326

[Not a valid template] This was my afternoon set-up at the Cozad Ranch on May 4. The image was created with the handheld Canon 24-105mm IS lens at 32mm.

Notice that each of the four tallest perches is set in front of a pure green background and that we have taken the time to […]

The Cozad Ranch, Linn, Texas

[Not a valid template] This Painted Bunting image was created with the 800mm f/5.6L IS lens, 37mm of extension, and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop: 1/320 sec. at f/8. Fill flash with the Better Beamer at -3 stops.

Johnny Cozad is and has been one of the growing number […]