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Air Travel With Big Lenses: Dealing With Puddle Jumpers

Air Travel With Big Lenses: Dealing With Puddle Jumpers

Traveling with barely legal roll-aboards with twenty to thirty thousand dollars of camera gear can be difficult, and for some, a quite scary deal, especially when one or more legs of your flight is on a puddle jumper, a small jet with tiny overheads nowhere large […]

Nice to Have Along...

On the Road Again

I am working on this blog post at Orlando Airport, waiting to board my early morning flight to Houston and then continuing on to Albuquerque. Then I drive down to Socorro to spend my 19th straight year photographing at one of my soul places. If you would like to join us […]

Big Cat Chase Photographer Denny Behn

This image of a hunting Cheetah was created with a Wimberley V-2 head atop a Todd-Pod-mounted Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens and the Canon EOS-1D X. ISO 3200. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1/640 sec. at f/8 in Manual mode.

Image courtesy of and copyright 2013: Dennis Behn

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Educational Updates From Way Back When... Part I

This White-tufted Grebe image (please note the correct name :)) was created at Torres del Paine National Park with the Gitzo 3532 LS carbon fiber tripod, the Mongoose M3.6 head, the Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens, the Canon 2x EF Extender III (Teleconverter), and the Canon EOS-1D X. ISO 800. […]

Big Lens Choices for Canon and Nikon--As I See Them....

BAA Bulletin #451

BAA Bulletin #451 is online and can be accessed by clicking here.

Chilean Patagonia Trip Report 300 II or 200-400 with Internal Extender? Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens BIRDS AS ART 2nd International Bird Photography Competition BAA Site Guide Kudos 2014 Tanzania Summer Safari Flight Plan Alan Murphy Guides Affiliate […]

Torres del Paine Tyrants, Audio Playback in South America, Manual Exposure Tip, and More...

The image was created in Paine del Torres National Park, Chile with the Gitzo 3532 LS carbon fiber tripod, the Mongoose M3.6 head, the Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens, the Canon 2x EF Extender III (Teleconverter), and the Canon EOS-1D X. ISO 800. Evaluative metering a zero (in bright overcast): […]

Editing and Image Optimization Thought Processes

The original for this optimized Yellow-billed Pintail image was created with the Gitzo 3532 LS carbon fiber tripod, the Mongoose M3.6 head, the Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens, the Canon 2x EF Extender III (Teleconverter), and the Canon EOS-1D X. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop: 1/640 sec. at f/11 […]

Creating Black-lit Magic

This backlit Guanaco image was created with the Gitzo 3532 LS carbon fiber tripod, the Mongoose M3.6 head, the Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens, the Canon 1.4x EF Extender III (Teleconverter), and the Canon EOS-1D X. ISO 200. Evaluative metering -1 stop: 1/3200 sec. at f/9 in Av mode.

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Scenic, Wildlife, & B-roll Versatility

This image was created at Torres del Paine National Park, Chile with the hand held Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens, the Canon 1.4x EF Extender III (Teleconverter) (at 155mm), and the Canon EOS 5D Mark III Digital camera body ISO 400. Evaluative metering at zero: 1/640 sec. at f/8 in […]

Torrential Miracle

This swimming drake Torrent Duck image was created with the Gitzo 3532 LS carbon fiber tripod, the Mongoose M3.6 head, the Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens and the Canon EOS-1D X. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/800 sec. at f/8 in Av mode.

One sensor to the right […]

Wide Angle Scenic Tips

This 3-frame in-camera Art Vivid HDR image was created at Torres del Paine National Park, Chile with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Autofocus lens (at 16mm) and the Canon EOS 5D Mark III Digital camera body ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop yielded a base exposure of: 1/200 sec. at […]

The Best Getting Better???

EOS-1D X Firmware Version 2.0: Expected Availability January, 2014 Dynamic Performance Updates for Better Results

Firmware Update Version 2.0 brings new levels of accuracy and versatility to the EOS-1D X DSLR camera’s incredible AF and exposure systems. Incorporating input from EOS-1D X users, with new systems created to deliver better performance, Firmware Update […]

Editing Practice/Yellow-billed Pintail: Keep One or Both?

This Yellow-billed Pintail image was created with the Gitzo 3532 LS carbon fiber tripod, the Mongoose M3.6 head, the Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens, the Canon 2x EF Extender III (Teleconverter), and the Canon EOS-1D X. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop: 1/640 sec. at f/11 in Manual mode.

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Fun on the Mudflats

This Magellenic Oystercatcher image was created with the Gitzo 3532 LS carbon fiber tripod, the Mongoose M3.6 head, the Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens, the Canon 2x EF Extender III (Teleconverter), and the Canon EOS-1D X. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1 stop as framed: 1/500 sec. at f/10 in […]

Large Grey Trio

This image was created with the hand held Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens (at 85mm) and the Canon EOS 5D Mark III. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1/250 sec. at f/8.

One sensor to the right and two rows up from the central sensor/AI Servo-Surround/Rear Focus AF […]

Flight Photography: Ineptitude and Persistence...

This Upland Goose image was created with the Gitzo 3532 LS carbon fiber tripod, the Mongoose M3.6 head, the Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens, the Canon 1.4x EF Extender III (Teleconverter), and the Canon EOS-1D X. ISO 800. Evaluative metering -1/3 stop off the goose on the green grass before […]

Survival or Not… Death and Life on a Mudflat

The MiniMag

The November issue of Denise Ippolito’s Creative MiniMag has been online for a few days now. In case you need some inspiration or just want to become a better photographer, be sure to click here. Denise opens the magazine by sharing a collection of participants’ images; each was created as a […]

With and Without: Teleconverter Versatility

This Chilean Swallow image was created south of Puerto Natales, Chile with the Gitzo 3532 LS carbon fiber tripod, the Mongoose M3.6 head, the Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens, the Canon 2x EF Extender III (Teleconverter), and the Canon EOS-1D X. ISO 3200. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/125 sec. at […]

High Key Grebe-e-licous

This Silvery Grebe image was created at Torres del Paine National Park with the Gitzo 3532 LS carbon fiber tripod, the Mongoose M3.6 head, the Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens, the Canon 2x EF Extender III (Teleconverter), and the Canon EOS-1D X. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1 2/3 stops: 1/400 […]

If This Doesn't Get the Point Across, Nothing Will :)

Bosque IPTs/Late Registration Discounts Increased!

For information on both the 7-Day and the recently announced short version of the 2013 Bosque IPTs please scroll down here. If you would like to join us for the first 3 or 4 days of this IPT please shoot me an e-mail. Please call Jim at 863-692-0906 or e-mail […]