2013 « Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART

World's Most Beautiful Crane Species?

This image of a courting group of Grey-crowned Cranes was created with the Todd-pod mounted Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens, the Canon 1.4x EF Extender III (Teleconverter), and the Canon EOS-1D X Digital SLR camera. ISO 1250 Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/1000 sec. at f/6.3 in Tv mode in very early […]

Big Bird/See You Soon!

CDLC Focus On Feature

Be sure to check out my 10-image “FOCUS ON: EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Extender 1.4x” feature on the Canon Digital Learning Center here. Click on the home tab for lots more great articles and videos.

This image was created with the Todd-pod supported Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM […]

Meet the National Geographic Explorer/Filmmaker

Sandesh Kadur on location with one of his big lenses.

Meet the National Geographic Explorer/Filmmaker

Sandesh Kadur is an award-winning wildlife photographer and cinematographer with a passion for natural history. His photographs have been published widely in books and magazines, while his documentaries on subjects ranging from cobras to elephants have been aired […]

Learning About and Working With a New Lens: the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM

This dahlia image was created on the recently-concluded Swan Island Dahlia Farm IPT with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS macro lens and the Canon EOS 5D Mark III Digital camera body. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 1/3 stops: 1/20 sec. at f/22 in Av mode.

Live View for mirror lock and […]

Just So You Know...

This image was created with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender (with the internal TC in place at 467mm) and the Canon EOS-1D X. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop as framed in Manual Mode.

Central sensor/AI Servo/Rear Focus on the purple flowers and re-compose. Click […]

The Long and the Shorter of It

This image was created with the Todd-Pod supported Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender (with the internal TC in place), the Canon 1.4x EF Extender III (Teleconverter) (at 448mm), and the Canon EOS-1D X). ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1/1250 sec. at f/10.

Central sensor (by necessity)/AI […]

Windblown and Poor Teaching Technique By Me

Guest Blog Post

Check out my guest blog post, “Which telephoto lenses do I bring? Traveling with big glass and more” on the Canon Digital Learning Center here.

This image was created with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender (with the internal TC in place at 467mm) […]

Refining Your Photographic Vision

Which telephoto lenses do I bring? Traveling with big glass and more

Check out my guest blog post, “Which telephoto lenses do I bring? Traveling with big glass and more” on the Canon Digital Learning Center here.

This was created with the Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS EF USM AF Lens ( hand held at […]

The Color of Light

The image above was created with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender (with the internal TC in place), the Canon 1.4x EF Extender III (Teleconverter) (at 784mm), and the and the Canon EOS 5D Mark III Digital Camera (Body Only). ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/320 […]

Hot Off the Presses & Not A Bad Start....

Hot Off the Presses

Check out my guest blog post, “Which telephoto lenses do I bring? Traveling with big glass and more” on the Canon Digital Learning Center here.

This image was created with the tripod-mounted Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender (with the internal TC in place at […]

Breakfast Meat Miracle Lessons

This sharp, well exposed, but otherwise piss-poor image was created with the Todd-pod mounted Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens, the Canon 2x EF Extender III (Teleconverter), and the Canon EOS-1D X Digital SLR camera. ISO 6400. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/80 sec. at f/8 in Manual Mode.

Central sensor Expand […]

Here Kitty, Kitty

This image was created with the Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender (with the internal TC in place hand held at 560mm) and the Canon EOS-1D X. ISO 4000. Evaluative metering +1 stop; 1/250 sec. at f/5.6 in Tv mode.

One sensor to the left of and one […]

Special Handling Required

The images for this 3-frame in-camera Art Vivid HDR were created with the Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS EF USM AF lens hand held at 24mm) and the Canon EOS 5D Mark III ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 1/3 stops: the base exposure was 1/800 sec. at f/5.6 in Manual mode (then +/- two stops). […]

The Decision

The Decision

The night before I was to begin packing for my trip to Alaska for the sold out Bear Boat IPT and then continuing on to Portland for the Dahlia Farm IPT, I lay awake trying to decide whether or not to bring the 600 f/4L IS II in addition to the 200-400 f/4L […]

Variations on a Theme

This image was created with the Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender (hand held at 381mm) and the Canon EOS-1D X. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop; 1/1600 sec. at f/4.5 in Manual mode.

Central sensor/AI Servo-Surround/Rear Focus AF active at the moment of exposure. With the bird […]

Locked and Loaded

This is Lou Coetzer’s winning image from the 1st competition.

Locked and Loaded BIRDS AS ART 2nd International Bird Photography Competition

Thanks to yeoman work by the BAA competition team, Peter Kes, Denise Ippolito, and yours truly, the BIRDS AS ART 2nd International Bird Photography Competition is now open. We are ready to […]

Camargue & Provence France IPT, July 2014

Card design by & all images courtesy of and copyright 2012: Denise Ippolito.

Camargue & Provence France IPT: June 25- July 2nd, 2014/6 1/2 days of photography: $6995 (Limit: 10 photographers) Co-leaders: Arthur Morris & Denise Ippolito. Though it is expected to fill quickly, this workshop needs a minimum of 6 to run. […]

Flying High on Hood Island with the Canon 200-400mm f/4L IS USM with Internal Extender

This image was created with the Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender (hand held at 300mm) and the Canon EOS-1D X. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +2 stops off the light sky: 1/1600 sec. at f/4.5 in Manual mode.

Central sensor/AI Servo-Surround/Rear Focus AF active at the moment of […]

Interesting MLK Follow-up and a Link to the I Have a Dream Video

Interesting MLK Follow-up and a Link to the I Have a Dream Video

While discussing yesterday’s blog post with Denise Ippolito and doing some additional research I found a very interesting piece on the Forbes web site here.

In How Martin Luther King Improvised ‘I Have a Dream” Carmine Gallo writes:

Few people know […]

Remembering 50 Years Ago Today

Remembering 50 Years Ago Today

It might not be a bad idea for each of us to re-consider Martin Luther King’s words of 50 years ago. I remember teaching the speech to one of my my sixth grade classes about 35 years ago. They mastered it beautifully and performed it in a very moving assembly […]