2014 « Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART

The Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS does fire and ice at Bosque

Thanks

Sincere thanks to the many who left congratulatory comments on a solid year of educational blog posts. Your kind words were and are greatly appreciated. I enjoyed taking a day off from the blog after 366 consecutive posts. 🙂

What’s Up?

Today is a rare day off. In spite of that, i’ve been up […]

Canon EOS 7D Mark II Rocks Bosque: Pink is but a shade of red...

Thanks

Sincere thanks to the many who left congratulatory comments on a solid year of educational blog posts. Your kind words were and are greatly appreciated. I enjoyed taking a day off from the blog after 366 consecutive posts. 🙂

What’s Up?

On Tuesday, the morning of the third full day of this year’s 4-Day […]

Leap Year Insurance: The State of the Bosque/A Free Bosque Site Guide Update for All

Thanks

Sincere thanks to the many who left congratulatory comments on a solid year of educational blog posts. Your kind words were and are greatly appreciated.

The Streak Continues: 366

On Sunday, the morning of first full day of the 4-Day Bosque IPT, we lucked out with a killer sunrise–an eight out of ten […]

High-stepping with the Canon EOS-7D Mark II/Announcing the 2015 Bosque IPTs

The Streak Continues: 365

With enjoyed a big fly out with friends on Saturday morning, headed to the crane pools, and ended with some Gambel’s Quail photography. I worked a bit more on getting images together for the Canon Digital Learning Center bird photography video project. After two 1/2 days of work, I still have […]

Canon EOS 7D Mark II + 1.4X III + Big Glass Kills for Flight and creates a perfect image...

The Streak Continues: 364

With clear skies and barely any wind Denise Ippolito and I again went a bit out of the traditional Bosque box by starting our day at the Ed Kranepool. And again I went 16-35 for the goose blast off. Once the sun got on the birds, I concentrated on the […]

Things were just ducky under the world's strangest blind...

The Streak Continues: 363

With clear skies and barely any wind Denise Ippolito and I again went a bit out of the traditional Bosque box by starting our day at the Ed Kranepool. I went 16-35 for the goose blast off. That was followed by the best morning of the year for departing Sandhill Crane […]

Happy Accidents: Sometimes When You Screw Up, You Wind Up Smelling Like Jellied Cranberry Sauce

This tight head and neck portrait of a Wild Turkey tom was created near my home at Indian Lake Estates way back when, on February 16, 2008 with the Canon 500mm f/4L IS lens (now replaced by the much lighter Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM lens), the 2X II YC (now […]

Hard to Believe Subject Variety at Bosque

The Streak Continues: 361

Denise and I finished up Day 2 of our Bosque Creative IPT at the crane pools with a decent sunset and lots of very good silhouette opportunities. At Bosque even the clear sunsets can be great if you know where to be. We went out of the box in the pre-dawn […]

5D III & 7D II Wide Angle & In-camera HDR Options

Canon EOS-7D Mark II Back in Stock at B&H and Shipping Today!

B&H has a limited supply of Canon EOS-7D Mark II bodies in stock. They are ready to ship you one today. Take part in the revolution. Need reach along with a great AF system and superb image quality? Order yours today by clicking […]

The Calm Before the Wind...

The Streak Continues: 359

We had our fourth in a row Wonderful Festival of the Cranes Early Morning Workshop group and everyone learned a ton; we rocked ’em again. Learn more about our amazing weather day below and more in a coming blog post.

Coming soon: a free Bosque Site Guide update for […]

Mayhem at 35m: Like it or hate it?

Screen Capture

Mac Help Needed

Arash sent me the updated DPP 4 Guide with the sharpness and noise reduction tables updates for the 7D II. When I click on he PDF I get the error message above. Arash is also on a Mac so the problem makes no sense to me :). […]

What I Said (about the Canon EOS-7D Mark II at Bosque...)

The Streak Continues: 357

Denise and I rocked ’em again on our second Festival Early Morning In the Field workshop. We had fifteen folks. The pre-dawn sky offered a bit more color than the day before but was still pretty boring but everyone learned a ton. The crane pool was only so-so but everyone learned […]

Fire in the Sky & Like New Used Canon 200-400 for Sale

Great “Love Affair” News

I learned yesterday that my Canon EoL-sponsored program, “A Twenty Year Love Affair With Bosque,” is not only free and open to the public but that folks do not need to register. Just show up at the Bodega Restaurant in Socorro at 1pm and enjoy: 606 N California St. The program […]

Canon 100-400mm IS L II/7D Mark II: 640 Hand Held for Flight Rocks/Too Little Time...

Great “Love Affair” News

I just learned that my Canon EoL-sponsored program, “A Twenty Year Love Affair With Bosque,” is not only free and open to the public but that folks do not need to register. Just show up at the Bodega Restaurant in Socorro at 1pm and enjoy: 606 N California St. The program […]

A Day Late...

The Streak Continues: 354

On Tuesday we enjoyed fire in the mist conditions at sunrise. Learn more below. The crew was thrilled to see this amazing display despite the fact that the birds at the time were scarcer than the proverbial hen’s teeth. By 1:00pm, we had finished shooting all the footage for the 7-segment […]

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM Lens: First Impressions and First Two Keepers

The Streak Continues: 353

On Monday, day one of the “Bird Photography” video project that is being created by the Canon Digital Learning Center, everyone worked long and hard to complete six of the needed seven educational segments. As we were concentrating on creating educational content and getting it on tape, several decent photographic opportunities […]

It's Not Like I'm Saying That a Blastoff is Imminent...

The Streak Continues: 352

On Sunday, we created video only B-roll for the seven-segment “Bird Photography” project that is being created by the Canon Digital Learning Center. The crew is great and having Rudy Winston along is a huge plus. The man knows everything about everything Canon. The audio guys and two grips arrive tonight. […]

How Did the Canon EOS-7D Mark II Perform for Flight Photography with the 1.4X III Teleconverter?

The Streak Continues: 351

On Saturday, I photographed at the refuge morning and afternoon. Not too bad. I got lots of rest during the day. Tomorrow we start work on a seven segment “Bird Photography” video project that is being created by the Canon Digital Learning Center. At some point you will all get to […]

And the Highly Honored Image Was... Artie, Why Do You Enter Contests? My Thoughts on the Competitions

Bosque Never Ceases to Amaze!

Click on the Facebook link on the right to check out my first Bosque keeper. Think it was dark? ISO 1600. 1/8 sec. at f/4.5. 70-200 and 5D III as per yesterday’s blog post :). It is hard to believe that after 20 straight years of being at Bosque for […]

Canon EOS-1D X, EOS-5D Mark III, EOS-7D Mark II at Bosque del Apache NWR/Which One When and Why?

The Streak Continues: 349

On Thursday I flew to DC for the Nature’s Best ceremony. I brought the 5D III and the 24-70. This blog post, the 349th in a row, took about 1 1/2 hours to prepare. It was published from hotel room in Arlington, VA at 3:41am. Gotta run as I fly to […]