2014 « Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART

Warming Circular Polarizer Lessons and Singh-Ray Filters & BIRDS AS ART

Coming Tomorrow

Tomorrow’s blog post will outline my thoughts on which of my three (actually 5 on this trip) camera bodies I will be using in various situations at Bosque.

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On Wednesday I finished and sent BAA Bulletin #469. I enjoyed an easy 60-length swim in the sunshine and took […]

You Be the Judge & Mint Canon 600mm f/4L IS II Lens for Sale

Coming Soon

Within the next few days I will do a feature detailing my thoughts on which camera body I will be using in various situations at Bosque.

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On Tuesday I finally finished the “Love Affair with Bosque” slide program, answered a stack of e-mails, enjoyed an easy 60-length swim […]

Canon EOS-7D Mark II Set-up Tip & Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM Lens Announced

Important Note

The BAA On-line Store was back online on Monday morning.

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On Monday I started work on BAA Bulletin #469, answered a stack of e-mails, made motel arrangements for the Morro Bay IPT–remember, I will go with one :), enjoyed an easy 60-length swim in sunshine, and took a […]

LensAlign & FocusTune: No more eye-balling it, no more it looks as if...., no more guessing....

Important Note

The BAA On-line Store was back online on Monday morning.

3-Stop ND Question The Streak Continues: 345

I am not sure what I did yesterday aside from working on the blog early in the morning and watching lots of NFL football. I had planned to swim a mile, 88 lengths of the […]

How Would You Optimize These Two Images?

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Yesterday I began working with my “Love Affair with Bosque” keynote program that I will be presenting on Friday afternoon, November 21, at the Festival of the Cranes. This program is free and open to the public but you must register. If you are in the vicinity, it would be foolish […]

Where to Focus with the 7D Mark II? Palouse IPT Openings

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Yesterday I finished up the two Bosque Photo Seminar programs that Denise Ippolito and I are presenting on Thursday afternoon, November 20, at the Festival of the Cranes. If you are in the vicinity, it would be foolish of you not to attend :). Scroll down here for details or to […]

Why Mac? And Martin Plant was Right, but only 100%

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Yesterday I worked on the Bosque Photo Seminar that Denise Ippolito and I are presenting on Thursday afternoon at the Festival of the Cranes. If you are in the vicinity, it would be foolish of you not to attend :). Scroll down here for details.

I enjoyed an easy 1/2 […]

Stormy and Sunny 7D Mark II Fun & Important Festival of the Cranes Event Updates

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Yesterday included a challenging morning dealing with my new Apple 15.4″ MacBook Pro Notebook Computer with Retina Display (Mid-2014). I wanted to do something very simple. Copy two Powerpoint (Keynote on a Mac) files to a one of my brand new Western Digital Ultra External Hard Drives

I just purchased […]

Canon EOS-7D Mark II/200-400mm with Internal TC: Reach and Versatility

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Yesterday was a day of answering e-mails and learning more about my relatively new Apple 15.4″ MacBook Pro Notebook Computer with Retina Display (Mid-2014).

I will be sharing the tale of my transition to the top of the line Mac with y’all here soon.

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Ah... Exposure Lessons. And why you gotta love nature photography.

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Yesterday was a day of learning more about my relatively new Apple 15.4″ MacBook Pro Notebook Computer with Retina Display (Mid-2014). Less than a week ago I was thisclose to offering my new $3,199.00 notebook for sale for $2100. Today I am fully confident that I will do just fine with […]

Blood Work and Road Kill, Head Hunting, and one for the 7D II and the f/4 Super-tele/2X III Doubters

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On Sunday morning at DeSoto, Greg Gulbransen and I froze. It was 51 degrees, the coldest morning of the year by far, and with the wind chill it felt like the mid-40s. We dressed a lot warmer than we did on Saturday. With a much better wind direction–northeast, we were confident […]

Your Thoughts on a Traffic Stop Tale & Cold and Windy and Death on the Beach

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On Saturday, Greg Gulbransen and I enjoyed a challenging morning with strong winds and followed that up with a great afternoon. Being from Long Island Greg was astounded by the utter tameness of the birds. We have a Sunday morning session. I hope to be headed home not later than 10:00am […]

Canon EOS-7D Mark II ISO 6400 Ugly?

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Gotta run. It is just after 6am here in St. Pete Beach and I need to meet private client Greg Gulbransen in the lobby in 12 minutes…. We are heading to DeSoto. Today’s blog post, the 336th in a row, took me about 2 hours to prepare.

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Tales of Palms: 7DII ISO 4000 Image & Bird Bill Mystery Revealed. And Blessed...

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As far as laptops are concerned, yesterday was a day of whatever can go wrong will go wrong…. I cannot figure out my new Mac and my new ASUS has been totally destroyed by a virus;I am hoping that Jen can scrub it today and re-install WIndows 8…. And though I […]

Long-billed Curlew at Morro Bay

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Yesterday was another day of trying to deal with the challenges of transitioning from a PC to a MAC while at the same time dealing with a nasty Trojan horse virus on my ASUS PC. This blog post, the 334rd in a row, took me about 3 hours to prepare. It […]

3-Camera Quality ID Answers and More & Painstaking? Yes.

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Yesterday was a day of trying to deal with the challenges of transitioning from a PC to a MAC after a lifetime of the former…. This blog post, the 333rd in a row, took me about 2 1/2 hours to prepare. It was published at about 7:15am from my home at […]

The 7D Mark II: A Better AF System. BAA Mac Attack! Great 7D II/DPP v4.01.0 News.

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Yesterday was a another day of crossing things off my long to-do list as two months away from home (but for three days in early December) looms closer and closer…. I did make time for my morning meditation and for an easy 3/4 mile swim followed by ten minutes of forced […]

Image Quality Camera ID Challenge: 7D II/1D X/5D III. DPP 4 Guide Released! Great New Used Gear Listings Priced to Sell Instantly

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Yesterday was a day of crossing things off my long to-do list as two months away from home (but for three days in early December) looms closer and closer…. I did make time for my morning meditation and for an easy one mile swim followed by ten minutes of forced laughter. […]

7D Mark II ISO 3200 Sandhill Crane Image, Two Hours Down the Drain, and--Gasp!--I was Wrong (in part)...

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Yesterday I took it pretty easy and fell off the wagon in the afternoon with more than a few M&Ms Peanuts borrowed from Jim…. I made lots of IPT motel reservations and purchased my San Diego and Galapagos flights as well. I did make time for my morning meditation, an easy […]

Bathing Bird Strategies, Amazing 7D Mark II Confession/Screw-up? And IPT Updates

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Yesterday was another typical day of work at BAA for me. As is usual, I made time for my morning meditation, an easy swim followed by ten minutes of forced laughter, and an ice bath. I did sit for two hours in the doctor’s office for my 3 month check-up and […]