2014 « Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART

Learning to Think and See Like a Pro/The Fourth of a Series

The Streak Continues: 250

This post was published just after 7:30am from my home at Indian Lake Estates, FL. Yesterday I enjoyed a great swim, an ice bath, a productive but relaxing day of work, and another good night’s sleep. This post, which took me about 1 1/2 hours to prepare, marks 250 consecutive days […]

NIK Color Efex Pro 4 Fifty-Fifty (50/50) Pre-set Tutorial As Requested

The Streak Continues: 249

This post was published at 6:38am from my home at Indian Lake Estates, FL. Yesterday, I enjoyed a nice swim, an ice bath, a productive but relaxing day of work, and another good night of sleep. This post, which took me about 2 hours to prepare, marks 249 consecutive days with […]

Compositional Care, Diagonally Speaking, and a Challenge

The Streak Continues: 248

This post was published just before 8:00am from my home at Indian Lake Estates, FL. Though delayed close to 90 minutes, my flight to Orlando yesterday was otherwise uneventful. I enjoyed 8 hours of sleep last night. . This post, which took me about 2 hours to prepare, marks 248 consecutive […]

Catching Up With Your Photographic Education...

The Streak Continues: 247

This post was published just before 3:15am from my Mom’s home in Holbrook, NY. I need to get out of bed soon and pack. I am a late-packer :). I fly home today from ISP (Islip) on Southwest departing at 11:40am; right now the flight is showing on time despite the […]

The Rear Focus Confession...

The Streak Continues: 246

This post was published just before 7:00am from my Mom’s home in Holbrook, NY. I enjoyed another relaxing day here yesterday. And a nice swim in the rain. This post, which took me about 2 1/2 hours to prepare, marks 246 consecutive days with a new enjoyable and educational blog post. […]

Sit or Stand? And a Basic Exposure Concept That Most Folks Simply Do Not Get... And more.

The Streak Continues: 245

This post was published just after 8:00am from my Mom’s home in Holbrook, NY. I enjoyed another relaxing day here yesterday. I had a wonderful evening with long-time friend and Long Island photo buddy Tom Pfeifer. See “An Evening with the Bluebeats” immediately below. This post, which took me more than […]

I Could Not Have Survived Great Gull ...

The Streak Continues: 244

This post was published just before 8:00am from my Mom’s home in Holbrook, NY. I had a relaxing day yesterday and spent a lot of time watching multiple episodes of American Pickers with my Mom. That made her very happy. I enjoyed a nice swim in the community pool just before […]

I Am Not Very Good At Mini-Landscapes/What's Different?

The Streak Continues: 243

This post was published just after 7:00am from my Mom’s home in Holbrook, NY. I had the chance to leave Great Gull Island a day early and having done so well there, I hit the road. I made the 4:00pm New London/Orient Point ferry without a reservation with one minute to […]

My Two Favorites From a 1362-Image Day on Great Gull Island...

The Streak Continues: 242

This post was published just before 5:45am from Great Gull Island Project, NY. As noted yesterday, strong NW winds in the morning found me at work at my laptop all morning before heading for another wonderful midday swim. The afternoon was again quite excellent but I lost the last hour of […]

Canon 100mm f/2.8L IS Macro Lens for Cute Blonde Chick???

The Streak Continues: 241

This post was published just before 5:30am am from Gull Island Project, NY. Winter has returned early to GGI: it is cold and windy, from the NW at about 25mph. With clear skies, that pretty much puts the kibosh on most bird photography this morning. I enjoyed a great day of […]

It is Hard to Believe: So Much To Learn From a Single Image...

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The Streak Continues: 240

This post was published just before 6:00am from Gull Island where it is cloudy and drizzling this […]

Do Your Tastes Run to Black and White?

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The Streak Continues: 239

This post was published just before 6am from Gull Island. I slept late till about 6am this […]

Three Tern Species/Three Fledged Young

The Streak Continues: 238

This post was published at about 5:30am from Great Gull Island. I photographed early and late yesterday on GGI and did well but not great. I did get to photograph some recently fledged Roseate Terns but most were banded. Again, I am online with my cell phone in the middle of […]

What Can You Possibly Do When You Get Up at 2:07am?

The Streak Continues: 237

This post was published at about 5:30am from Great Gull Island. I almost did not make it to Niantic in time to catch the boat to the island; when I called yesterday morning I learned that most of the Orient Point ferries were full…. I scrambled like mad to make the […]

Puffins, Gannets, Murres, Razorbills, Terns, Gulls, Shags, Chicks, and Castles!

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The Streak Continues: 236

This post was published just before 6am from my Mom’s home in Holbrook, NY. I had another good afternoon at Nickerson yesterday. I will be very busy […]

The Question: Did Murphy's Law Strike Again? Or Not?

The Streak Continues: 235

This post was published just before 6am from my Mom’s home in Holbrook, NY. I decided to sleep in this morning with clear skies and SW winds; wind against sun conditions make things very difficult as nearly all of the birds will be flying, landing, and facing into the wind. I […]

Murphy's Law at Work in the Fog

The Streak Continues: 234

This post was published at 4:55am from my Mom’s home in Holbrook, NY. I am headed out at 5:15am for the beach. Was in bed early again last night.

This post, which took me 1 1/2 hours to prepare, marks 234 consecutive days with a new enjoyable and educational blog […]

Poor, Poor Denise Ippolito with Only the 300mm f/2.8L IS II; Part VI of a Series

The Streak Continues: 233

This post was published at 2:38am from my Mom’s home in Holbrook, NY. I am headed out at 4:15am for the beach. Was in bed early.

This post, which took me 3 hours to prepare, marks 233 consecutive days with a new enjoyable and educational blog post. With so many […]

Can a Bird be a Pig? And Lots of New Used Lens Listings

The Streak Continues: 232

This post was published at 4:45am from my Mom’s home in Holbrook, NY.

This post, which took me 2 hours to prepare, marks 232 consecutive days with a new educational blog post. With so many folks getting in the habit of using our B&H links and our Amazon logo-links, why […]

Foggy Link Belt Crane...

The Streak Continues: 231

This post was published at 5:45am from my Mom’s home in Holbrook, NY.

This post, which took me about 1 1/2 hours to prepare, marks 231 consecutive days with a new educational blog post. With so many folks getting in the habit of using our B&H links and our Amazon […]