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Stuff I spent most of Sunday getting the images and captions for my San Diego article to Helen Longest Saccone at Nature Photographer Magazine after my Friday efforts failed: Apple Mail downsized the photo attachments 🙁 This blog post, the 123rd in a row, took about 2 1/2 hours to prepare. It was published […] Happy Mother’s Day Be sure to wish all the mom’s in your life a wonderful day today, especially the one who brought you into the world (if you are lucky enough to have her around). Dear Mom, Happy Mother’s Day. I love you muchly. your son, arthur […] Stuff I finally finished my San Diego article for Nature Photographer Magazine. I sent the text and the images with captions to Helen Longest Saccone, the editor and founder on Friday afternoon. Next I need to get my ad with a photo to her. This blog post, the 121st in a row, took about […] Stuff On Thursday morning the IPT group learned first hand that clouds were indeed way better than sun when photographing at a rookery…. While we concentrated on finding backlit and shaded subjects the vast majority of the 30 or so photographers were working 90 degrees to the bright sun…. Not good. The sun was somewhat […] Stuff The second full day of the current IPT was a great one. The clouds and heavy overcast allowed us to photograph until 11:30am. everyone loved the lunch at my favorite local eatery, Gypsy Cab Company. Our afternoon session began with full sun but almost as soon as we arrived the cloud cover did the […] Stuff We enjoyed a cloudy, drizzly morning on the first full day of the current IPT. With occasional deluges. All in all it was a great but wet morning and I got to use my flash quite a bit. Flash images and stories coming soon. This blog post, the 118th in a row, took […] Stuff Monday was packing and travel day. I left before lunch and made it to the motel in St. Augustine just after 3pm. The 4 hour drive went by very quickly. I met my small group for a brief orientation and then headed to the Alligator Farm where conditions are looking quite excellent. This […] Stuff Sunday was a triple-header day: swim, core exercises, and ice bath. And both a morning and afternoon sunset session. With some great results. Got some stuff done on the San Diego article for Nature Photographer Magazine. Ate well and took a nice nap. All in all a perfect day. This blog post, the […] Stuff Saturday was yet another typically busy day of work doing what I love. I had a great swim, my longest in some time, and enjoyed a 58 degree ice bath. Again I watched lots the NHL and NBA playoff games. The Rangers evened their series with the Capitols despite one of the sickest goals […] Stuff Friday was another typically busy day of work doing what I love. I had a great swim, did my core exercises, and enjoyed a 59 degree ice bath. Watched lots of NHL and NBA playoffs on Tivo. Answered another ton of e-mails and Saturday morning I will really get started on my Nature Photographer […] Stuff Thursday was another typically busy day. I had a great swim and a great ice bath sandwiched around a visit to TJ McKeon, my Active Release Technique chiropractor who worked hard on my right shoulder. Today I will be answering a ton of e-mails, getting started on an article on San Diego for Nature […] Stuff I got lots accomplished on Wednesday but still had time for a good swim, my core exercises, and an ice bath before dinner. This blog post, the 112th in a row, took about 1 1/4 hours to prepare. It was published at 4am on Thursday morning. 6:18am Update I awoke just before 5am to […] Stuff Tuesday was a relaxing day. I had to head into town for some errands in the afternoon but did have time for an ice bath before dinner. This blog post, the 111th in a row, took about 2 hours to prepare. It was published just before 6am on Wednesday morning. St. Augustine Alligator Farm […] Stuff Though conditions on Monday morning turned out to be much better than on Sunday morning, I decided to pack up, get everything in the car, and drive back to ILE. I was beat. The DeSoto IPT group was great and and so were the birds. As fate would have it, it is supposed to […] Stuff We enjoyed a lousy morning of bird photography as a west/southwest at 25+ mph sandblasted our eyes and had all the birds facing away from us and the light. Our sunny/hazy afternoon turned into a cloudy early evening; we enjoyed a great session with lots of bathing godwits, three totally tame spoonbills, and lots […] Stuff We had a great morning and a great afternoon. I am way tired…. This blog post, the 108th in a row, took about 2 hours to prepare. It was published just after midnight on Sunday morning. Miracle Flap I was really tight as above. When the bird flapped, I fired away and […] Stuff The IPT got off to a decent start despite the NW wind in the morning. This afternoon was amazing with the breeze continuing from the west, gorgeous light, and lots of tame birds including an uncommonly tame Whimbrel. Dwayne Marrott who was part of the Canon Morro Bay group flew from El Paso, TX […] Stuff Packed. Packed the car. Swam. Drove to St. Pete. Met the very nice group. Gotta get to sleep. This blog post, the 106th in a row, took about 2 hours to prepare (including the image optimizations and creating the composite. It was published just after midnight on Friday morning. Friday is Day 1 of […] Stuff I woke at 3:30am, packed, got to the airport at about 5am, got TSA Pre :), and enjoyed a smooth flight to Orlando. Jim picked me up at 9:45am. Then Publix and home. I did my core exercises and enjoyed a late swim. This blog post, the 105th in a row–don’t ask me […] Stuff Honest. I would have gotten up early and went out photographing on Tuesday but for the crappy weather forecast (that for a change happened to be quite accurate). Tuesday morning involved more relaxing while creating this blog post and watching Golden State win a tough game against the New Orleans Pelicans. Then my […] |
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