2015 « Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART

Lightroom. My Take. Denise's Take. Your Take? More on Photo Mechanic and My Digital Workflow

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Monday was another relaxing day. Am I losing it??? This blog post, the 103rd in a row, took about 1 1/2 hours to prepare. It should be published at one minute after midnight on Tuesday. Please call the office at 863-692-0906 for St. Augustine IPT Late Registration Discount info.

Canon’s Huge […]

Mandatory Lesson: Checking Your Camera Settings Before You Begin a Photo Session/Lousy Photographer Excuse & Osprey Wing Position Explanation

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Aside from writing this blog post Sunday was a very relaxing day of doing nothing but watching NBA and NHL playoff games…. This blog post, the 102nd in a row, took about 1 1/2 hours to prepare. It should be published at one minute after midnight on Monday. Coming tomorrow: my and your Lightroom […]

7D II Pop Up Flash Part I of a Series... Blessings Realized

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I sat with my Mom and my younger sister Arna on Saturday afternoon and shared a year’s worth of my travels with them in the form of the optimized photographs from various trip folders. In Photo Mechanic I simply hit 1: Sort by {Type} and displayed the finished images. Two things struck me. First, […]

Why Always Three at a Time ? On the Spot Again: Image Quality/Camera Body Quiz #3

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I did not start packing until about 7:30am on Friday knowing that Jim and I needed to leave the house at 9:30am to be on time for my acupuncture appointment. Piece of cake. After that he dropped me at Orlando airport for my 3:45 flight to Islip for my surprise visit to me 92-year […]

Lousy Camera or Lousy Photographer? Photo Mechanic, the BIRDS AS ART Mac Savior

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Thursday was a busy, busy day. Tomorrow I fly to Islip to pay my 92-year old Mom a surprise visit. I was so busy that I have not packed a single thing and I leave the house at 9:30am. Yikes. I’d better get to bed soon. I did have time for a swim and […]

Civility and Freedom of Speech on the BIRDS AS ART Blog & Catching up on some old post questions...

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Slept well again. Acupuncture, swim, core exercises, and ice bath. And it is looking like early to bed.

This blog post, the 98th in a row, took about 1 1/2 hours to prepare and was published at one minute after midnight on Thursday.

Passover is Over

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On the Spot #2 & 100% Crop Lesson Learned. I Think... & DPP RAW Conversion Lessons

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Slept 9 hours with one pit stop; you gotta love those ice baths. Today I had a great swim and an ice bath. Learn more about my day below. This educational blog post, the 97th in a row, took about 2 hours to prepare and was published at one minute after midnight on Wednesday.

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Is it Better to Have Tried and Failed? Or was there some success? Your Call

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I went down to the lake this morning and almost headed back to get some work done. But then it got pretty good. I even had an Osprey posing in the grass. Then a nice swim, an acupuncture treatment, and an ice bath.

This educational blog post, the 96th in a row, took […]

Wide Open for Flight/B&W Layer Mask Tip & NIK Silver Efex Pro 2 Osprey

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I went down to the lake this morning and photographed from my SUV for a while. Not bad, not great. Then a nice swim and my core exercises. Then another afternoon of Masters golf on TV; congrats to the young champ, Jordan Spieth on a great performance.

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Honest Opinions Sought...

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I went out to Lake Blue Cypress with Clemens van der Werf and his lovely wife Adri. With a west wind and mostly sunny skies it was a tough morning but we worked hard and did find a few good situations. Then it was back to my house for a great lunch of low […]

Creativity and the Canon 200-400mm f/4L IS with Internal TC: Sunset-with-no-birds-Versatility

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I had a very relaxing day: acupuncture and core exercises, Masters golf on the tube, and early to bed. I will be joining top student and friend Clemens van der Werf at Lake Blue Cypress tomorrow morning for more Osprey flight photography. If you’d like to get out with Jim Neiger for Ospreys this […]

Our Goal? One Good One Each. What's Your Goal?

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Two photo sessions on Lake Blue Cypress. No swim, no core exercises, no ice bath. Jim Litzenberg, who joined us on the afternoon outing, is driving us home as I type, online in my Sequoia. After a great morning–see below, the afternoon was rather ordinary with a pretty stiff east breeze making flight photography […]

Learn How AF Point Selection Determines Composition

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Got down to the lake this morning and had fun. Enjoyed a nice swim, my core exercises, and an ice bath. And an acupuncture session. Getting ready to watch the Masters tomorrow. Still catching up on lots of loose IPT ends. This blog post, the 91st in a row, took 1 1/2 hours […]

Now You Are On the Spot: Image Quality/Which Camera Quiz: the first of many...

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Swim and ice bath. Lots of office work. Congrats to Geno Auriemma on his 10th Lady’s NCAA championship. The Lady Huskies could not hit a basket till late in the second half but held off a game Notre Dame team rather easily. This blog post, the 90th in a row, took about 2 […]

Six Stunning Images/Better Late Than Never...

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Swim, core exercises, acupuncture treatment, ice bath. Two good meals and a nice goat cheese salad. Even with considerable help from Peter Kes–thanks Peter–this blog post, the 89th in a row, took about 1 1/2 hours to prepare. It was published at 6:17am on Tuesday morning. Congrats to the Duke Blue Devil’s who rode […]

Solving Canon 7D Mark II/16-35mm IS L Image Capture and Optimization Problems...

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I enjoyed a nice swim but otherwise spent a good part of the day relaxing in front of the TV. I was glad that Notre Dame edged out a very game South Carolina team in the Women’s NCAA basket ball tournament. The Irish scored the winning basket with about ten seconds left in […]

Canon 100-400II/1.4XIII/7DII (Part II) Patriotic Toe Photography & Related Exposure and White Balance Lessons

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This blog post took well more than three hours to prepare. There is lots of learning below so be sure to read carefully. I enjoyed a nice swim, my core exercises, and an ice bath on Saturday and began work on the next Digital Basics update. It should be finished soon as I […]

Just Barely In. How understanding one simple principle can improve your bird photography...

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Swim and ice bath. More IPT-related travel agent chores taken care of. Started working on second image edits for several trip folders; I need to get a ton of images transferred from my Apple 15.4″ MacBook Pro Notebook Computer with Retina Display (Mid 2014) to the office computer. Sent 79 e-mails by 8:43pm. […]

Canon 100-400mm IS L II Lens/1.4X III Teleconverter and the EOS 7D Mark II As Requested: Part I

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The usual. This blog post took about 2 1/4 hours to prepare including the time spent on the three image optimizations. It is scheduled to be published very early on Friday morning. Today marks 86 straight days with a new educational blog post.

South Georgia October 2015

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Retirement Reactions & Revelations & A Relaxing Day by the Pool with Friends

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Not much. I enjoyed a tremendously relaxing do-nothing day yesterday; see below for details. I did my swim before the Klein family arrived and enjoyed an ice bath at 6:30pm. This blog post took about 1 1/2 hours to prepare and was published from my home at ILE, FL on the morning of […]