2017 « Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART

Basket Stanchions and the Witch's Tree Sunset ...

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Thursday was a 100% relaxing day spent with family and football and fine food with younger daughter Alissa hosting. I did get some additional work done on the 5D Mark IV User’s Guide. I hope to get out to do some photography on Friday. I fly home very early on Saturday.

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Lightening and Cleaning Up an Unpleasant Dark Shadow & Another shock-the-world priced 1DX Mark II

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On Wednesday morning I headed out to Robert Moses in the rain to look for deer but there were no deer. There were lots of gulls in the parking lot rain puddles so I had fun photographing them. There were four adult and one third year Lesser Black-backed Gulls. I photographed two of the […]

Finally! I am nothing if not ...

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Having stayed up late to watch the end of the Monday Night Football game I stayed in on Tuesday morning despite what turned out to be pretty good weather: clear skies with light southwest winds. I relaxed for most of the morning, paid a visit to crack A.R.T. chiropractor Dr. Dan Holland at True […]

Late Light Puddle Portrait and an Insanely Low Shock the World-priced 1DX Mark II

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I tried for the Hudsonian Godwit on Monday morning and Monday afternoon; the bird was nowhere to be seen. The morning was a total bust with strong northwest winds and clear skies so I headed back to daughter Alissa’s home where I am staying till my flight home early next Saturday morning. I visited […]

Intermediate Telephoto Lens Versatility and Advice. And Hand Holding Tip When Working From Your Vehicle with the Engine Running.

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Billy Joel was as good as ever at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. And we sat on the floor so our seats were much better than at last month’s concert. I headed back to younger daughter Alissa’s home on the LIRR on Sunday morning. Jen and Maya arrived on Saturday and Sam is […]

What do you do when the bird takes off but you have too slow a shutter speed for action, the wrong AF point selected, and no chance of fitting the subject in the frame?

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We tried for the godwit early on Saturday morning at Heckscher without success. No sweat, I figured, we can photograph some gulls in the parking lots. No gulls in the parking lots. Let’s try Captree. No gulls in the parking lots. Lets try Robert Moses. No gulls in the parking lots. We finally did […]

The Times They May Be a Changing ...

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Midday on Friday I visited my 62-year old sister Arna in a nursing/rehab home. She is not doing well at all. It is a long story. That afternoon Anita North and I were off to Heckscher State Park where as many as five young Hudsonian Godwits had been hanging out for a month. Last […]

On the Benefits of Being Truly Ready ...

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A Bronx Tale was great. Amazing music and a terrific cast, especially the young “C.” As expected, I cried almost from the opening number through the standing ovation. I had seen the movie for the first time a few months back.

Anita North and I met my B&H friends Izzy Flamm, Yosef Brown, […]

Catching Up Times Three: Coot, Pickerelweed, and Marbled Godwit

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It is 9:28am on Wednesday November 15 as I put the finishing touches on this blog post. I am on the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) on the way to Penn Station to see the new Broadway musical “A Bronx Tale.” Going to visit my friends at B&H on Thursday to celebrate $5,000,000+ in BAA […]

Why your silhouettes should look washed out on the LCD on the back of your camera body ...

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I woke early on Tuesday, answered some e-mails, and started packing. Then a short swim (48 lengths, a bit more than a half mile), lunch, and off to the airport to catch the 3:15 Southwest nonstop flight to Islip. I head into the city tomorrow to see a new musical, A Bronx Tale. Then […]

The Poser

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Monday was mostly a day of taking it easy, working on blog posts, and thinking about what to pack for my trip to Long Island/NYC. I leave at about lunch time on Tuesday. I did get in my exercises and a 3/4 mile swim.

The Streak

Today makes one hundred nine days in […]

DeSoto Sucked This Past Weekend!

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I finished and published this blog post at 6:50am on Monday morning. Enjoy. You will be learning a lot from the individual images in the composite in the coming days. I did get to swim 3/4 mile in the dark on Sunday evening with the pool lights on.

The Streak

Today makes one […]

Free 5D Mark IV User's Guide Excerpt. One frame, five pickerelweed images ...

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I met Lee Sommie and Noel Heustis early on Saturday for a morning of bird photography. It was not a great morning but we finished up by spending two hours with a very tame and photogenic juvenile Piping Plover. Then a great lunch at the Neptune Grill in Gulfport. No swim. No exercise. Yes […]

It's Time! Answers please: a-, b-, & c ...

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If you did not chime in on Thursday’s blog post, please do so now by clicking here; the blog is designed to be interactive. As always, the more folks who participate, the more everyone will learn. And yes, that includes me 🙂

I swam early on Friday — 3/4 of a mile. New […]

Why and (Why?) and How to Stand Up in a Zodiac ...

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The Marbled Godwit Straightforward Image Optimization Challenge Results Offer a Tremendous Opportunity for Learning ...

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Tough Stormy Conditions Part III: Sharp in the wind at 1/30 second! And Used Camera Body Bonanza.

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On Tuesday the folks from Ridge Energy showed up on time to install the new air handler for my central air. They worked long and hard. I am plugging away on the 5D IV User’s Guide but the going is tough and slow. In addition, I answered the usual several dozen e-mails, swam 100 […]

Tough Stormy Conditions Part II. Willets in the Surf; do any of these four images have merit? Be honest!

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On Monday I worked on blog posts, answered e-mails, swam 3/4 mile, and exercised a lot. I was glad to learn that the sales of Mike Lawie’s 24-105 and his 7D Mark II and the sale of Duncan Douglas’s “old” 500mm are all pending. See lots more great Used Gear with low and reduced […]

Tough Stormy Conditions Part I: Fun in the High Winds and Spray! And Just Playin' in Photoshop.

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The UFC 217 Pay Per View on Saturday evening November 4, was the best $59.95 I ever spent on sports entertainment. I was rooting for Rose Namajunas to defeat the big favorite, the undefeated Strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk. I was rooting for another underdog, TJ Dillashaw, to crush loud-mouthed braggart Bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt. […]

Fort DeSoto Early Winter IPT. And RAW File/Image Optimization Challenge #2.

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I woke early on Saturday and drove over to Lakeland to meet up with friends Lee Sommie and Noel Heustis at the Circle B Bar Preserve. Though it is less than an hour from my home I had never been there. The place is pretty nice and though there were not a lot of […]