2018 « Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART

Help Needed With an AF-S Nikkor 500mm f/5.6 PF Lens. And some insightful comments, questions, and answers ...

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The DeSoto IPT ended with lone participant Ed Dow and I sitting in six inches of warm saltwater photographing some tame spoonbills in still blue water … More on Ed in a future blog post.

Help Needed With an AF-S Nikkor 500mm f/5.6 PF Lens

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Red Tide Blessings #s 2, 3, 4, & 5. D5/200-500mm Flight. Mr. Dickhead. And Using Diagonals to Strengthen Your Image

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Tuesday morning started off really slow at DeSoto. I did well at 840mm on the tripod with flying Laughing Gulls. On the way back to the car we found some ibises and ducks in a big rain pool and spent a productive hour with them. We all came up with some really near bathing […]

Learning About Red Tide and Its Causes. And a $1,000 Price Drop on a Near-mint Canon 600 II!

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We lucked out on Sunday afternoon as the wind switched from east to west. We enjoyed two hours of flat calm silky blue water background bird photography. Ed Dow did great getting low and approaching the birds slowly. We photographed lots of shorebirds including Short-billed Dowitcher, Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling, Wilson’s and Semipalmated Plovers, Least […]