2018 « Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART

Home From the Sea Ice. The First Emperor. And Did We Make it to the Exalted Penguin Colony by Icebreaker and Helicopter?

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I got off the ship on the morning of Wednesday, October 31. I had two hours to kill before the bus would take my group to the airport. Amazingly, there were 4-8 Southern Giant Petrels feeding near shore and displaying aggressively. I grabbed the 500 PF and a D850 and sat on a rock […]

Audrey II? And a Sunny Day Close-up Tip

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As I am traveling in the Southern Ocean, I will be without internet access from the afternoon of October 19 until November 1. When I left, there were only two people signed up for the Early Winter DeSoto IPT; do consider joining us.

Galapagos Photo-Cruise of a Lifetime/Limit 12/Openings: 3

Right now I […]

Keep Your Eyes Open All the Time ...

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As I am traveling in the Southern Ocean, I will be without internet access from the afternoon of October 19 until November 1. When I left, there were only two people signed up for the Early Winter DeSoto IPT; do consider joining us.

Galapagos Photo-Cruise of a Lifetime/Limit 12/Openings: 3

Right now I […]

Content Aware Fill Magic Saves a Great Alert Pose

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As I am traveling in the Southern Ocean, I will be without internet access from the afternoon of October 19 until November 1. When I left, there were only two people signed up for the Early Winter DeSoto IPT; do consider joining us.

Galapagos Photo-Cruise of a Lifetime/Limit 12/Openings: 3

Right now I […]

Photographing Peru's Amazonian Rainforest with Andrew McLachlan

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Last February, a friend and I signed up for Andrew McLachlan’s Cayman Brac/Brown Booby Workshop. We had a great time, learned a bunch, and wound up with a ton of great images (as seen on the blog). Andrew is a moderator in the Landscapes, Cityscapes and Travel Forum on BirdPhotographer’s.Net. His e-guide to frog […]

Downpour Great Blue Heron

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As I am traveling in the Southern Ocean, I will be without internet access from the afternoon of October 19 until November 1. When I left, there were only two people signed up for the Early Winter DeSoto IPT; do consider joining us.

Galapagos Photo-Cruise of a Lifetime/Limit 12/Openings: 3

Right now I […]

Confirming Focus Fine-tune Values in the Field. And the First Nikon 500mm PF Lens Images.

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As I am traveling in the Southern Ocean, I will be without internet access from the afternoon of October 19 until November 1. When I left, there were only two people signed up for the Early Winter DeSoto IPT; do consider joining us.

Like spoonbills? Do consider joining me on the Hooptie Deux […]

AF Fine-tuning of the Nikon 500mm f/5.6 PF Lens. And a Nikon AF Fine-tune e-Guide Free Update

When I Got on the Ship …

When I got on the ship, Berger Brothers on Long Island, NY had a Nikon 500 PF in stock right and there is a possibility that it is still available. As they are pretty much impossible to get, give Brad Berger a call if you would like to […]

Emperor Penguin (I Hope) Gear Bag: the Lightest Ever ...

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Berger Brothers on Long Island, NY has a Nikon 500 PF in stock right now. As they are pretty much impossible to get, give Brad Berger a call if you would like to own this lens: Brad Berger President, Berger Bros Camera, P 516-496-1000.

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As I am traveling in the Southern […]

Nikon AF-S 500mm f/5.6 PF

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We made it to Ushuaia, Argentina without any hassles. It is cold and dark and windy here. As we do not get on the ship until Friday afternoon, I will spend most of my time working on blog posts for the time I am gone. Do consider joining me on an IPT 🙂

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Last Minute Miracle

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We are all packed and headed for the airport as I type. I fly MCO to MIA and then red-eye to EZE (Buenos Aires). Then we take a bus to AEP, the in-country Buenos Aires airport. From there we fly to Ushuaia arriving — if all goes well — at about 7:30 pm on […]

Nikon Long Lens/TC-E (teleconverter) AF Problem Illustrated

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I have been opening an unending stream of Amazon Prime packages and trying on all manner of sneakers and boots and gloves and long johns in preparation for the big Emperor Penguin attempt. We fly next Monday.

News on the Galapagos Front/Limit 12/Openings: 3

Right now I have nine folks committed to the […]

What's Your Plan?

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Well, the hoped for miracle occurred yesterday; Multiple IPT veteran Michal Goodman Fed-Exed his Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens to me. As soon as it arrives I will begin micro-adjusting it. I was so excited when he called that I could barely stand it.

Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity

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Revealing, Killer-Good Podcast Interview, Part I

The Edge of Innovation Podcast Episode 74 — the Art of Bird Photography with Arthur Morris

Apologies for being a bit late in publicizing this. I was listening to it as I typed. I gotta say that every other line is cracking me up. You can learn at lot about me: my […]

Desperate to Give Away a Free IPT/Urgent Help Needed

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IPT veteran Michael Goodman is a saint and shall be forever blessed. At least by me. He is sending me his 500 PF today to arrive on Thursday!

Desperate to Give Away a Free IPT/Help Needed

If you are one of the very few lucky enough to own the just released Nikon […]

Adjusting on the Fly, White Neutralizer, On Getting to Know a Location Intimately, and Announcing the 2018 Early Winter DeSoto IPT

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Been blowing lots of balloons. Ordered a ton of cold weather stuff and dry bags on Amazon getting ready for the upcoming bucket list trip; I leave on Monday to try for Emperor Penguins with chicks … Success is not at all guaranteed. Thanks to all who shared some of their favorite music yesterday; […]

Southbound Train

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In yesterday’s It Doesn’t Matter … It Does Matter blog post here, comments were inadvertently closed for much of the day. If you would like to take a shot at the Why Sit? questions, please re-visit. There is lots to learn as always.

Huge Price Drop Canon EF 200-400 f/4L IS USM Lens […]

It Doesn't Matter ... It Does Matter.

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On Friday, I drove over to Tampa to have lunch with a friend so I figured that it made sense to drop down to DeSoto to photograph on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. I got an Airbnb room for Friday night for less than $50; that saved me about $80. Friday afternoon was not […]

San Diego: It Ain't Just Pelicans! And Luscious, Swirly, Earth-toned Water.

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I had a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers right outside of my SUV on Thursday morning but was unable to create a single image. 🙁

There is still lots of room on the San Diego IPT. Couples and IPT veterans are invited to e-mail for discount info. Scroll down for details.

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Singing the BLUEs

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Condolences to Chicago Cubs fans; the Cubbies scored only a single run in back to back single elimination games and thus will not be taking part in the MLB post season.

I was glad to learn that multiple IPT veteran Mike Gotthelf signed up for the Hooptie Deux/Spoonbill IPT next February. See yesterday’s […]