2019 « Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART

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I will be aboard the Samba for two weeks beginning on Tuesday, July 23 photographing in nature photography heaven, the Galapagos archipelago. I will be offline from then until the late afternoon of Tuesday, August 6. You can reach Jim or Jen by phone weekdays at the office (863-692-0906) if you need help […]

A Bizarre Offering ...

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I will be aboard the Samba for two weeks beginning on Tuesday, July 23 photographing in nature photography heaven, the Galapagos archipelago. I will be offline from then until the late afternoon of Tuesday, August 6. You can reach Jim or Jen by phone weekdays at the office (863-692-0906) if you need help […]

They Paved Paradise and Put Up a Parking Lot. Nikon 3D AF. And Point Your Shadow at the What?

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I will be aboard the Samba for two weeks beginning on Tuesday, July 23 photographing in nature photography heaven, the Galapagos archipelago. I will be offline from then until the late afternoon of Tuesday, August 6. You can reach Jim or Jen by phone weekdays at the office (863-692-0906) if you need help […]

B&H Event Space Program on August 12, 2019: Lessons from the Field: BIRDS AS ART-Style

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We had a great afternoon with the Green Iguanas at the Iguana Park in Guayaquil, Ecuador on Monday. After watching the first draft of Patrick Sparkman’s a7R iii/SONY a/9 video, I am getting much much better and feeling much more comfortable using the a7R iii. Based on his suggestions, I made several important […]

In-the-Field at Nickerson. And My Galapagos Gear Bag

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If everything goes as planned, I will be resting comfortably in the hotel in Guayaquil, Ecuador or photographing large Land Iguanas at a city park there when you read this. On Tuesday, the group and I continue on to Baltra. We will board the Samba that afternoon for two weeks in nature photography […]

Sandbar Secrets. And a Record-low-by far Used Canon 600mm f/4L IS II Lens

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I spent most of Saturday finishing packing for the Galapagos IPT. The next blog post will feature my gear bag. I fly to Guayaquil, Ecudaor on Sunday and continue on to Baltra on Tuesday. We will board the Samba that afternoon for two weeks in nature photography heaven.

FlexShooter Pro Update

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Catching Up On Recent Blog Post Questions

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I have one of my two checked bags for the Galapagos trip packed. I am finishing up some laundry today and charging all the camera bodies. I was glad to learn that the sale of BPN friend Robert Kimbrell’s Canon 200-400 with Internal TC is pending. I have been swimming around the afternoon […]

I'd Only Dreamed of a Place Like This for American White Pelicans ... And Announcing the BAA Middle of Florida Photographic Site Guide

SONY a7R iii

Follow the link above to learn about saving $500 on a SONY a7R iii along with many dozens of incredible summer deals.

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I spent a good part of the day on Tuesday getting my replacement cell phone up and running. (It turned out that I had […]

Nikon d-9 AF. Depth of Field Lesson and DOF Concerns with Bouquets of Sand Eels ...

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I’ve been doing lots of catching up and very little photography. My jet lag seems to be abating as I slept from 8:30pm on Saturday night until 4:30am the next morning with just one pit stop. I’ve enjoyed being back in the pool every day.

This blog post took more than two hours […]

How Large a Crop?

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I have been able to stay up every day till between 8 and 9pm with only a short nap and I have been able to get lots of work done during the day without feeling like a zombie. The problem remains that I have been getting up between 2:30 and 3:00am. You gotta […]

Gannetry Insanity: The Best Tool for the Job is the Best Tool for the Job!

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I started this blog post in the club at Edinburgh Airport and completed most of it offline on my flight to Newark. I reached into the carrying pouch on the front of my sweatshirt for my i-phone 8+ only to find that it was not there. A careful search of my person and […]

Black-headed Gull Studies, More on My SONY Strategy, Chioce of Perspective, and a Flight Photography Tip: The Importance of Guess-timating the focal length, Esti-Zooming, or Zoom-stimating

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We had a bit of bad weather luck (it was sunny) on our last two days at Seahouses and our first gannet boat trip that was scheduled for Monday afternoon was weathered-out — the swells were too big. But we finished with a huge bang and great fortune on a slightly drizzly morning […]

SONY Gear Makes a Huge BAA Comeback ... My Current SONY Approach. And What I Hate About SONY.

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For the most part, we have enjoyed excellent photography weather (i.e., cloudy bright) interspersed with short periods of blue skies with wind against sun. On Monday morning, we head up to Dunbar, Scotland for two gannet boat trips (weather permitting/fingers crossed).

I will be following up soon on the many responses to […]

Anticipation. And dramatic jet-black backgrounds!

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Tuesday on the puffin boat was mega. We could not land on Wednesday morning because of a nasty swell and that afternoon was lousy with an east wind against bright sun. Thursday on the puffin boat was mega-mega. We have been eating well (and too much), learning a ton, and having fun. I […]

Add Green Whenever Possible; even a tiny bit can help ...

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After four great days at Bempton Cliffs — Thanks, Mikey! — we moved down from Cranswick to Seahouses on Monday. We are all set for six straight days on the puffin boats.

BPN is down, with apologies. We suffered a phishing attack that is so bad that right now not even the service […]

Big Bad Brown Pelican. D850 ISO 6400. Image Color Quiz. And the Little-Know Schmutz (Lint) Removal Filter in Photoshop

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Friday afternoon was not as good as Thursday afternoon and Saturday morning was not as good as Friday morning. That will almost always be the case after a truly sensational start. That said, we had lots of good chances on Friday afternoon and lots of good chances on Saturday morning — bless the […]

Maybe One Day I Will Get Smart Enough ... Bempton Cliffs Rocks It!

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Red-eye flights are never huge fun, but mine was uneventful. I met multiple IPT participant Randy Strickland in Chicago for our flight to Edinburg, Scotland. Most of the group had arrived early: many multiple IPT veteran Anita North, first-timers Shonagh Adleman and Carsten Anderson (of Danmark), arrived early in Edinburgh. Many multiple IPT […]

Sunny and Cloudy Day Eagles. And Thoughts on Cloudy Day Underexposures ...

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I should surely be in the UK by the time that you read this. Photographing gannets at Bempton Cliffs.

Two brand new BAA publications will be released soon. The first will be The BAA Middle of Florida Photographic Site Guide, co-written and co-illustrated by Joe Przybyla and yours truly. Focus on Frogs […]

Flex Shooter PRO Fine Points, BigFeet Info, and Lots More

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I am on the way to the airport, Chicago, and Edinburgh, Scotland as I type. No worries, right-hand man Jim Lizenburg is driving. If all goes as planned, I will meet the group and our driver at EDI at 9:15am on Thursday.

I have spent much of the last 24-hours overdosing on […]

My Very Favorite San Diego 2019 IPT Image. Having Pre-visualized the Image Makes it Even Sweeter!

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As soon as this blog post is published on the early morning of Tuesday, June, 25, I will begin packing in earnest for my trip to the UK. It has been hotter than heck here every day and I have been swimming a half-mile plus each afternoon. Thanks for all the kind comments […]