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What’s Up? Fall arrived at ILE on the morning of Wednesday 30 September as the months keep rolling by. We drove down to the lake and saw a few cranes and lots of vultures, but it was so windy and chilly that we never got out of the car. My streak was in jeopardy but […] What’s Up? We headed over early on Monday morning to Sebastian Inlet with hopes of photographing diving Ospreys and Royal Terns catching fish. There was zero action at the inlet, so I did some of the beach wildflowers: Dune Sunflower and Railroad Vine, a lovely purple morning glory. Then we packed up and drove north […] What’s Up? After nine great days at DeSoto, Anita North and I enjoyed a nice morning with the Mother’s Day crane family on Saturday. With Anita’s help, I spent the afternoon getting acquainted with Topaz Sharpen AI and with Topaz DeNoise AI. In short, I was astounded. As you read on, do understand that I […] What Up? Mornings at DeSoto have continued to be fabulous. The morning of Thursday, 24 September 2020 was blast-off at the beach day. Large flocks of skimmers, Laughing Gulls, and shorebirds (mostly winter plumage Red Knots) took flight in swirling maelstroms every ten minutes or so. In addition. Anita and I had lots of chances […] What’s Up? On Tuesday we enjoyed a wonderful early morning with tame pink spoonbills, still blue water, and soft early morning sunlight. We returned to the scene of Monday’s huge tern and gull feeding spree and found the birds on bait but hundreds of yards from the beach. There have been more than a few […] Oops I forgot to mention yesterday that if you register for tonight’s webinar knowing that you cannot watch it live, you will receive a viewing link that will be good for one week. That’s how will see it as I am an early-to-bed, early-to-rise kind of guy. To register, click here. […] What’s Up? Mornings at DeSoto have been different and phenomenal. Saturday it rained and we did well. Sunday was cloudy with a northeast wind. We did well. And on a sunny Monday with more northeast winds we enjoyed the biggest tern feeding spree I have ever seen: a mixed flock of Sandwich, Forster’s, and Common […] What’s Up? I state often that one of the best ways to improve your nature photography is to look at as many really good photographs as possible. I do that often on Bird Photographer’s.Net (though not as often as I should). And I am continually looking at the websites of the world’s best avian photographers […] What’s Up? At 6:50am on Thursday, there was a long line of cars waiting for the gate to open at DeSoto. I believe that the entry time has been pushed back from 6:30am to 7:00am. As the road is now gated in both directions, it is no longer possible for folks with Annual Beach Parking […] What’s Up? We spent so much time repairing the ruts in the South Field that I only took nine images on Wednesday morning. Three of them were keepers. We drove over to Gulfport on Wednesday afternoon — 20 September 2020. We will be photographing at Fort DeSoto for the next four days. Though we […] What’s Up? In the past 24 hours, many things did not go well. Despite them all, I am feeling great and happy. See the Loving What Is feature below. On Sunday and Monday morning I photographed at Sebastian Inlet with friend Anita North. The Osprey action was so-so, but we had lots of good […] What’s Up? Saturday morning was spent with the Mother’s Day crane family. I left home at 5:30am headed for Sebastian Inlet despite the forecast of thunderstorms all morning. Not scattered thunderstorms, just thunderstorms … I was glad to learn yesterday that the sale of IPT veteran Morris Herstein’s Sony a9 and the sale of […] What’s Up? Wednesday morning was Turkey Vulture, Great Egret, and Great Blue Heron — nothing too great. On Thursday morning the North Field had water six inches deep in spots from the continuing heavy afternoon rains. Reluctant to drive on the grass and get stuck, I grabbed my 200-600 and walked through the large puddles […] What’s Up? The weather on Wednesday morning was perfect for bird photography — sunny and clear with a decent east wind. The bird photography, however, was fair at best. I spent four hours online and on the phone today before finally ordering a roof-top cargo box for the upcoming cross-country drive in my new […] What’s Up? Monday morning started off very slowly, but I wound up with two excellent chances, one with an adult crane holding a white feather that it had just preened and the other with a pink-capped juvenile crane. My right shoulder is feeling much better after an ART treatment by chiropractor TJ McKeon in Lake […] What’s Up? On Saturday morning I photographed the young Great Egret featured in today’s blog post, several Wild Turkeys, and a single Turkey Vulture. Most of the birds at 1200mm with high ISOs on a very cloudy morning. I finished up with some flower center abstracts made at 2.1X magnification with the Venus Optics Laowa […] What’s Up? Thursday morning was a Lanceleaf Arrowhead blossom, cranes, and Great Blue Herons. Friday morning — 4 SEPT 2020 — was one of the same great blue and some displaying Boat-tailed Grackles. I was glad to learn yesterday of these recent sales: Dennis Bartsch sold his Canon EF 500mm f/4L USM Telephoto lens […] What’s Up? Wednesday morning was cranes and more cranes. I did not get into the pool until just before noon having decided to cut my swimming workout from 72 lengths back to 60 as the extra 12 lengths were becoming tedious and I had begun experiencing a bit of soreness in my right shoulder … […] What’s Up? My streak of making at least one keeper every morning since at least March 22 was in jeopardy on Tuesday Morning … After drenching rains on Sunday and Monday afternoon, I dared not drive off the pavement. There were no cranes near the road and no vultures in the vulture tree. I drove […] What’s Up? On Sunday morning I photographed some cranes down by the lake. A new family consisting of two adults and two full grown colts showed up. I had never seen them before. I finished the morning up photographing a large ball-shaped white flower … The plan right now is that I will be […] |
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