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What’s Up? The fever and exhaustion of Wednesday afternoon are long gone. My breathing is fine despite nasal and throat congestion and my pulse ox remains relatively constant at about 94-95. I spent all day yesterday with the dry, stickily cough experienced by many with COVID. And I have a slight eyeball headache (for the […] What’s Up? The drive home was long and exhausting. I stopped at St. Augustine Alligator Farm on the way home. I got to ILE at about 2pm and tried to nap. By this point, I was feeling really lousy and realized that I had a fever. Suspecting that I had contracted COVID, I began the […] What’s Up? We woke early and headed to Okefenokee Swamp NWR for a boat ride. The scenery and vegetation were gorgeous in the early morning light. We had permission to visit a large wading bird rookery. Instead of parking the boat on the far side of the canal, waiting quietly for the birds to return, […] What’s Up? The IPT group enjoyed a lovely orange-glow sunrise on Monday morning and created many fine slow shutter speed tidal pool-scapes. As the tide was dropping, I concentrated on the flocks of skimmers and other birds landing and blasting off from the color on the edge of the surf. I made one huge mistake […] What’s Up? I led a Sunday morning GNPA EXPO photo workshop to Jekyll Point on Sunday. We enjoyed a second lovely clear, orange-glow sunrise. Eric Bowles put the group in the perfect spot for tidal pool-scapes. It was windier than last time, so the 8-second or so shutter speeds yielded some really neat patterns in […] What’s Up? Projector disaster struck again on Saturday. It seems that though my very expensive Apple MacBook Pro M1 had an HDMI port, that the connection to an HDMI device is unstable. Thus the problems. There is a solution that I do not quite understand yet. When I do, I will share the details here. […] Which Image is Your Favorite? Please leave a comment and let us know why you made your choice. What’s Up? My keynote went perfectly for 30 minutes. With the expensive, high quality, ceiling mounted projector, the images looked bright, the color was perfect, and the audience was enraptured with my stories. Then the expensive, […] What’s Up? I was, very early on Thursday. But with some violent thunderstorms forecast for the areas around Okefenokee Swamp, I decided to stay in and work on my upcoming programs rather than have no nap in the middle of an 18-hour day … My workflow program went very well despite an hour-long blackout. I […] What’s Up? Eric Bowles and I headed to Jekyll Point in the dark with high hopes. The forecast was for cloudy, but the sky was filled with stars. But not for long. Clouds and offshore fog closed in from the north and by the time the sun rose, it was barely visible. And then it […] What’s Up? Eric Bowles and I explored Harris Neck NWR on Tuesday morning. It turned out to be one of those making-soup-from-a-stone days, a little of this and a little of that. We found a nice sunrise spot out of the park proper and had a sweet sunrise without many birds. 🙁 We visited several […] Which One Do You Like Best? Why? BAA Online Store Our phone and DSL lines are out since the huge rainstorm on Sunday. Please accept our apologies if your order is delayed. Frontier is supposed to be coming to the house on Wednesday … I an extreme emergency, please text me complete details to 863-221-2372 […] Which One Do You Like Best? Why? What’s Up? I got tons of work done in my Jacksonville AirBnb on Sunday morning and then headed to Jekyll Island. I arrived at Villas by the Sea at about 2:00pm. Check-in is at four, but they mercifully got me into my unit at 3:05. I unpacked the […] Your Fave? Which of today’s two featured images do you like best? Please leave a comment and let us know why you made your choice. What’s Up? When I left Gatorland after the Saturday morning session, I thought that it had been a bad one. When I saw my images, I changed my mind. […] What’s Up? If April flowers bring May showers, there will be lots of blossoms here at ILE next month; it poured for most of the day and my late afternoon swim was delayed by a big thunderstorm. Most folks did not fall for my traditional April Fool’s Day shenanigans, but as is the case […] A Stunning Decision … After many months of torment, I decided last night to retire from bird photography. I am selling all of my Sony gear. And my Canon 180mm macro lens. Even my Sony 600mm f/4 GM OSS lens. And my tripod heads. And my tripods — I have lots of them, some brand […] What’s Up Wednesday morning on the Hooptie Deux was incredible. Phenomenal. I got some good stuff on Brown Pelicans landing at the nest with their bill pouches distended. As it seems that most of the spoonbills are on eggs, we moved to the newly discovered White Ibis island earlier than we did yesterday. It took […] What’s Up Tuesday morning was still and gorgeous on the water in Tampa Bay. I was aboard the Hooptie Deux with Captain James (Froggy) Shadle and four clients: Peter Dominowski, Brendan Burns, Joh Hoiles, and Lorvey Stark. In the pre-dawn, I taught pleasing blur techniques, a new one for all the clients. As the sun […] What’s Up While checking the crane on the nest before the sun was fully up — the bird was sleeping on the two eggs (as usual), I spotted two adult Brown Pelicans flying over the lake not far from the shore. They were the first in more than 20 years of observation. Then, using the […] What’s Up? Despite a less than favorable breeze from the NW, I had a great Sunday morning at Gatorland with Nikon shooter Jon Hoiles. Conditions were vastly improved as compared to last Saturday. There were many more pairs of Great Egrets and several photographable nests with chicks. There was a nice Cattle Egret and one […] The Best? Of the seven images presented here today, which two are the strongest? Please leave a comment letting us know why you made your choices. I think that most folks will agree on at least one of the images below. I will share my two favorites with you here in the nest Catching Up […] |
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