2023 « Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART

The Truly Extraordinary Bird Photography of Matt Huras & THE Very Best Way to Improve Your Nature Photography

An Impossible Task?

All are invited to leave a comment as to which of Matt Huras’s eight featured images is the strongest. Be sure to let us know why. If you cannot control yourself, it is OK to go with two or three photos. But be warned, this will be a very difficult job,

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Homer IPT #1 Sunny First Morning. On sunny days in Homer, improving your flight photography, 200-600 MFD, backgrounds on the beach, and big momma eagles!

Your Call?

Which of today’s five, all very excellent images is your absolute favorite? By participating, you will actually learn a lot. If you do leave a comment, please let us know why you made your choice. If anything in any of the images bugs you, let us know that too.

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Why Pano Crops? Why Manual Focus? Why Under-exposed?

Be Honest!

Which of today’s three featured pano-crops is the worst of the lot? Why don’t you like it?

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The three amigos met for breakfast in the Lakefront Hotel at 6:30am. We met in the lobby at 8:00am, packed the car, and then headed south and east on the Seward Highway and […]

Think Fast and Act Faster When Creating Juxtapositions

Be Honest!

Like it or hate it, share your thoughts on today’s featured image.

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After getting to bed very early on Friday evening, I was up at 3:00am in plenty of time to catch the 4:30 am shuttle. My six-hour five minute flight to Seattle was blessedly uneventful. After my five-hour layover, […]

DeSoto in Spring --Lots to Photograph! And Air Travel Tips

Unsolicited via e-mail from Pete Myers

I just spent 4 days in the field in a graduate course in bird photography taught by Artie Morris at Fort DeSoto. After almost 50 years of experience pointing cameras at birds from the Arctic to Tierra del Fuego, New Zealand and beyond, I thought I was good enough. […]

Why Wide-Open? A New Approach to Understanding DOF

Your Call?

Which of today’s three featured images is the strongest? All are invited to leave a comment and let us know why they made their choice. Though I love all three, I do have a clear favorite and will share that here with you tomorrow.

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Thursday morning on the Hooptie Deux […]

Mike De Rosa Scores Again with his Sony a1/200-600 Rig!

Bedfords FE Sony 600mm f/4 GM OSS Lenses in Stock!

Steve Elkins asked me to let y’all know that Bedfords has two Sony FE 600mm f/4 GM OSS lenses in stock and that one of them has your name on it. If you are ready to enter a whole new world, get in touch with […]

American White Pelican City!

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I picked up Gary Chappel early on Tuesday morning in Winter Haven at his home on Lake Roy. We got to Lakeland well before sunrise and enjoyed a great morning of photography with about 40 very cooperative American White Pelicans. That was followed by a long working brunch nearby at a place called […]

The Lens I Advised Against for 3 Decades. More on Storage

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After watching the second half of the Super Bowl on Monday morning on TIVO, I was on a bit of a high. Peeking out the pool deck door, I saw that it was going to be a clear sunrise. With the wind from the northwest, I realized that conditions would be perfect for […]

A Simple Solution to the Botched Pelican Composite

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Despite the relatively poor (for photography) weather forecast, I had fun down by the lake on Saturday morning and made a few nice images as well. I will share the full story in tomorrow’s blog post.

Condolences to blog-regular Anthony Ardito as his favored Philadelphia Eagles fell to the Kansas City Chiefs, […]

Perfect? My Thoughts on Image Storage Problems

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My Saturday morning photo session qualified as “one-of-those-days.” There was a gorgeous sunrise, but both eaglets were sound asleep and neither of the adults were at the nest tree. After photographing a crane sleeping in the marsh, I drove around to the sunny side of the eagle nest. As I pulled up, the […]

Pretty Neat Eagle Nest Trick Shots. How Did I Do It?

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As you can see below, I had fun on Friday morning at the eagle nest. Neither of the young birds has branched yet. I’ve also been getting some good stuff on Mottled Ducks from the car. My daughters’ families got me a nice gift certificate for the holidays from some seafood joint in […]

How I Screwed Up the Composite. Next Week: White Pelicans, the North Tampa Rookery, and the Hooptie Deux

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I had another good morning down by the lake on Thursday. My new idea fizzled, but I have figured a way to improve it. The young eagles are flapping like crazy, but only in the nest. 🙁 I swam twice, and did a bit more packing for my upcoming trip to Homer, AK. […]

Killer Pelican Video. And Announcing the 2023/2024 San Diego Brown Pelicans and More Instructional Photo Tours

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I had another good morning down by the lake and came up with some exciting new ideas. If they work, I will be sharing them with you here soon. I got my 2022 taxes off to the accountant early for the first time ever. I enjoyed an afternoon swim, and began packing for […]

Screwed Up Again! What's Real? What's Fake?

Eaglets in the Nest Indian Lake Estates In-the-Field Workshops

Join me for two hours of instruction at Indian Lake Estates any day from now through the morning of Monday 13 February: $200.00. Add a working brunch with image review and a Photoshop session for another $100.00 to round out an incredibly educational morning. Though we […]

San Diego -- It Ain't Just Pelicans!

This Just In!

I went down to the lake well before I finished today’s blog post and had an incredible morning at the eagle nest. I could have been really famous when one of the adult eagles flew in with a fish, but I had the exposure set for the nearly all-black baby eagles and […]

Brutal Honesty Requested

The Homer IPTs It’s Never Too Late!

I hate sailing with a less than full boat. If you would like to make a low-ball offer on one or more of the Bald Eagle IPTs below, please click here.

IPT #1: MON 20 FEB 2023 through the full day on FRI 24 FEB 2023. Five full […]

Murphy's Law of Nests. And What You Can Do About It

The Homer IPTs No Reasonable Offer Refused

I hate sailing with a less than full boat. If you would like to make a low-ball offer on one or more of the Bald Eagle IPTs below, please click here.

IPT #1: MON 20 FEB 2023 through the full day on FRI 24 FEB 2023. Five full […]

Eaglets Branching Soon! And a Great Sony A1 Video Course

The Homer IPTs No Reasonable Offer Refused

I hate sailing with a less than full boat. If you would like to make a low-ball offer on one or more of the Bald Eagle IPTs below, please click here.

IPT #1: MON 20 FEB 2023 through the full day on FRI 24 FEB 2023. Five full […]

DeSoto's Aqua Blue-Green and Tan Sand Backgrounds

The Homer IPTs No Reasonable Offer Refused

I hate sailing with a less than full boat. If you would like to make a low-ball offer on one or more of the Bald Eagle IPTs below, please click here.

IPT #1: MON 20 FEB 2023 through the full day on FRI 24 FEB 2023. Five full […]