April 7th, 2019 Postlist 2019
Sony a-1 II Pre-order Update. When I Expose Well to the Right on Cloudy Days, My Photos Look Washed OutSony Alpha 1 Version IIDealing With Wind Against Sun Conditions. “Sometimes I am so good that I amaze myself” he said modestly …Shutter Priority — Please Do Not Tell Me That Real Photographers Must Use Manual Mode 100% of the TimeWanted — One Boreal Forest Bird & Bald Eagle PhotographerMy Sebastian Mantra — Give Me One Good ChanceTeachable Old Dog. New Trick. Atlantic Ocean Art. Fred X2!The Osprey and the Thieving Brown Pelican/A Fabulous Story-telling Photo Sequence by My Friend, Bob EastmanThe Amazing Life of a Very Happy Man2 November 2024 — Just Another Day at the OfficeSony a9 iii Amazing with All Lenses and Both TeleconvertersCome On Down Right Now for Ospreys and MoreGeri Georg Does Nickerson Beach Quite WellBrand New Sony 600mm f/4 OSS GM Lens! And an a9 iiiSafe to Go in the Water. Six images made with a v2.02 a-1Rebuilding in Progress. Sony a-1 Firmware Update UpdateLike-New Canon RF 600mm! San Diego Ain’t Just Pelicans!Tricolored Heron Second Edit YouTube VideoUrgent: If You Are a Woman, or Know One, Check These OutSan Diego. Pelicans and More Bird Photography Hotspot!A Camera Body Miracle That Took Two Months!Hurricane Milton BIRDS AS ART UpdateWhat’s Up? Hurricane Milton on the Way …Must Have Been a School of Yellowfin Menhaden! More Lessons. And More on Bird Pupils versus Human PupilsExposure Fine Points : Reflectance and Wriggling Silver FishFrom Oh and Five to OMG!A Ton of Learning From a Single Osprey ImagePick Your Own Dates Short-notice Sebastian Inlet Ospreys and More BAA Personalized Instructional WorkshopsBPN Sold. Stay In on a Stormy Morning? The Requested Eye Replacement and a Head Replacement as WellA Rare Chance: Photographing Bathing Black VulturesLongs Lens Lessons From the Worst Morning in Two WeeksIndian Lake Estates Late Summer PotpourriBoth 86- and 78-Year Olds Learn on an Extended IPTRating Three Pretty-Close-to-Perfect Images1200mm at f/8 versus f/11 Ramifications. Which is Better?Questions, Comments, Suspicions?Two Wins for Shutter Priority Mode!The Sora, Field Etiquette Advice, & the NYC Queer BirdersBut We Already Photographed Juvenile Lesser Yellowlegs …Two Sony a-1 Black-bellied Action ImagesFlorida Is Trying to Ram Development of State Parks, “Skirting the Legal Process” By Jason CochranJudy Proves that Bird Photography is Not Rocket ScienceNew Video: Juvenile Black Skimmers Practicing SkimmingA Magical Evening on All Counts16,124 Image Lowlight Nickerson Beach PartyTwo for Action, One for Art (Pardon the Play on Words)Sometimes, I am Just Plain Lazy: 70-200mm Versatility, a Quasi-Jiggle Blur, and Captivated by a Beach PlantSeventeen Neat Nickerson Beach Before and After ImagesA Distressed Black Skimmer Chick Story in Four PicturesYoung Black Skimmer Developmental Flight Strategy: First You Run Fast, Then You’re An Orville, and Then You Fly!Three Versions of Two Very Similar Backlit Flight PhotosThe Un-banded American Oystercatcher Family of Four: A 10,000 to 1 Against Head Angle /Juxtapositional MiracleMonte Brown Flying High at Nickerson Beach with SonySun Ball Perspective Question. Can an inch matter?The Eclectic Photography & Life of Dr. Greg GulbransenNickerson Beach Gloomy Morning Cherry PickingWhy a Wide Angle Lens on the Beach for Birds?A Great Ending to the JAX IPT. And the a1/a9 iii Dilemma …Beyond Killer Handheld Flight Rig! White Sky/Black SkyCan a Sandwich Tern Chick Have an Orange Bill?The Goal: One Family Jewel per Session. Achieved.New YouTube Video: Picking My Keepers from a Darned Good (but unexpected) Summer Morning Down by the LakeBack in Business? Striving Not to Be Bored by CranesGlad That I Did Not Sell All of My Sony a1 BodiesJust When You Are Sure That It’s Gonna Suck …Don’t Be Scared I & II & IIIDealing with Flower Petal ImperfectionsColorado Songbirds III: Violet-green Swallow FulfillmentSalmon and Scallops: Healthy and YummyBehave Yourself!You Tube Video: The World Class Nature Photography of Anita North. With Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ARTDream When Choosing Your PerspectiveColorado Songbirds Part ISpring and Summer Sea Ducks at Nickerson Beach?Nikon Oldie But Goodie Oystercatcher Feeding YoungWhat Bird? How Old?Everything is Just Ducky. Used Gear Price DropsSony a9 iii 1200mm X-rated 120 frames per second BenefitsSkilled Friends in Cold Places — Northern Lights ImagesSony 1200mm. Why go with the Sony a1? Why go with the a9 iii? Different tools for the job at hand. News from ArashHard to Believe. A New Record: 86 Years Young!Audubon-like Miracle with Sony camera and lens at 1200mm. Shooting into Blasting, Super-Bright Reflections. Just how much can you learn from a single image?Killdeer Young — How Old Are You Now?Photographic Cliches???Two Very Different Whistling Duck Images!Picking My May 25 Keepers — Avoiding the GrassesUgly Sticks Gone. Why the Sony a9 iii for Bird Photography?There’s More Than One Way to Skin a Duck in FlightBetter Than a Poke in the Eye With a Sharp Stick …Why Birds Fish Under and Around PiersNot Recommended. But Do-able. The Results? Not BadWhat to Do on a Lousy, Lazy Afternoon?Help Needed Times TwoAMOY Birdscape — Bill Reconstruction & Band RemovalWord Press Help Needed. And Sony a9iii 420mm ShorebirdsRight Place. Right Time. No Light. Right Lens, Again!Killdeers Adults and Chicks are Skittish. What to Do?Striving Not to Be Bored of Sandhill Cranes …Lake Blue Cypress — It Ain’t Just Ospreys. Part IBelieve It Or NotImprove Your Bird (and Nature) Photography By Leaps and Bounds: Be Sure to Bookmark and Study This PageBismarck to Orlando Travel Adventure (& Misadventure)More On Kevin Hice and His Wonderful ImagesDo You Like Sun or Clouds for Bald Eagle Photography?Sharp-tailed Grouse — Tough Customers! Mint Canon 600 IIRe-Visiting Cape Coral’s Burrowing OwlsCatching Up Again in Reverse; The Best Way To LearnLike Trying to Photograph a Herd of Frenetic Mice!Canon Shooter Kevin Hice is One Smart, Tough, Hardworking, Determined Guy and One Fine PhotographerIt’s Not Always Easy to Get it Exactly Right in Bird Photography. What Do You Think of Square Crops? And How are Those Two Related?Fort DeSoto May Highlights Part I — It’s Not Too Late!Announcing the July 2024 Jax Royal Terns and More IPTBirding Under the Influence, by Dorian AndersonGreater Prairie Chicken Miracles Can Happen!Warm Large-in-the-Frame and Cool Small-in-the-FrameIncoming 840mm Flight Off the Tilted a9 iii Rear Monitor!Action on the Lek!First Blood: Greater Prairie Chickens in South DakotaHuguenot Memorial Park Royal Tern AirBnB OpportunityOsprey/Eagle Chase: There’s a First Time for Everything!V-LOG: Picking My Keepers from a 5851 a9 iii Image FolderAnke Frohlich Does Both Homer 2024 IPTsWhere Does the Sony 300m f/2.8 GM Lens Fit for You?Better Than Most: Sony a9 iii Bird-Eye Detection AutofocusCatching Up in SpadesEggs-zactly Why to Join a Nickerson Beach IPT This SummerSame Bird. Same Lens. Two Slightly Different ImagesWho Fell Over Backwards? A Cape Coral Burrowing Owl Photo Adventure. And Who’s Got the Mole Cricket?One in the Sun for Good Measure & a 2nd Nest HatchesI Never Gave Up Hope 🙂 Crane Chicks in Purple FlowersTwo Pretty Good Spoonbill Images. And New Used GearNot a Bad Day in the Middle of FloridaMay in Little Rock or Summer on Long Island at the Beach!Was This Image the Result of Pure Luck or the Right Gear?New Tenants. Does Junk In Always Equal Junk Out?Why Do Sony a9 iii Images Look So Good at Only 24.6 MP?JBWR/Nickerson Beach August 2024 IPTLots More on the Sony a9 iii (including two 1200mm images)!I Did Not Want to Like the Sony a9 iii Mirrorless Body …The 2024 Nickerson Beach IPTs — skimmers, terns, and oystercatchers galore. And a Used Canon 600mm f/4L IS IIStill Striving for Different w/the Sony 300mm f/2.8 GM LensWonderful Clients, and Striving for Different (as is usual)Meet the Game Changer, the Sony 300mm f/2.8 GM Lens. With a Sony a-1 of course, and either teleconverterAn Alternate Photographic Strategy: Shoot Wide and Crop!DeSoto Spring Beauties/The Times They Have ChangedHome. Morro Bay Sunsets. And DeSoto Spring IPTsSwamped by a Rogue Wave. And the Advantages and Disadvantages of Working off a Flattened TripodIs a 1/15 sec. Shutter Speed for Bird Photography Nuts?The Steps That All Bird Photographers Need to Master. And an Afternoon Walk with the Deadly & Versatile SONY 2-6!Things Have Been Just Ducky at Santee Lakes Regional Park. Have You Ever Heard of Guy McCaskie, CA’s Top Birder?Flight Photography Tips! Recipe for (Flight) Photography Success with the Robus 5558 Tripod/Levered-Clamp FlexShooter Pro-mounted Sony 600mm f/4 GM Lens/a 1 Rig“Switching from Canon to Sony was the Smartest Thing I Ever Did Other than Marrying Nancy.” Monte BrownHorizontal or Vertical for Tight Incoming Pelican Flight?This Could Be …70-200mm f/2.8 is Too Short For Bird Photography. Or Not?The Two Best Out of 3460 Images? Photo Mechanic Rocks!Two Squares From La Jolla Day OneNot Too Late to Join a San Diego IPT or Sign Up for an ITF Session! NEW: Using a BIRDS AS ART Amazon LinkChanging Background Colors in the Field. The Skinny on the NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S Lens and the Z9/Z8 BodiesMiracle Under the Bridge. IPT Learning Goes Both WaysFollow Attractive Subjects and Then Work Them HardImage Optimization PlanningMy Inadvertent Photo Thefts. Bob Eastman II. Homer 2025!Wrong Again. And Strange But True! And Why.2024 Off to a Good Start (but with 2 missed chances)Twenty-four of My 2023 Favorite ImagesDo-Over: Picking Flight Keepers in Photo Mechanic & More!Announcing Two Fort DeSoto Spring IPTsHelp Needed PleaseI’m Dreaming of a White …DB III VOL I/#3: Head Replacement and Going Both Ways!Sony 70-200mm II/a-1 (no teleconverter!) Rocks La JollaLensRentals.com and a Dramatic Lake-scape (with how-to)Nanci Griffith, Julie Gold, and a Stuck OspreyAlan Goodwin — Amazing Super-telephoto Lens/a-1 BeginnerStriving for Different. And Blessed at Indian Lake EstatesSingle Bird Horizontal Image Design: the Mike De Rosa RuleHeading Back to Morro Bay, CA. Image Quality Then & NowThe Osprey Flight Direction Reveal and DB III: VOL I/#2Sebastian Sucked. When Conditions are Tough, Don’t Quit: Be Creative and Strive to Hone Your Low Light SkillsThree From a Great 1200mm/BLUBB/X-5 Morning at Indian Lake Estates. Which is the strongest image?Perfect Conditions at Sebastian Coming Very SoonCrap Shooting on the Pier with the Peashooter Rig Pays OffSuccessfully Testing My Repaired 600mm f/4 at 1200mmTwo Headless Birds!Is Digital Photography Too Phony, Too Computer-centric?Won’t You Make My White Skies Blue?My Oft Scoffed-at Belief Proven to be TrueThe Colors of San Diego in WinterUnexpected Successes (???) are RaritiesWidely Varied Opinions. A Tip, & Lots to Consider & LearnThe Digital Basics III Video Series: Volume I/#1A New Approach to Blazing Star Blossom PhotographySony 200-600 G lens + 1.4X TC + a-1 at 840/749mm Low Perspective Foot-pod Shorebird Perfection X2. And How!Not Something That You See Everyday! Falling More Deeply in Love with the Lightweight, Versatile SONY 200-600What was Chris Doing Right and Wrong?Lots on Exposure. Hovering Versus Kiting. Sebastian Inlet Spectacular on Friday. Handholding versus Tripod for 840mm Flight Photography. And More On Flight PosesJoin Me at DeSoto to Learn and Photograph ShorebirdsSuccess on a Lazy 200-600 Morning at Fort DeSotoRight Place, Right Time, Seeing the Shot, & Getting LuckyTHE Best Lens for Pelican Flight Photography In La JollaEastern Fall Tern ID Tips. And more.ILE Crawling with Crested Caracaras!Pugs Got His Money’s Worth at Fort DeSotoFishing Fall Osprey at Sebastian InletM1 MacBook Pro (16 inch, 2021)70-200 Versatility. Franklin Flats Magic. Homer DiscountsDeSoto Still On Fire! $600 Discount Offer on Fall IPT #2$500 IPT Discount. Flamingo Sunrise Silhouette Unseen by All But One Photographer. 2 Tough Questions & 1 Easy OneDeSoto — Amazing Plus, Plus Two Un-banded Flamingos!DeSoto Busman’s Holiday Morning 2nd Edit Video2-Step Noise Reduction. Total ISO for 4 Images: 31,200!If You’re Free This Coming Week. Concrete Backgrounds?Bok Tower Flower Lessons. Sandisk 4TB SSHD Warning. Why Do You Photograph Birds and Natural History? And, What Happens to Our Images When We Die?Keeping Your Images Safe. And the kid in the candy storeFull Speed Ahead and Damn the ISO!Is it Possible to Design Pleasing Flight Images In-Camera?Keep or Delete this Pacific-race Brown Pelicans Greeting Image? First Thoughts on the New Remove ToolTortoise Heaven: the Highlands at Puerto Ayora, Santa CruzUsing Every Club in the Bag; DeSoto Multiple Choice/Fill-inFlying High in the GalapagosIt’s Good to be Home. Lessons from the Galapagos. And the First and the Last North Seymour KeepersBald Eagles Braking to Land with the HH 400mm f/2.8Not All Sunsets are Glorious. What to do?Single Skimmer Aerial Fight Images : Sharp or Blurred?Working a Subject: Brandt’s Cormorant in La Jolla, CAAre You a One Percenter?Followed My Own Advice 🙂Two Early Morning Low Light Images: Total ISOs — 15,000!Conflict Photographer James Natchwey Has My RespectBald Eagle Head Portraits with a HH Telephoto Zoom!Announcing the Publication of the Flight Photography GuideLa Jolla, CA — Where the Bird Photography is EasyThe Various Shades of LowSony 70-200mm f/2.8 GM II Versatility on the BeachOn Respecting PhotographyJBWR Sucks but Nickerson Beach is Rocking!As Good as it Gets: Nickerson and JBWR in AugustGetting Low Late Summer Through Fall Pays Big DividendsCelebrating Forty Years of Bird Photography. And PuzzledLoonatic Action and Stunning Sony a-1 Autofocus Part IFall Fort DeSoto Shorebird Identification and BehaviorBad High Wind Flying Puffin Circus! (with video clip)The Sony 1200mm Puffin Head AdvantageRoseate Spoonbill in Fall at DeSoto. And 2X TC CommentsThe Goal is Always the Same: One Great Image per SessionThe Great Life and Superb Photography of Greg DowningSix Images Announcing the 2023 DeSoto Fall IPTsSix Images Announcing the 2023 DeSoto Fall IPTsThe Third Way to Skin a Flying PuffinTwo Ways to Skin a Flying Atlantic Puffin — Then a ThirdBlack-tailed Godwit Mission AccomplishedPicking My Red-throated Loon Photo BrainTaking a Varied Approach When Visiting Great Photographic LocationsFilm. And Dealing With a Serious Operator Framing ErrorIs 30 fps Magic? Bald Eagle Flight with the 70-200 f/2.8 IIMoving Water and Pelican Flight Shutter Speed ChallengeSun or None for Wood Ducks? And the Purple Cheek PatchTwo Lousy Images Combine to Make One Wonderful ImageA Magical Landing. Is Larger in the Frame Always Better?Higher Standards for Flight PhotographyMore Wind Against Sun Success. And Finally Hatched!Chick Challenges! And As Good As AF Gets?Remove the Adult Tern or Not? Your CallLife and Death on the BeachWhen Conditions are Tough, Try Slow Shutter SpeedsCommon Tern Would You? QuestionsScore Six for Bruce Dudek’s Canon R3/RF 600mm!My Yellow Light District Birthday Gifts from the UniverseAgainst All Odds! Success in Near-Impossible Conditions. Suggestions for Dealing with Seemingly Hopeless SituationsFinally Got Lucky With Copulating Black Skimmers!Epic Common Tern/American Oystercatcher Smoky Skies Morning at Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY2X3 or Pano American Oystercatcher on Eggs?The Versatile Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II Lens/FE 1.4X Teleconverter/α-1 Combination. And Ooops!Interesting and Creative or a Waste of Pixels?Common Tern Nesting at Nickerson Beach. And an Overview: the Lower Extremities Pod TechniquesThe Atlantic Ocean as an Element of Composition, Using the Swash. And Understanding Atmospheric PerspectiveIPT Reviews. A Like-New Sony 600mm f/4 GM Lens for Sale. Announcing the Summer 2023 Nickerson Beach Terns, Skimmers, & Oystercatchers Instructional Photo Tour (IPT). And More American Oystercatcher Family & Chick ImagesFlight Photography at Nickerson in June. With Lessons!Oystercatcher Chick Downs 45,000 Sand Crab Eggs!Four More By the Incredible Sony 200-600 G Lens/α1 RigFour of My Favorites from the DeSoto Mega AfternoonThe Unexpected Mega-Afternoon on a BAA DeSoto IPTVasili and the Bald EaglesProtect Your Images! Last Minute ReminderEgg and Daughter Nite. And 3 Achromatic RNDU ImagesThis Post (with the video)Took Four Hours to Prepare : Give Me Seven Good Soft-Light Snowy Egret Minutes & a Raw Conversion and Image Optimization YouTube VideoGoing the Extra Mile. Dr. Fish – is this a Red Snapper?Special Edition Post: Don’t Learn the Hard Way As I Did!It’s Hard to Train Your Brain for These Shots …Surprise Subject: Homer Ain’t Just Eagles! Snow CleanupAmazingly Coincidental Images Made at the Exact Same Instant! Is Lower Always Better? And I Can’t Do That …YouTube Video: Bird Photography Lessons at the New Far Bar at Fort DeSoto. And announcing the 2023 Fort DeSoto New Cut Current Conditions e-GuideTwo of my Favorite La Jolla Pelican PerchesFour Squares at the Sewer Works Main Pond on Bonaire. And the Robus RC-5558 Tripod versus the Robus RC-5558-3Another BAA Masterpiece? And a Content-Aware Crop TipOn Photographing Juvenile Bald EaglesEliminating Rookery Clutter at 1200mm!V-Log: Brain Surgeon Operates Successfully on Florida Birds at My Favorite Photo Hotspots!Fun in the Fort DeSoto FogTwo Markus Leinberger San Diego Killer ImagesTwo BIRDS AS ART Royal Tern Masterpieces & QuestionsDeSoto Epic Morning & Royal Terns: Hopping and CrabbyLousy Weather, Common Birds, Uncommonly Good ImagesCrested Caracara — I Left the Nest, for This? And Using a Cable Release to Shoot Birds in Action!Hard to Believe: 4000! Wind Against Sun A — What to Do?Right Place, Right Time, Right Rig. Too CuteMore On Tools for FoolsA Momentous Decision, Stick Marsh, & Tools for FoolsTwo From Our Epic Day & Tracking Expand Spot MagicMy New Favorite DeSoto Walk-around LensBob Handin Tries the Sony a1. And YouTube Free image optimization videoFiguring Things Out (at new bird photography locations)What Bob Eastman Learned on the Homer IPTsHapless But Happy and Loving It! The Life of Bob EastmanRelocated Sandhill Crane Colt. Tough Exposure QuestionTight Eagle Flight Photography & 2024 Homer/Kachemak Bay Bald Eagle IPT Early-bird Discount InfoA 62-frame Midair Eagle Tussle & a chance to learnSea Otter Pups in the Harbor at Homer, AKScore Six for Canon, Fort DeSoto, & Clemens Van der Werf!Black Vulture Squabble and a Tiny, Hungry Crane ChickPicking Your Keepers in Photo Mechanic. And Color MixerDealing With Constantly Changing LightGive Me 80 Very Good Minutes. On BackgroundsVery Late for Brunch on a Dark Cloudy MorningFan Mail from an (Ethical) Wildlife PhotographerWorld’s Best Emoji and The Amazing Sony CJ StoryDunce of the Year Award for Mr. Famous Bird Photographer. And My First 2023 Stick Marsh VisitStunned by Sony a1 Autofocus. Lens, TC, and focal length?Blessed by Sandhill Crane Chicks, Eaglets, and More at ILEAnnouncing the 2024 Homer/Kachemak Bay Bald Eagle IPT. And On Handholding the 400mm f/2.8 with the 2X TCHomer’s Last Morning’s Special GiftsParting Shots: Momma Moose and a Volcanic SunsetDo You Agree With This Premise?Silhouette Exposures. Transforming an Eagle into a Rock.Would You Go Silhouette or Natural?There is More Than One Way to Skin a Pelican in PhotoshopKeep or Delete? Why? Your Image Optimization Thoughts?A Favorite From the Mega-Epic Day. And Sitting For FlightLarus Glaucescens Five WaysI Slept Through This! How Would You Have Felt?The Continuing Quest for New and DifferentOn Improving My Flight PhotographyA Little-Known Fact About Fort DeSoto. On Shooting LowA Swiss Army Knife of a LensThe Fast, Versatile, Handhold-able Sony 400mm f/2.8 GM Lens is Ideal for the Low Light Conditions in HomerThe Truly Extraordinary Bird Photography of Matt Huras & THE Very Best Way to Improve Your Nature PhotographyHomer 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!Why Pano Crops? Why Manual Focus? Why Under-exposed?Think Fast and Act Faster When Creating JuxtapositionsDeSoto in Spring –Lots to Photograph! And Air Travel TipsWhy Wide-Open? A New Approach to Understanding DOFMike De Rosa Scores Again with his Sony a1/200-600 Rig!American White Pelican City!The Lens I Advised Against for 3 Decades. More on StorageA Simple Solution to the Botched Pelican CompositePerfect? My Thoughts on Image Storage ProblemsPretty Neat Eagle Nest Trick Shots. How Did I Do It?How I Screwed Up the Composite. Next Week: White Pelicans, the North Tampa Rookery, and the Hooptie DeuxKiller Pelican Video. And Announcing the 2023/2024 San Diego Brown Pelicans and More Instructional Photo ToursScrewed Up Again! What’s Real? What’s Fake?San Diego — It Ain’t Just Pelicans!Brutal Honesty RequestedMurphy’s Law of Nests. And What You Can Do About ItEaglets Branching Soon! And a Great Sony A1 Video CourseDeSoto’s Aqua Blue-Green and Tan Sand BackgroundsInspired By Tuesday’s Clear SunriseIn Love With Low. A Mystery! And How Low Can You Go?On Understanding the Angle of Declination. Sweet LightRunning Shorebird Backgrounds. Why Crouch? And a Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS Lens versus the Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 L IS USM Lens Comparison30-frames per second Rocks DeSoto Pelican Fishing ActionThis Blog Post Took Six Hours to Prepare! Great New Sony Used Gear Listings including a like-new 600mm f/4 GM OSS Lens. Four Fishy Snow Egret Images. And Announcing Three 2023 Spring Fort DeSoto Instructional Photo-ToursChange of Pace: Coldie Oldie But Goodie Canon CutieGood to Be Home. Why the Bold-faced Exclamation Point?A Unique Pelican Flight Perspective Times TwoRaindrops on My ScapularsCheating a Bit with a Great Sea Lion Surfing ImageWhy You Should Be in Manual Exposure Mode 99% of the Time When Photographing Birds. Period.Sony 200-600mm G Lens at 840mm on the Cliffs at La JollaCompromising on Shutter Speed to Avoid Mega-high ISOsHeermann’s Gull Coronado Mission AccomplishedWestern Gull with RainbowSalton Sea Bird-scapes With a Great New Focusing Tip1200mm Sleeping Pelican Feather Detail TechniqueA Harrowing Drive. The 200-600 Best for Pre-dawn BlursEighteen out of Eighteen Perfect ImagesScience Fiction-Like AF with the Sony a1/200-600/1.4X TC!The Everlasting Yoga Pose Wingstretch: Elegant AngularityWorth Saving: Brown Pelican Flight w/Big Fish in Bill PouchBy Popular Demand. Singh-Ray NDs. And with all due respect to Canon and Nikon mirrorless, and all dSLR folksMore on Bosque: Dear Phil and PhoebeNice Rock!San Diego December Flight Photography Fine PointsAdding Green Whenever PossibleWhat About Bosque?Why Shoot Birds in Flight as Vertical Originals?Which is the stronger image? Is it even a question?Trying for Different on a Very Stormy DayHave a Great 2023!La Jolla’s Anna’s HummingbirdsA Little Person Story. And a Hard to Believe Dog TalePelican Eyeball Self-Portrait Courtesy of the Sony a1On Field Etiquette or the Lack Thereof, Getting the Green Pelican Backgrounds, and Getting Lucky at 1/60 SecondThe Foggy Image OptimizationBite Me!Fun in the FogA Canon R6. Changeable Weather in Sunny Photo Locations and an Orange Marmalade Pelican Bill Pouch PanoI’m Always Hoping for Just One Good Image. On Listening to the Leader. And On Seeing Different and WonderfulAvian Whitewash Poop ArtCall Jim and Then Get a Flight to San DiegoScissors-Preening. What is It? And Photo TipsWhat ISO?Walking the Sacred Battlefield Burial GroundIn Memoriam: the Last Vulture Tree SunriseAlan Murphy Kills with the Nikon Z9!800mm Handheld Sun Ball Photography Ain’t EasyMy Favorite Kachemak Bay Bald Eagle Perch. And a Ship!The Eagle Nest Tree, & the Depth of Field Question (Again)On Working the Same Subjects Ad InfinitumUsed Nikon 300 PF Price Drop. Photo Gear Shipping Warning. And Know the Wind. Think Fast & Act Faster!It Was The Frog’s Fault!What a Way to Wake Up & Learn Something NewOne Reason I ‘m Always in a HurryThe Whole New World of Digital: Dew-Draped Spider WebsOne Very Strange (and very beautiful) Bird!Save Yourself From Too Many Images: Stringent EditingTwo Sony A7R IV Bodies To Go: One Regular, One InfraredFlower “Pillows and More” Wind-shields. Really!In Memoriam: Stokes Fishburne, a kind and gentle manAM & PM. 1200 & 200-600. What Excites Me 🙂 And a Telling Quote from the NANPA Supposed Town MeetingThe 2023 Spoonbill Boat 1-1/2 DAY MINI-IPT. The Expanded Winter IPT (Including the 1 1/2 DAY MINI IPT). And Spoonbill & Canon EF 800mm f/5.6 L IS MemoriesApples and Oranges. Night and Day. And NANPA TidbitsMy Sunday Morning No Vulture Trees PledgePhotoshop Ethics and Morality Discussion & AnswersWhen You Have a Tree Full of Vultures, Think Vulture SoupEliminating the Orange Bill Blur. And More Eye Doctor WorkHappy Thanksgiving 2022. And Tom Turkey LessonsAlmost Deleted This One. And the Mother of InventionPhotographing Brown Pelicans in SO CAL. These Two Images Didn’t Make Today’s B&H Event Space Program!A Dark Morning’s Walk. ISO 5000 Is No Big Deal AnymoreNANPA Board Exposed. And Willets in the Sebastian SurfThree Oldies but Goodies!Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down? More on Background Clean-up. And, is Sony Mirrorless Gear, with Zebras for stills and science-fiction-like autofocus, unfair to flying birds?B&H Event Space II & the Skinny on the Down LowDown the Hatch. And a great monopod vertical grip/tip!Some days are stones. Except when they’re not!Some Days are Diamonds IV. This one, in the rough.Soft Light and the In-Heaven MotifSome Days are Diamonds III: Black & White or Gold?Some Days are Diamonds — II. A GBH & a dried up catfishSome Days are Diamonds: Part I — Anhinga/Spanish Moss-scape. A Near-Mint R6 & the Homer B&H Event Space LinkSee you this afternoon in Homer! And IV Hard to BelievesPlease Help Stop a Silent but Deadly KillerLots of Fishing But Not Much CatchingHomer: It Ain’t Just Eagles. And a Back-lit Exposure TipA Blog Post to Inspire Your Compositional CreativityBeating the Dead Horse. Is Flopped Better?560mm Handheld and Loving It at DeSotoPhilly’s Mike De Rosa Hits a Home Run!1,000 White Pelicans, One GYL, and No Rare Bird SightingsOn First Mates and Bad Weather in HomerDetermining Your Minimum Handholding Shutter SpeedWhich is the Better Head Shot?Creating Pleasing Juxtapositions, AF Strategies for Verticals, Motion Blur Stuff, and Getting the Right ExposureCan You Believe That I Had to Zoom Out for This One?Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in a NutshellMind Boggling 70-200mm f/2.8 Versatility. And Drive-by Handheld Roadside ShootingRed Wind AlertOn Breaking WaveletsJoe McNally in pictures & words, but mostly words …A First for Me. Sony 200-600 /w1.4X TC! What a Difference 43 Seconds (or less) Can Make. San Diego IPT #3 ChangesNikon Z9. How Much Can You Learn in a Single Morning?Killer Lioness ImageTwo Square Sunny Bald Eagles. Which one is best?The Mega-rare Shorebird on the Second Fort DeSoto IPTIs Larger-in-the-Frame Always Better?Used Canon R, RF, and EF Gear. And a BAA Canon ClassicWhat to do at Sebastian in the absence of diving OspreysDorsal Flight Pano CropOne of the Nicest Things About Pacific-race Brown PelicansSpectacular Flight Pose of Sandwich Tern as Cruise MissilePhotos from a Bad (?) Morning Session at Fort DeSotoWhen Shutter Priority Mode is Just FineDead as a Doornail, But BeautifulPelican Head Throws and The Earl of ClintonYoung Pacific-race Brown PelicansAnita North Visits the Spirit BearsThree Ways to Dramatically Improve Your Bird PhotographyLook What I Found on the Railing of the ILE Pier!Destructive Renovation Courtesy of Hurricane IanWhat You See is What You Get! Depth of Field at f/2.8ILE After Hurricane IanBefore and After Hurricane Ian at Indian Lake Estates, FL. Wind Lessons. And Nikon PF (and more) Price DropsAny Port in a Storm — Tripod on Railing TipsOver-exposed? Or Not? Best-ever TV Sunning ImageYour Image Optimization Skills Matter!70-200mm Versatility is the Name of the Game at La JollaI Kid You Not!Another Free YouTube Raw Conversion Video — Snowy Egret. And Follow-up Color Correction Work after the FactA Clever Solution to a Snowy In-the-Field Problem. New Used Gear: a Canon EF 500mm f/4 L IS II lens and a super-zoom bridge camera, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 IV
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