BIRDS AS ART NOTES

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

 

ON MY WAY TO NANPA

 

I will be driving to Destin tomorrow with Robert O’Toole a day early to work with the College Scholarship students and then attending the NANPA Summit.  Please be sure to drop by the booth—right next to Canon’s—and say, “Hi.”  Bring your D-SLRs; we are offering free sensor cleaning.   Hope to see you there.

 

BIRDPHOTOGRAPHERS.NET/IT AIN'T JUST BIRDS ERROR CORRECTION

 

Apologies to Judd and to Peter for the incorrect links in yesterday’s BAA Bulletin 256.   Below are the correct links.  (Must have been working too hard and too long…)

 

Judd Patterson's Moon Trails in Out of the Box is a tribute to creativity:  http://birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5890

 

And in Wildlife, Peter Delaney's Mountain Zebra depicts an extremely rare animal in amazing light:  http://birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5800

 

BirdPhotographers.Net/It Ain't Just Birds (www.BirdPhotographers.Net) has quickly become the number one educational and critiquing web site on the planet and continues to improve.  A quick visit to any of the galleries will reveal that our philosophy of "honest critiques done gently" and leading by example are succeeding quite well. (If you are a first time visitor, you will be prompted to register.  Registration is free.)  Folks who will be using our image hosting services or otherwise wish to support our efforts are invited to become members by clicking here:  http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/membership.aspx).  Though membership is free up until April 1, 2009, more than 375 folks have already shown their support for BPN by joining as members ($20 annually).  

 

 

 

Brandt’s Cormorant w/nesting material, blur,  La Jolla, CA

Image Copyright 2008:  Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART

 

Canon 500mm f/4 L IS lens with the EOS-1Ds Mark III.  ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 1/3 stops:  1/30 sec. at f/4.5. Gitzo 3530 LSV CF tripod and Mongoose M 3.5 head.
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Blurs are an acquired taste.  I like this one for the reds and the greens in the nesting material.

 

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Best and love and great picture-making to all,

artie

Note: Arthur Morris has been a Canon contract photographer since 1996 and continues in that role today.  Hunt's Photo of Boston, MA is a BAA sponsor as is Delkin Devices.  Back issues of all BAA Bulletins can be found in the Bulletin Archives which may be accessed from the home page at www.birdsasart.com