My plan is to continue to post every day until the streak reaches one year and one day and then begin posting every other day. Wherever you are and whatever you are doing, I hope that you too have a great day. This blog post took more than 90 minutes to prepare and makes three hundred fifty-three days in a row with a new educational post written just for you. I will be ending my second 38-hour fast at brunch when I get back from photographing. The forecast for the morning is for cloudy with a north wind so I will be heading down to the lake to see what is up and about. She works here part time and three days a week as a lactation counselor at Sebring Hospital. Happy birthday to my daughter Jennifer, the CEO and accountant of BIRDS AS ART. ![]() Please do not hesitate long if you are thinking of joining me next year in Homer. I was glad to learn the Bear Bob Sabine will be doing both 2024 Kachemak Bay sessions and that IPT veteran Sanjeev Nagrath has left a deposit for the second 2024 Bald Eagle IPT. I did lighten and take the Blues out of the latter shadow. I had no problem at all with the shadow of the neck against the far wing, but was not in love with the shadow of the bird’s head on that same wing. I love the soft pinks with no shadows in the 2nd image, but I also loved the vibrant pinks and blues in the sunlit flight shot. Of yesterday’s two featured spoonbill images, I could not pick a winner. The big surprise was a sharp head-shot-sequence of an even younger Great Egret (more black on the bill tip) capturing and swallowing a small fish. The longest series, of a clean, young bird on The Perch II in sweet early morning light featured many keepers and I learned a ton by working the bird off the BLUBB- at 600mm, 840mm, and 1200mm. What’s Up?Īs I mentioned yesterday, Saturday was a Great Egret sort of morning. If anyone would like information on the world’s greatest Iceland/Atlantic Puffin trip this coming July, please contact me via e-mail. ![]() I am doing back-to-back trips as a participant. My decades-long dream of spending time on Grimsey Island, Iceland, with the puffins - 13 days in this case!, will be realized this coming July. If you are interested or have questions, please get in touch via e-mail ASAP. This trip is by far the world’s finest photographic cruise of the famed archipelago. Why? Two folks signed up for single cabins. Lake Morton In-the-Field veteran Bob Matyas will be joining the smallest Galapagos 2023 Photo-Cruise of a Lifetime IPT group ever. If you are interested in joining me, please get in touch via e-mail. We can fine-tune your date for the best weather. $300 for two solid hours of detailed photographic instruction from this Sunday onwards. Timing for a great learning and photo session has never been better. Right now, I have five tame baby cranes and two baby eagles here at ILE. ILE Baby Crane and Eagle In-the-Field Sessions If you would like to leave a deposit for the first Fort DeSoto IPT, for one or both of the Homer IPTs, or for an In-the-Field session at ILE, please try me on my cell phone at 86 and shoot me a text if I do not pick up. If you have left a message and not heard from us, please get in via e-mail. Our landline (86), has been giving us problems on and off for days. Which pelican pose is the strongest? Why? For me, this one is a no-contest. They are of the same bird and were taken just 27 seconds apart. Today’s two featured images are quite similar.
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